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China has arrested a cousin of the three environmentalist brothers currently serving varying prison terms. Tashi Dorji, a young Tibetan teacher in his early thirt

China has arrested a cousin of the three environmentalist brothers currently serving varying prison terms. Tashi Topgyal, a young Tibetan teacher in his early thirt

This is a good time to talk about what the Dalai Lama means to the world. Oftentimes, as part of my work here at the International Campaign for Tibet, I have come across people from, and working on, conflict areas similar to Tibet who

He commiserated with the people of Nepal over the massacre of its royal family in 2001 and still earlier, helped the government of Nepal see an end to fierce guerrilla warfare against its powerful northern neighbour. But despite his real – th

With only 3 months for the Preliminary election of Kalon Tripa scheduled for Oct 3 and the Final election on March 20 2011, the organization “is confident that the mock

As he turned 75 yesterday, the Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama hinted that it might be too early to worry about the next Dalai Lama, a concern that is shar

One day soon, the Dalai Lama will bless the 1,000 Buddhas currently being forged for the Ewam Buddhist Center near Arlee. But on Tuesday evening, two very special guests of the center joined nearly 100 western Montanans

An exile Tibetan woman, right, looks on after she was stopped by police from proceeding to the venue of the Dalai Lama's birthday celebrations at a police barricade in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Dozens of Tibetan exiles on their way to take part in a celebration for the Dalai Lama's birthday were detained by police on Tuesday in the Nepalese capital. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed the Dalai Lama on his 75th birthday Tuesday as "a man of peace and wisdom" and urged China to hold serious talks with him on his homeland of Tibet

A best-selling Chinese author and democracy advocate detained by security agents on Monday said Tuesday that the agents threatened to imprison him if he proceeded