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His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with President Barack Obama in the Map Room of the White House in Washington DC on July 16, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

On July 15th His Holiness the Dalai Lama conferred the main series of Kalachakra initiations. His Holiness began by talking about it being up to each and every individual to be religious or not, to be Buddhist or not

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be visiting the White House on Saturday at the invitation of U.S. President Barack Obama. The meeting in the White House Map Room is expected to last at least 30 minutes, and will be closed to the news media.

On July 14th His Holiness the Dalai Lama began the first stage of the actual Kalachakra empowerment. Early in the morning, His Holiness left his hotel for the Verizon Center to continue with the preparatory self-generation prayers.

Adding voice to the global call to protest the official celebrations of what China claims the 60th anniversary of Tibet’s peaceful liberation, Tibetans and Tibet supporters protested in front of the Chinese Embassy in the nation’s capital Wednesday.

Three Kardze nuns arrested for carrying out peaceful protests last month have been sentenced to three year prison term each.In a press statement released earlier today the Dharamshala based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) cited sources in Tibet confirming the sentence.

In what is being described as an ‘appalling show of conduct’, Mr Tsewang Rigzin, president of the largest non-governmental organisation in exile was ‘rudely expelled’ from the Kalachakra venue

A high-ranking official in the Obama administration expressed regret at the Chinese government’s failure to engage in substantive dialogue with the Tibetans and warned China that its ‘counterproductive policies’ in Tibet

The same day Beijing appointed ‘TAR’ communist party chief Zhang Qingli called for a severe crackdown on the Dalai Lama’s activities, the Tibetan spiritual leader was honoured at the United States Congress with an award

Tibetans and Tibet supporters world-wide are holding protests and campaigns to mark the Global Day of Action for Tibet: 60 Years of Oppression: China's Failed Tibet Policies.