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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.

GOLDEN BOY: Lama Rinpoche, 10, has enjoyed catching up with his friends and shopping for toys while in New Zealand. (MAARTEN HOLL/Dominion Post)

Like most children, his holiday agenda is full of fun activities. This morning he will go swimming, play golf and take in the sights at Te Papa. But the boy dubbed the Kiwi Buddha has other items on his holiday programme

Several hundred Tibetans demonstrate against China's policy towards Tibet outside a Washington hotel where Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will be arriving to give a major address in Washington, late Tuesday Dec. 9, 2003. The demonstrators demanded that the death sentence of Tibetan Buddihist leader Tenzin Delek Rinpoche be overturned. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao is ending his Washington visit on an upbeat note, emphasizing friendship and cooperation after what he calls a successful meeting with President Bush at the White House.

A Tibetan monk has paid a visit to the University of Nottingham to question its growing links with China. Buddhist monk the Venerable Yeshe Togden was imprisoned in the late 1980s for peaceful protest against China's occupation of Tibet.

At a press conference held here this morning, Rights and Humanity, the international movement for the promotion and realisation of human rights and responsibilities, released a document titled, ‘Principles of Responsibility’ signed by its patrons His Holiness the Dalai Lama

TIN sources report that a Tibetan from Nenying in Khangmar Shen, Shigatse prefecture, passed away at the home of a relative on 27 September 2003, three days after being released following six months in detention.

On the occasion of Human Rights Day, a group of 100 Tibetans and supporters protested China’s information policy in Tibet. A banner saying “China: Tibet can’t be silenced.” was displayed outside the conference building of the World Summit on Information Society.

Activists of the Tibetan Youth Congress pray during a demonstration to mark International Human Rights' Day, in New Delhi December 10, 2003. The protesters were demonstrating against China's annexation of Tibet in 1950 and alleged human rights violations against the people of Tibet. Photo by Kamal Kishore