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The Tibetans received a major setback today with the extradition of 18 Tibetan refugees to China by the Nepalese government. Condemning the act as shocking and 'not a good gesture', the Kalon Tripa of the Tibetan government based in Dharamsala

At 5:45 am on Saturday, May 31, Nepalese authorities loaded 18 Tibetan refugees from Hannaman Dhoka prison in Kathmandu onto a Chinese Embassy vehicle, according to eyewitnesses. The refugees were reportedly in distress while they

The long wait is finally over for the students of classes X and XII. The Central Board of Secondary Examinaiton (CBSE) results for the two classes were declared last week.

Kalon Tripa, Professor Samdong Rinpoche, will leave Dharamsala today on an official tour of Tibetan settlements in South India. The tour is expected to last from 1 to 12 June and will cover Bangalore, and settlements in Bylakuppe, Hunsur and Kollegal.

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

Nepali officials should immediately release a group of imprisoned Tibetans to the protection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Human Rights Watch said today. On May 29, Nepali officials sought to turn the group

According to confirmed information received from Nepal, the 17 Tibetan detainees who risked deportation yesterday were transferred to Hanuman Dhoka Police Station, Kathmandu, at 6p.m. in the evening.

The German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer has reaffirmed Gernmany's 'One-China' policy during a meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying that Tibet is part of the People's Republic. However, a spokesman said Mr Fischer had assured the Tibetan