Ngawang Sangdrol Completes Speaking Tour to Central & Eastern Europe
On the 28 May 2005 former political prisoner Ngawang Sangdrol completed a 10-day visit to Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
National Seminar on Himalayan People held at Darjeeling
India Tibet Coordination Office New Delhi convened a day-long National level Seminar on May 31, 2005 at Gorkha Dukha Niwas Sammelan (GDNS) Library, Darjeeling.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Confers Award on Indian Actor
His Holiness the Dalai Lama today presented the 2005 Himachal Pradesh award for excellence to noted Indian actor Anupam Kher who hails from the state.
Strong Peaceful Activism Needed for the Resolution of Tibet Issue, Says Kalon Tripa
The endeavours of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and some officials of the Central Tibetan Administration alone will not suffice for the resolution of the Tibetan cause through the Middle-Way Approach
Tibetans, Chinese Security Forces Clash in Qinghai
Thousands of Tibetans in China’s Qinghai Province have clashed violently with security forces in a protest over alleged graft by officials in remote Yushu Prefecture, sources have told Radio Free Asia’s Tibetan service.
Richard Gere urges EU pressure on China over Tibet
Actor Richard Gere, campaigning for a free Tibet, has demanded Europe match the United States in appointing a special envoy for Tibet to increase pressure on China to end its occupation of the Buddhist region.
Passing through Lhasa
But for the old Tibetan quarters, almost all modern buildings, shops and cars here are owned or occupied by the newly settled Chinese – Vijay Kranti