‘UNHCR stops deportation of Tibetan refugees’
Under pressure from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Nepal has aborted an attempt to deport 19 Tibetan refugees arrested here to China, the Dalai Lama’s office claimed today.
Dalai Lama in Berlin for history-making festival
The German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer has reaffirmed Gernmany’s ‘One-China’ policy during a meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying that Tibet is part of the People’s Republic. However, a spokesman said Mr Fischer had assured the Tibetan
Tibetan detainees await uncertain fate
According to confirmed information received from Nepal, the 17 Tibetan detainees who risked deportation yesterday were transferred to Hanuman Dhoka Police Station, Kathmandu, at 6p.m. in the evening.
Nepal Endangers Tibetans with Efforts to Force Return to China
Nepali officials should immediately release a group of imprisoned Tibetans to the protection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Human Rights Watch said today. On May 29, Nepali officials sought to turn the group
Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu Seeks Custody, Forced Repatriation of Tibetan Refugees
In the morning of May 29, Tibetan staff from the Tibetan Refugee Transit Center (Nelan Khang) in Kathmandu arrived at the Nepalese Department of Immigration (DOI) jail to pay fines and secure the release into United Nations High Commissioner
BYU students running across America to help world’s poor
Brigham Young University students Tyler de Waal and Billy Jackson are spending their summer break running across America, raising awareness of human rights violations and collecting donations along the way.
Prehistoric stone tools found on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
A group of Chinese archeologists have discovered 13 sites of prehistoric stone tools during a field survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. They indicate that human activity had reached the plateau area at an average altitude of 4,000 meters
The Mystery of Shambala
The legends of Shambala are one of the few oriental subjects that have become really very popular even outside the Eastern world. However, there are practically no fundamental scientific works dedicated to Shambala.