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On the sunny morning of 16th February, the Freedom March reached a small village called Dusara in Himachal State. Soon, the marchers grasped a brief respite by fanning out into the roadside stream for a washing spree.

Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Tuesday he would raise a series of human rights issues in his talks with Chinese leaders during a visit to the Asian nation later this month.

The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet's Bhuddists, makes a rare visit to Canada this spring. He will be receiving honourary university degrees from Toronto and UBC and will participate in a series of conferences and tributes.

The Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappeared in Budapest January 1945 after a peerlessly heroic engagement to save tens of thousands, maybe up to 30,000 Jews from the Nazi holocaust in Hungary.

We are happy to be able to share the news that we now know where Tenzin Delek Rinpoche is being held. According to information from Chinese Foreign Ministry officials in response to criticism by the President of the European Union

The Tibetan community here is ready to bid adieu to 2030 — the year of the Water Sheep — and embrace the Year of the Monkey with prayers, music and fun.

Thousands of Tibetan children and youths are crossing the border into Nepal every year in search of culturally relevant educational opportunities denied them under Chinese rule at home, RFA's Tibetan service reports.

The president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference has pledged the local Church's support for the freedom struggle of Tibet.

Chandigarh, Police detained five Tibetans after a noisy demonstration here Wednesday against a Chinese delegation sparked a cane charge on the protestors.

For Buddhists the world over, visiting important pilgrim towns — like Bodhgaya, Nalanda, Rajgir and Vaishali — is as important as the Haj is for Muslims. But they want a question answered first: "Is it okay to go to 'Beehar'?"