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The Tibetan Community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein celebrated the 43rd anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day on Saturday, 30th August at Rikon near Zurich. Over 600 Tibetans were present on this occasion.

PEDALLING FOR PEACE: 56-year-old Brian Summerfield is hoping to spread his message for a free Tibet to as many schoolkids as possible while he is in the Highlands.

Brian Summerfield will never forget the four words that changed the course of his life forever. It was on a backpacking trek through Tibet in 1997 when an infant boy, draped in rags, ran up to him and slipped a note under his arm.

Cover of ICT's 70-page report "Crossing the Line: China's Railway to Lhasa, Tibet"

"Crossing the Line: China’s Railway to Lhasa, Tibet," a new in-depth report from the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), finds that the railway China is constructing across the Tibetan Plateau to Lhasa is being built mainly

A high-altitude railway China is building to Tibet is a ruse to increase control over the region, and does not even enjoy the support of Beijing's Ministry of Railways, US activists said here.

There is an urgent need to act on the issue of Tibet, which has strategic importance for India. Recent border disputes between India and China show the fragile relation between the two nations.

With the Dalai Lama set to embark on a high-profile trip to the US this week, the Chinese official media on Monday urged Washington not to damage bilateral ties while asking the exiled Tibetan religious leader to shun his pro-independence

He is the leader of but one movement within a vast world religion that most Americans know little about. He presides over one of many peoples around the globe who seek freedom from an oppressive force.

A planned visit by the Dalai Lama to the United States could damage relations between Washington and Beijing, China's state-controlled media warned Monday, dismissing the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a "political plotter."