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Takna Jigme Sangpo, one of the most determined and well known human rights defenders in Tibet, will testify at the 59th UN Commission on Human Rights at the invitation of Dutch-based International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR)

This file photograph shows Buddhist nun Ngawang Sangdrol and her niece in Tibet's capital Lhasa after her release Drapchi Prison.(AFP/File)

The release of the longest-held female Tibetan prisoner could signal a change in policy by the Chinese government and a new willingness to engage exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in dialogue, a leading rights campaigner said.

Ngawang Sangdrol, one of Tibet's most famous political prisoners, arrived in the United States today five months after her parole from Lhasa's Drapchi prison. At age 26, Sangdrol had already served 11 years in prison.

Ngawang Sangdrol holds up a picture of the Dalai Lama after arriving in Washington, D.C. (Photo by ICT)

The Central Tibetan Administration welcomes the Chinese authorities' permission for Ngawang Sangdrol to fly to the United States for medical treatment. She arrived in Chicago on 28 March.

The new representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Australia Mr. Tenzin Phuntsok Atisha met with the Austrailian Parliamentary Group for Tibet on 26th March. The briefing was held in the Austrailian Parliament and was attended by

Another positive gesture from Beijing was marked today with allowing of Tibet's erstwhile longest serving female political prisoner to leave for United States. Ngawang Sangdrol, a Tibetan nun released earlier on medical parole by China

A Swiss Parliamentary delegation has arrived in Dharamsala two days back. The delegation comprised of Mr. Mario Fehr, President of the Swiss Parliamentary Group for Tibet, Mr. Fabio Pedrina, member, Ms. Kathy Riklin, member

Thronged by devotees who have come to attend the teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Mcloed Ganj has once again become the hub of Tibetans and Buddhists from all over the world. Thousands of devotees have gathered in the north Indian hilltown of Dharamsala