14th Dalai Lama

The 14th Dalai Lama is the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He was born in 1935 and was selected as the 14th Dalai Lama at the age of two. Many Tibetans around the world regard the Dalai Lama as their spiritual leader. He fled from China in 1959 and has not returned since. He is known as a charismatic speaker and lifelong advocate for human rights and religious freedom for Tibetans inside Tibet.

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Tibetans in India launch drive against China

29 Jan 2013

The Tibetan government-in-exile in India on Tuesday announced plans for a four-day campaign to bring global pressure on China in a bid to end a string of self-immolations in their Himalayan...

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Beijing media attacks Dalai Lama over self-immolations

11 Dec 2012

Beijing is ramping up the rhetoric against the Dalai Lama before 2013, which has been declared "International Year of Tibet Independence" by pro-independence activists, as state media launch a...

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British government 'banned two ministers from meeting Dalai Lama'

4 Dec 2012

The British government banned two ministers from meeting the Dalai Lama during his visit this summer, prompting them to accuse London of bowing to pressure from Beijing, it emerged yesterday.

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British ministers ‘banned from meeting Dalai Lama’

3 Dec 2012

The British government blocked two ministers from meeting the Dalai Lama during a visit here this summer, prompting them to accuse London of bowing to pressure from Beijing, it emerged Monday.

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South Africa's appeal court slams delay of visa to Dalai Lama

30 Nov 2012

A South African court ruled yesterday that officials "unreasonably delayed" a decision about whether to grant the Dalai Lama a visa for a planned 2011 trip, largely out of fears of angering the...

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Tibetan protests against Chinese rule in new phase

28 Nov 2012

Two dozen Tibetans have set themselves on fire in western China this month in a dramatic acceleration of the protests against authoritarian Chinese rule, activist groups say.

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A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Outcry in Taiwan over rejection of Dalai Lama visit

Taiwan has decided to bar the Dalai Lama from entering the island, triggering an angry response from a women’s organisation that had invited him to a meeting there next month, officials said on...

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Dalai Lama urges Japan lawmakers to visit Tibet

The Dalai Lama urged Japanese lawmakers on Tuesday to visit Tibet to find out the reasons for a spate of self-immolations, after Beijing accused him of instigating the deadly protests.

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China not ‘serious’ in Tibet immolations probe, Dalai Lama says

The Dalai Lama said on Monday that China is more interested in criticising him than finding the reason behind a spate of Tibetan self-immolations threatening to mar the Communist Party’s...

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Tibetan survives fiery protest

A former Buddhist monk set himself on fire in Tibet on Thursday but has survived, the Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet group said.

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Tibetan exiles learn to seek new paths

During the monsoon in Dharamsala, everything seems to come to a halt.

Sometimes the electricity fails. Other times, rain tests the simple, tin-roofed houses. The roads become...

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Dalai Lama retirement 'a wave in a swim pool'

A top Tibetan official said yesterday that the Dalai Lama's decision to give up his political power would have only limited effects on the region, adding that the Tibetan spiritual leader's...

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