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A few years back I was doing some research in the foothills of the Himalayas when I was invited to join a group of American students on a walk to a nearby (in Indian terms) Tibetan refugee camp. It was meant to be a reasonable trek and we were warned in advance that there would be no drinking water (safe by American standards) along the way. We loaded ourselves with bottles of water and snacks, and...
Jim Sensenbrenner makes an admittedly small gesture to help Tibetan refugees, as reported by the International Campaign for Tibet: U.S. Representatives George Miller (D-CA) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) introduced the Tibetan Refugee Assistance Act on July 17 to provide 3,000 immigrant visas to long-staying Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal. Congressmen Miller and Sensenbrenner traveled to
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered the release of three senior Tibetan refugee officials recently arrested in Katmandu and accused of involvement in anti-China activities.
Ladakh is a different India altogether. Largely Buddhist with a big Tibetan refugee population life is slow and peaceful here. Leh is really a summer place. It's inaccessible by road in winter and as I was informed by someone on the plane this is the second coldest habitated region in the world Siberia wins first place.I arrived in Leh very early in the season as the road from Manali w
Author Mikel Dunham has posted a dramatic account of a Tibetan refugee in Mongolia on his blog. His brother was murdered during the Chinese crackdown inside Tibet and when he spoke out, he himself became a target of Mongolian and Chinese government searches. He is currently in hiding in Mongolia and greatly fears for his [...]
HONGTSHO, Bhutan (Reuters) - In a remote corner of the Himalayas, a small Tibetan refugee community felt helpless as it watched protests erupt all over the world against Chinese rule in their homeland. For in the tiny Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan, ethnically, culturally and linguistically close to its giant northern neighbor Tibet, demonstrations are not [...]
Source: Reuters By Simon Denyer HONGTSHO, Bhutan, April 1 (Reuters) - In a remote corner of the Himalayas, a small Tibetan refugee community felt helpless as it watched protests erupt all over the world against ...
Tibet, or as it is also known, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) is five times the size of the UK with 5% of the population. 10 March 2008 was the anniversary of the (failed) 1959 Tibetan uprising against the rule...
Source: Reuters By Jonathan Allen DHARAMSALA, India, March 24 (Reuters) - The dormitories of the Tibetan refugee reception centre in northern India may be drab, but for the recently arrived exiles staying here they ...
I tend to disappear for longer durations now, don't I? Mostly because life has gotten incredibly busy lately, and a variety of other factors playing in. However, here’s the low down: I’m traveling to Nepal in less than 2 weeks, to photograph a Tibetan refugee camp. To say that I’m excited is an understatement. I should probably [...]
