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UN NGOs call for the protection and promotion of basic human rights in Tibet

GENEVA: ECOSOC NGOs called upon the UN Human Rights Council for the protection and promotion of basic human rights as guaranteed in international laws on 23 September during the Council's 18th Session in Geneva. The NGOs said UN must condemn perpetrators in the strongest terms wherever and whoever involved be it member state.

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China has no say over my successor: The Dalai Lama

DHARAMSHALA, September 26: In a most comprehensive statement yet over his reincarnation, the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said that he has the “sole legitimate authority” over his reincarnation.

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Fiery sacrifices continue in Tibet, Two more monks self-immolate

Dharamshala, September 26: In reports coming out of Tibet, two more monks in eastern Tibet set themselves ablaze in an apparent anti-China protest today at around 10 am local time.

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5th action of the Tibetan Community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein for a two-year campaign

Continuing the 2 year project of appealing the U.N of sending a fact finding mission to Tibet, the Tibetan Community of Switzerland and Liechtenstein organized its fifth chapter of the project on the 12th of september 2011

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Tibet rights groups urge Nepal to hand over 23 Tibetans to UNHCR

DHARAMSHALA September 21: Exile rights groups -- International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) and Students for Free Tibet (SFT) -- have urged the Nepal government to release 23 Tibetans detained earlier for “illegally crossing” into the country.

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Tibetan girl bags gold for China at the 2011 world wrestling championship

DHARAMSHALA, September 21: A 23 year-old Tibetan girl has won gold for China in the Women's Freestyle Wrestling 67 kg class at the World Wrestling Championship in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Marching Monks enter HP, call Tibetans to join them in fast

DHARAMSHALA (September 20)- The 11 Tibetan monks of Gaden Jhangtse monastery in the Tibetan settlement of Mundgod have entered into Himachal Pradesh Tuesday. The 11 monks had set off on foot from the Indian city of Pune on September 3.

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