Planned Global Protests against China’s railway launch
China’s grand inauguration plan for the controversial Qinghai-Tibet railway on July 1 will be met by major global protests
Tibetan centre in Nepal observe World Refugee Day
The World Refugee Day was observed here at the Tibetan Refugee Transit Center in Kathmandu amid a small function attended by some officials of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees
Tibetans Rally Before new UN Human Rights Council
More than 200 Tibetans and their supporters gathered before the United Nations building yesterday afternoon as the UN’s much publicized new Human Rights Council
Goodbye Commission, Welcome Council: Tibet’s Quest for China Scrutiny at the United Nations
On 15 March 2005, when former Tibetan political prisoner Phuntsok Nyidron arrived in the United States of America (USA), at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York, the General Assembly of the United Nations (GA)
World Refugee Day being observed; UNHCR unhappy with Nepal
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed dissatisfaction over the Nepal government’s passivity on third country
Crossing the Himalayas: China reopens a passage to India
High in the Himalayas, a barbed wire fence snakes its way across a desolate landscape. On most days, a thick, white, freezing cloud descends across the peaks, and it is hard
China’s ‘Taiwan complex’ is costly
China is experiencing a public health crisis. Infectious diseases that were almost eradicated during the 1960s have reappeared. Beijing acknowledges that diseases
Tibetan protests target Canada Mining Companies
Tibetans and their supporters will protest today at Continental Minerals’ Annual General Meeting, calling on the company to cease the development of a gold-copper mine
New start for human rights at UN?
The new UN Human Rights Council has the aim of re-invigorating the UN’s approach to human rights but the problem of overcoming decades of
Nepal resumes issuing ‘Exit Permit’ to Tibetans
A group of 40 Tibetan asylum seekers boarded a bus from the Tibetan Refugee Transit Center in Kathmandu bound for New Delhi