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Nepalese authorities yesterday handed down jail sentences to 18 Tibetan refugees apprehended by police on April 15th. The group now in prison includes 10 teenagers. Officials in Nepal's Home Ministry have indicated their intention to deport the group of refugees back to Chinese authorities in Tibet.

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The members of the Central Tibetan Administration had the rare opportunity to listen to a talk by the well-known ecological activist Dr. Vandana Shiva. The talk was titled ‘Towards Compassionate Technology and Compassionate Economy’ and

The Beastie Boys (Photo: TRA)

As the Beastie Boys drift towards middle age, Adam Yauch tells the 'Taipei Times' why they're bringing the Tibet cause to Taiwan, and even a little bit about the music. I call up the Tokyo hotel, give the desk clerk the correct alias

A Tibetan monk wore a dust mask during a pilgrimage to Bodh Gaya, the site of the Buddha's enlightenment in India. The Tibetan Photo Project offers the first photographs created by Tibetans of their culture endangered by 52 years of brutal rule by the Chinese government. Tenzin Wangden Andrugtsang photo.

The Tibetan Photo Project started during the 2000 Mendocino Music Festival when Joe Mickey, a professional photographer, teacher and sports editor for The Mendocino Beacon and the Advocate-News, was introduced to a sponsorship program for monks living in exile in southern India.

Norwell High School student activists hold up a Tibetan Flag at a Human Rights rally on Monday in New York City.

A group of 14 Norwell High School students, accompanied by their principal Stephen Mahoney, were among more than 1,000 young activists to attend a demonstration in New York City Monday to protest human rights abuses.

F W DE KLERK - Former president of South Africa, co-recipient with Nelson Mandela of the Nobel peace prize in 1993. "Right from the beginning I took the view that the international community needs to take strong action against the Saddam Husseins of this world