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Kelsang, 22, says that he left his monastery in Tibet after "Chinese officials asked us to denounce the revered Dalai Lama and introduced practices in our religion that were not acceptable to us".

Following the United States, Great Britain also "deplored" last week's deportation of 18 Tibetan refugees home, the British Embassy said Tuesday. "The UK deeply regrets the absence of any recognised process or credible justification

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Demonstrators met in front of the Chinese Embassy on Monday, June 2nd , from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to protest the deportation of 18 Tibetan refugees back to Tibet in Chinese custody. The refugees were deported despite strong

Nepal Buddhist Welfare Association express grave concern about the fate of 18 Tibetan Asylum seekers deported to China by Nepal government, the deportees including eight unaccompained minors, some as 13.

More than 14,000 people gave a rapturous standing ovation to the exiled Tibetan leader and Nobel Peace Laureate, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, after the conclusion of his talk on "Non-violence and Peace" this evening here at the popular Globe Theatre.

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.

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.

The International Campaign for Tibet is pleased to announce the results of the second Light of Truth essay contest.

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)