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Over the past few years, Beijing's repressive policies have increasingly alienated Tibetans. One indication was the March 2008 uprising and riots across Tibet. Yet Beijing responded not by moderating its policies but by intensifying

The Chinese Embassy in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu has objected to some Constituent Assembly (CA) members of Nepal meeting the Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama in Dhar

Dalai Lama's Special Envoy Lodi Gyari met a senior State Department official here and discussed issues related to Tibetan refugees, among others. The meeting with the Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and

China’s repressive approach to anything political is not surprising. But its recent moves including sentencing of two eminent businessmen who have synced well with

The United States has called on Nepal to honour its commitment to allow free passage for Tibetan refugees to travel to India, media reports said Thursday.

"Freedom of information and freedom of speech are the pillars of democracy. Now, if you don't have that, you don't really have a democracy," said Jonsdottir, wearing 'Free Tibet' and 'Wikileaks' pins on her jacket

A senior US State Department official is in Nepal on a 3-day visit that would, among others, focus on assessment of the international and Nepali government's efforts to support Tibetan refugees residing in Nepal,

His Holiness the Dalai Lama had called on the Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh during the Tibetan leader’s recent visit to the Indian capital for a series of lectur

Chinese authorities in Tibet’s Chamdo region are warning Tibetans against displaying or keeping in possession pictures of the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, head of the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism who fled his monastery in Tibet

In what appeared to be a fresh effort to further tighten government’s control on Tibet's influential religious institutions, a top leader of the Communist Party of China has called for reforms in Buddhist monasteries by