Chinese lawyers who offered voluntary legal support for Tibetans charged with involvement in the protests that erupted in Tibet in March have been denied renewal of their licenses. At least three of the original group of Chinese lawyers who offered their services to the Tibetans may now lose the ability...

“When the clouds part, you can see Tibet on the horizon,” said Ven. Ngawang Woeber. He dipped his face in the river at Baanspatan, and joked that monks don’t need to use soap because they have renounced vanity. A couple of hours later, Ven. Woeber was arrested. A former political prisoner,...

“When the clouds part, you can see Tibet on the horizon,” said Ven. Ngawang Woebar. He dipped his face in the river at Banspatan, and joked that monks don’t need to use soap because they have renounced vanity. A couple of hours later, Ven. Woeber was arrested. A former political prisoner,...

Tibetan World APR 25 - MAY 24 2008, Vol IV Issue 8 The March to Tibet has been on the road since March 10 and now approach the Tibetan border. They likely will face another round of arrests in the next few days. You can follow their journey at the Tibetan People’s Uprising Movement website: www.tibetanuprising.org Tenzin...

For Immediate Release: May 30, 2008 Contact: Tenzin Choedon (English, Tibetan, Hindi): +91 975 696 9133 Pema Dorjee (English): +91 992 760 6204 PRESIDENTS OF FIVE TIBETAN NGOs TRANSFERRED TO JAIL IN HARDWAR Nainital - At approximately 3:30 PM yesterday, the five Presidents of the leading Tibetan non-governmental...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Hundreds of Tibetan exiles vowed Thursday to press on with a trek home ahead of the Beijing Olympics despite Indian police detaining some of their leaders this week. The marchers, who left the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamshala on March 10, were now less than 200...

Washington Post By Krittivas Mukherjee NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A group of Tibetan exiles marching towards China said on Thursday that Indian police had impounded their food trucks and arrested their leaders to break up a protest walk that began almost three months ago. Tibetan exiles, now numbering about...

For Immediate Release May 29, 2008 Contact: Tenzin Choedon (English, Tibetan, Hindi): +91 975 696 9133 Pema Dorjee (English): +91 992 760 6204 TIBETAN MARCHERS DETERMINED TO CONTINUE DESPITE MASSIVE POLICE PRESENCE Tibetan Leaders Still Detained, Food Shortage Imminent as Supply Trucks Confiscated Nainital...

On May 27, an estimated force of 1000 police blocked the entrance to the marchers’ current camp at Banspatan. Police ordered the marchers to turn back or risk being arrested. In response, the marchers immediately crossed a dry riverbed, and staged a Gandhian style sit-in – chanting prayers and...

AsiaNews Mumbai - The presidents of the five NGOs leading the Tibetan exiles’ “Return March to Tibet” were arrested yesterday morning in Berinath, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Tsewang Rigzin (Tibetan Youth Congress), B Tsering (Tibetan Women’s Association), Ngawang...