Geneva, Switzerland — At the 39th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on 17th September 2018, the human rights situation of Tibet in China was also a major topic of discussion.

Dharamshala, India — His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama left Dharamshala Monday for a four-nation tour of European countries, including Sweden, Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland from, September 12-23, 2018.

Dharamshala, India — The United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has expressed its concern over the “broad definitions of terrorism and vague references to extremism and unclear definition of separatism in Chinese legislation” potentially being used to “criminalize peaceful civic and religious expression and facilitate profiling” of Tibetans, Uighurs, and other ethnic and ethno-religious minorities.

Malmö, Sweden — “I don’t admire the USA for its nuclear weapons but for its advocacy of democracy, freedom and liberty, I hope here in Sweden you can keep these values alive," His Holiness the Dalai Lama told members of the media before speaking at a conference called 'The Art of Happiness and Peace' in Sweden's third-largest city of Malmö on September 12, 2018.

Dharamshala, India — Addressing the ceremony of long life prayer offering to His Holiness the Dalai Lama held in Dharamshala, India, the spiritual leader of Tibet reassured Tibetans and devotees around the world that he would live around hundred years.

Dharamsala, HP, India — Spiritual leader of Tibet and President of Central Tibetan Administration on August 27 sent messages of condolences to the family of US Senator John McCain.