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That's what he's called. Dawa Gyalsten, a middle-aged schoolteacher from Dharamsala, Himachal, is the Tibet community's most famous outcast. He doesn't have the right to vote because he's charged with contempt of court

After repeated requests the Chinese Foreign Ministry responded to an official EU demarche by informing the German Foreign Ministry of the prison location of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche

Hundreds of Tibetans and their supporters are expected to march and demonstrate in Berkeley and San Francisco on behalf of political prisoner Tenzin Delek Rinpoche on the anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day on Wednesday, March 10, 2004.

A unique travelling exhibition detailing contemporary Tibetan history and prospects for the future will be shown for the first time in the Norwegian capital Oslo at Kulturkirken Jacob from February 7 to 11, 2004.

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) officially unveiled its Annual Report 2003: Human Rights Situation in Tibet during the World Social Forum in Mumbai.

A group of Buddhist monks from India will be in town starting Thursday to share Tibetan culture and raise money for their home monastery, Drepung Gomang.

The Voice of America’s Tibetan Broadcast Service reported today that an audio tape smuggled out of Tibet, evidently from people with detailed knowledge of the Potala renovation underway in Lhasa

Three of the monks from Khangmar monastery in Kakhog (Chinese: Hongyuan) county in Ngaba prefecture arrested last summer have been sentenced to 12 years for political offences including painting a Tibetan flag and having photographs of the Dalai Lama.

A three day conference on Tibetan medicine will be held in New Delhi from 6 February. Himalayan Buddhist Cultural Association is organising this conference to primarily to seek an official recognition from the Indian government for the rich tradition of Tibetan healing science (Sowa Rigpa).

The list of various parliamentary groups for Tibet has recently gone up by one as a Scottish Parliamentary Group for Tibet has been formally formed on 29 January.