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Tibetan Youth Congress (Centrex) launched the Hunger Strike unto Death in facilitation from Regional Tibetan Youth Congress of New York and New Jersey on April 2nd 2004 at 9:00 a.m. New York time.

Despite innumerable efforts by the world community and Tibetans, the socio-political situation inside Tibet continues to be poor. The execution of Lobsang Dhondup on 26 January 2003

The Italian parliament recently passed a resolution on Tibet calling for the rescinding of Tenzin Delek Rimpoche's execution and starting a new fair trial. The resolution 8-00073 was passed unanimously by the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Italian parliament.

The high level of illiteracy in Tibet came under the spotlight at the UNCHR again today with a special briefing on "Education in China and Tibet" being hosted by the International Fellowship for Reconciliation.

The Capital Area Tibetan Association and the Conservancy for Tibetan Art & Culture are honored to welcome Kyabje Denma Locho Rinpoche to the Washington DC area on April 17, 2004.

I never met the tenth Panchen Lama, who died at his monastery in Tibet in 1989, but I was introduced to his family in Beijing in the mid-nineties, and recently I went to Washington to see his daughter, Yabshi Pan Rinzinwangmo

A group of Mainers is reaching out to help Tibetan Buddhists preserve their culture and traditions. The Mainers are coming together because of Geshe Lobzang Tsetan, a Buddhist monk who spends about a month in Maine each year teaching classes in Buddhism.

Chinese police in a county near the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, have arrested a young monk for keeping in his quarters a photograph of the Dalai Lama and a Tibetan national flag, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.

The Tibetan parliament-in-exile has approved a seven, point agenda recommended by their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to transfer his powers to the parliament or the Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies (ATPD).

The National Democratic Party of Tibet on behalf of the Tibetans yesterday reiterated that unless the Tibet issue was resolved the restoration of the peace and good relations between India and China would remain just a diplomatic show.