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Four months ago a website launched to facilitate the nomination process for the next Kalon Tripa generated considerable excitement through out the Tibetan diaspora. Despite

The Chinese government proclaimed in January 2009 that for the first time a festival called "Serf Liberation Day" is to be celebrated in Tibet, in commemoration of the

Most people did not notice, but on Monday China's communist leadership invaded California, landing in Sacramento like a precision SWAT team. Their mission? Influence enough of our

When I heard that Palden Gyatso’s film ‘Fire Under the Snow’ was going to be shown in Bristol this March 15th, I began to make plans to build upon the event. What started

FIFTY YEARS ago today the Dalai Lama, dressed as a layman, slipped out of the Summer Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, escaping the gaze of Chinese soldiers. In a nearby house, Luting Namgyal

The Dalai Lama is a man of peace and forbearance. So it is a measure of Tibet’s suffering and growing desperation that he accused China’s government on Tuesday of turning Tibet into a “hell on earth.” We only hope Beijing heeds his warnings before

Imagine the Obama administration directing all the governors of the New England states to restrict the movement and rights of all the Catholics by sending in massive military

China recently appeared keen on averting a replay of last year's Tibetan unrest that nearly wrecked the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the

Fifty years ago, on March 10, 1959, the population of Lhasa, the Tibetan capital revolted against the Chinese Communist invaders. A few

Three years ago I wrote an article which in large part was a commemoration of this year’s 50th anniversary of the March 10th Uprising. Some might feel I jumped the commemoration gun here, but I have, for a long time now