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A Special Executive Magistrate ordered an interim bail without any sureties to 27 members of TYC who were remanded for judicial custody at Tihar Central Jail. These members were arrested in front of the Chinese Embassy on 24th October

Prince Charles with YOTA's executive director Linda Cruse

It was a moment of elation for the five young Tibetans who had the rare opportunity to interact with Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales who is currently on a nine-day tour of India.

Thirty-three Tibetans, including seven children, travelling through Nepal enroute to Dharamsala in India were arrested here for not carrying valid travel documents, police said.

Beijing's plan to pacify this restive Himalayan province involves a $3.2-billion railroad that will connect the rest of China to the frozen Tibetan plateau known as the roof of the world.

A Beijing-based Internet company has been implicated in creating a program specifically designed to spy on computers of Tibetan Government-in-Exile (TGIE) and Tibet Support Groups (TSG).

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The Congressional Human Rights Caucus (CHRC) is holding a briefing on October 31, 2003 in Washington, D.C. on Tibetan women and their roles in the Tibet movement. The briefing will feature remarks by the former Tibetan political prisoner Ngawang Sangdrol and

Last minute manoeuvring to keep protesters out of the Chinese president's way while touring New Zealand failed on Monday. One News learned that visiting officials tried to persuade the Government to use buses to block demonstrators with coaches.

The Government has been warned that it must respect China's internal policies on Taiwan and Tibet if it wishes to achieve a closer partnership.