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A Chinese security "agent" successfully pressured Australia's parliamentary speaker to exclude three activists from the public gallery during a speech by Chinese President Hu Jintao, a senator said.

Greens lower house MP Michael Organ would wear a Tibetan flag on his lapel when visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao addresses federal parliament, Senator Bob Brown said.

Australia Tibet Council (ATC) official Jill Chambers (L) is asked by a plain clothes police officer to move her colleagues' small demonstration outside Chinese President Hu Jintao's Sydney hotel October 23, 2003. The ATC held their demonstration in conjunction with the arrival of President Hu Jintao who is in Australia on four-day State visit for talks expected to focus on trade. (REUTERS/Will Burgess)

Chinese President Hu Jintao should listen to those urging greater freedom in his country, especially Tibet, an Australian Tibetan said today.

Chinese authorities in Xinjiang have executed a Uyghur dissident who detailed a grim litany of torture sessions in an unprecedented testimony recorded for Radio Free Asia (RFA), which he requested be held until he was "in a safe place."

Greens Senator Bob Brown says it is the responsibility of all politicians, including the New South Wales Premier Bob Carr, to raise human rights abuses with the visiting Chinese President.

About 200 members of Delhi Tibetan Youth Congress took out demonstration from Jantar Mantar to Parliament Street. The demonstration was organized by the Tibetan Youth Congress to strongly condemn the visit of Chinese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo to India.

October 22, 2003 at 9:30 PM just before the arrival of Chinese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo and his delegations at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi.

The International Buddhist Film Festival (IBFF) debuts at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) November 20-23, 2003, beginning with a gala benefit screening and reception Thursday evening, November 20th.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama returned to Dharamsala this afternoon and received a warm welcome-reception by senior Tibetan officials and the local Tibetan population after the completion of successful visits to the Indian capital, Spain, France, Germany, the Czech Republic and