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Protesters in front of the DC Chinese Embassy

The international human rights day was marked here today with Christian and Buddhist prayers and laying of wreath at the Memorial for Victims of Torture at Westminster Abbey, in memory of Tibetans who have died and are suffering as a result of China’s occupation of Tibet.

Around 300 Tibetans and Tibet supporters, including two bus loads of Tibetans from New York, participated in a series of events in Washington, D.C., on December 9, 2003, to draw attention to the situation in Tibet during Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's meetings with

As they push for resolution to a long list of complaints against China, human rights organizations welcomed the arrival in Canada of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday as a chance to voice their concerns.

The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has apologised to China for listing Tibet as a ‘neighbouring country’ of China rather than part of the People’s Republic of China on an official website of the FIFA World Cup 2006 launched last week (3 December).

Nepalese authorities have detained four Tibetan children who crossed the border from China seeking refuge, RFA's Tibetan service reports. The four children, aged 8-15, are in police custody in the Tato Pani district of Nepal after crossing the border on Dec. 7

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets his followers at a lecture on International Human Rights Day in New Delhi December 10, 2003. Tibetans in New Delhi on Wednesday protested against China's annexation of Tibet in 1950 and alleged human rights violations against the people of Tibet. (REUTERS/Kamal Kishore)

Buddhist spiriual leader, the Dalai Lama, living in exile for more than four decades, on Wednesday expressed solidarity with victims of human rights violation on the World Human Rights Day.

Major Vijay Singh Mankotia, the minister of Tourism, Himachal state government (Tenzin Sonam/Phayul)

The hill-town head quarters of the exile Tibetan government today swayed in joy amid a chorus of Indian and Tibetan traditional music as the celebrations to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the conferment of Nobel Peace Prize on His Holiness the Dalai Lama opened here.