IT IS SAMDHONG RINPOCHE 20 August, 2001: The result of the election of Kalon Tripa or the Chair of the Kashag was declared today making Venerable Samdhong Rinpoche Lobsang Tenzin…

STATEMENT OF HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA 7 August, 2001: I regret that in spite of the clarification my office had issued yesterday regarding the comments I had made at…

Eight Arrested as Tibetans Demonstrate Opposition to Beijing’s Olympics Bid July 11, 2001 (Moscow): Five Tibetans and a Swiss supporter were arrested outside the Hotel Ukraine in Moscow when they…

  BP’s inclusion in FTSE4Good index “inappropriate” 11 July, 2001: Tibet campaigners have expressed their disappointment that BP, a company with investments in the exploitation of Tibetan natural resources, is…

TIBETANS CELEBRATE HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA’S 66th BIRTHDAY Dharamsala, 6 July 2001: Tibetan refugee community in Dharamsala celebrated the 66th birthday of his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama with…

TIBETAN TEAM TO PLAY IN SWITZERLAND AND GERMANY 7 July, 2001: The Tibetan national football team from the Tibetan National Football Association(TNFA) would be arriving at Horgen, Swiss on 8th…

  Marching for Tibet from Bologna to Florence 30 June, 2001: Hundreds of people and a wide number of associations will participate in the march in support of the Tibetan…

STUDENTS FROM SERTHAR APPEALS FOR HELP, says Tuesday, June 26 is Deadline for Expulsions 26 June, 2001: A student from Serthar has sent an appeal for international help, saying that…

HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA TO VISIT ITALY 16 June, 2001: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and political leader of the six million Tibetan people, will visit Italy…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Washington, DC – On June 16, 2001: CONTACT: Richard Nishimura, Evan Field International Campaign for Tibet 202-785-1515 UN Representative to Resign Over Tibet , Bosnian-Israeli pianist Sasha…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: China Defeated at UN Vote: Tibetan NGOs Wins UN Accreditation to the World Conference Against Racism Geneva/Washington, DC 23 May, 2001: -This afternoon China suffered a humiliating…

Tibetans Vote to Elect their Head of the Government 14 May, 2001: The preliminary round of the election process of Kalon Tripa or the Chair of the Kashag (Cabinet of…

For Immediate Release: Major Tibet Legislation to be Introduced in Congress 10 May, 2001: The Tibetan Policy Act of 2001 will be introduced today by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and…

Gyalwa Karmapa meets the press 27 April, 2001 Press Statement from His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje April 27, 2001, Gyuto Ramoche Tantric University, Sidbhari, District Kangra, HP,…

Dharamsala prays for the Panchen Lama 26 April, 2001: Tibetan exiles and their supporters in Dharamsala yesterday commemorated the 12th birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama. The…

Press Release: TCHRD commemorate the birthday of the XIth Panchen Lama 25 April, 2001: The XIth Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima celebrates his 12th birthday today and it is his…

PRESS RELEASE: His Holiness the Dalai Lama to visit the United States 21 April, 2001: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, will visit six states…

China silences UN human rights body, again 19 April, 2001: The resolution condemning China’s human rights record failed to make it to a vote at the United Nations Human Rights…

  MR. JURIS SINKA PASSES AWAY 10 April, 2001: OBITUARY Tibetan Refugees in Japan donates 1.2 million Yen for Gujurat earthquake victims Mr. Juris Sinka, MP, Latvian Parliament, passed away…

Shoton 2001 22 March, 2001: The Shoton Festival for the Iron Snake year (2128) by the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) will begin this year from 27 March 2001…