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A group of Chinese archeologists have discovered 13 sites of prehistoric stone tools during a field survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. They indicate that human activity had reached the plateau area at an average altitude of 4,000 meters

Brigham Young University students Tyler de Waal and Billy Jackson are spending their summer break running across America, raising awareness of human rights violations and collecting donations along the way.

In the morning of May 29, Tibetan staff from the Tibetan Refugee Transit Center (Nelan Khang) in Kathmandu arrived at the Nepalese Department of Immigration (DOI) jail to pay fines and secure the release into United Nations High Commissioner

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is to visit Denmark next week, the Danish Tibetan support committee said Wednesday. He will holds talks with the Danish prime minister and foreign minister and attend several public meetings

A mining company planning to dig for gold in western China is on collision course with the Dalai Lama and Tibet’s government-in-exile. Sino Gold, an Australian company, wants to mine at Jinkang, in Sichuan province. The company owns

China's human rights record deteriorated in 2002 as government efforts to establish the "rule of law" were undermined by political campaigns and administrative fiats, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Football is a religion, they say, in Brazil. For Tibetans, it's no less. As the two Italian soccer giants AC Milan and Juventus met last night for the final of the UEFA Champion's League, which was won by the former

TCHRD received confirmed information that 18 Tibetan refugee detainees who were arrested in Nepal on 15 April 2003, now face the prospect of imminent deportation following Chinese embassy officials’ intervention in their release process.

Secret negotiations between China and the Dalai Lama are due to resume after the arrival in Beijing last night of two senior envoys of the Tibetan spiritual leader. Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen are due to meet officials later this

The United States has welcomed a visit to Beijing by a delegation of Tibet's government in exile, saying it hopes the mission will promote a dialogue on the Himalayan territory's political future.