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The influx of Han Chinese and the growing restrictions on religious practice have become the biggest threats to Tibet, which faces “something like a death sentence” under Chinese rule, said the Dalai Lama

Speaker of the US House of representative Nancy Pelosi and a bipartisan CODEL on Wednesday met with China’s three top leaders- President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and Wu Bangguo, the Chairman of the National People's Congress, and talked about

New images received from Tibet depict what the Washington based International Campaign for Tibet calls a dramatic “assertion of Tibetan identity at the height of the current

A group of parents and relatives of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre victims has urged the Chinese government to reassess the incident days ahead of its 20th anniversar

Chinese protesters gave a raucous welcome for U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday, painting red slogans and crying out for the lawmaker to live

A court in Chamdo sentenced six Tibetan monks to various prison terms last Friday (May 22, 2009) in connection with a bombing incident in January this year, the

The Dalai Lama has offered $100,000 to help an imperiled religion department at a Florida university after receiving an e-mailed plea for a letter of support from a

His Holiness the Dalai Lama presides over a Saka Dawa prayer session at the Tsuglag-Khang (Main Tibetan Temple) in Dharamsala, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Hundreds of Tibetan Buddhists, including monks and nuns, have been gathering and offering prayers at the Tsuglag-khang from Monday that marked the beginning of Buddhist holy month of Saka Dawa, the annual festival that represents the three most important events of the life of Lord Buddha - his birth, enlightenment and parinirvana. Tibetan Buddhists believe during Saka Dawa, the fourth month of the Tibetan Lunar calendar, the karmic results of virtuous and non-virtuous actions are magnified. (Photo: Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL)

Ten monks who were arrested by Indian security forces after they secretly attempted to enter Tibet and hoist Tibetan flag on the Tibetan side of the border arrived in Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, on Tuesday

he Tibet House foundation of Barcelona joined 56000 runners in a marathon on Sunday here. The 10 kilometer marathon was organized by the largest super market chain