News

Tibetan monk Palden Gyatso shares a lighter moment during a forum at Phillips Exeter Academy telling the story of his 33 years of imprisonment at the hands of the Chinese government and their occupation of his homeland. (Mark Avery/Democrat Photo)

Proclaiming the words "Free Tibet" at a Lhasa, Tibet, marketplace in 1994 cost the soft-spoken and diminutive nun Passang Lhamo dearly — five years in prison.

A Tibetan doctor is in Durban this week to promote an ancient holistic and alternative approach to medicinal treatment - particularly with regard to the treatment of HIV and Aids symptoms.

Tashi is serene. He is also self-confident but lacks the arrogance of many self-confident men. He is compassionate, content with his life and certain of his place in life and his religion.

The Western Student Association debated a resolution asking for the removal of a Chinese flag hanging in the promenade on main campus Wednesday.

Tibetan refugees staged a peace march here on Thursday in a bid to draw attention to the plight of Tibetans in China. Organised jointly by the Himalayan Committee for Action on Tibet and India Tibet Friendship Society, the march for world peace would extend to Sikkim and Tripura.

On 20 January, Chen Shui-bian attended the opening ceremony of his personally-controlled and -directed "Taiwan-Tibet Exchange Foundation." In his opening address, he said that "it is wrong for Taiwan to have taken Mongolian people and Tibetan people

China couldn't have wished for better times to project its international image. With the United States preoccupied with Iraq and terrorism, Beijing exudes an image of serenity and quiet confidence.

President Chen Shui-bian has taken innovative steps to improve and expand relations with Tibet. Such realism may prod Beijing to reformulate its own policies toward the Himalayan region.

In light of China's execution of Lobsang Dhondup last month, and the torture and continued imprisonment of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, Tserang Dondrup and at least 5 other monks, the time has come to escalate our efforts to highlight the