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China has rejected international criticism over the deportation of a group of Tibetans from Nepal. The Chinese embassy in the kingdom's capital, Kathmandu, said that their deportation was legal as they were illegal immigrants.

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Tibetans and Tibet supporters protest Nepal's forced deportation of Tibetan refugees at the Nepalese Embassy in Washington, D.C., on June 2, 2003. (Photo: ICT)

The U.S. State Department said today it was "outraged" that Nepal turned over 18 Tibetans, including minors, to China. Tibetans and Tibet supporters gathered in front of the Nepal Embassy in Washington, D.C., today to

On the second leg of the three-nation visit to Europe, the Tibetan Nobel Laureate, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, told members of the small Tibetan community that it would also help them to lead a happier life by maintaining their Tibetan-ness and preserving the Tibetan culture.

According to reliable sources, Public Security Bureau (PSB) Officers of Serthar County, Karze “Tibet Autonomous Prefecture” (“TAP”), Sichuan Province, took four Tibetans into custody on 27 May 2003.

The United States criticized Nepal Monday for deporting 18 Tibetans to China over the weekend, saying the move violated international norms on treatment of asylum seekers.

China will punish a group of 18 Tibetans who illegally crossed into Nepal and were sent back to China last weekend, a communist party newspaper said on Monday.

A two–day Northern Region Conference of the Tibet Support Groups was held at Patiala, Punjab on the 31st May and 1st June 2003. This is the first ever meeting of the Tibet support Group held in the state of Punjab.

I just got back from the border at Kodari watching the deportation of the prisoners. I got a call from the Tibetan community leaders here this morning at 6:30 to say the deportation was taking place as we feared. He asked us to try