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Three Canadian Parliamentarian has written a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper urging him to make Tibet a priority in Canadian foreign policy, and to lead an international effort for Tibet. "We write to respectfully request that you make Tibet a priority for Canadian foreign policy this year, especially given the courageous protests taking place in Tibet and the Chinese government's violent and massive repressions of Tibetan rights,"

Over a dozen of Indian theater artists yesterday presented a So Many Socks, a play that tells a story of a Tibetan refugee family in India. Speaking to Phayul before the performance, Q, the director said, "The play not so much part of the freedom movement or the political movement, it is very much a personal comment.

The Apple Inc. has removed Hao Peiqiang's app 'Jingdian Shucheng' which offers access to ten books via iPhone and iPad from the App Store. According to the Financial Times, Hao said he received a letter from Apple informing him that his software would be deleted from China's App Store since it contained content deemed 'illegal' in China.

The Buddhist Community Centre United Kingdom (BCCUK) has auctioned the two signed portraits of the Tibetan Spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama by the British figurative artist Lisa Andrew raising a total amount of £6200.

The two-day conference of the principals and head teachers on the 'Child Rights and Democratic Development in School' held at Songtsen Library concluded on April 5. This project is particularly for the schools in Himalayan region which is why it is also called as the 'Himalayan Project'.

With an escalating crisis in Tibet, the members of the European Parliament from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) will host a seminar ‘Tears of Tibet’ at the European Parliament in Brussels on 10 April. According to the ALDE, the conference aims to review EP’s action for a peaceful solution

The Tibetan Spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama congratulated his friend Desmond Tutu on winning the Templeton Prize 2013 on Monday. Speaking to Hindustan Times at the Gagal Airport in Kangra before leaving for Europe, the Dalai Lama said “I am very happy” and that Tutu was not only a religious leader

The Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained a Tibetan monk yesterday for carrying out a protest in Kardze region of Sershul County in Eastern Tibet. According to Jampa Yonten, a monk from Sera Monastery in South India, who has close contacts in the region, twenty-year-old Thapgay

The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today left his exile hometown of Dharamshala for ten-day European tour. The Tibetan Nobel Laureate is scheduled to give a series of public talks, teachings and discussions.

Chinese authorities in Gansu have interrogated and threatened the Tibetan students with "serious consequences" for commemorating the fifth anniversary of 14 March 2008 crackdown in Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet.