Bern — A Swiss-Tibetan musician and activist, Loten Namling, walks in ski boots from Bern to the IOC in Lausanne, Switzerland, to raise awareness among Swiss athletes about the Chinese government's inhumane treatment of Tibetans, Uighurs, Southern Mongolians and Hong Kongers, and to urge them to boycott the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Prague — The new Prime Minister of the Czech Republic thanked Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) for his congratulatory letter and pledged to deepen cooperation between Tibet and the Czech Republic. He added that "the new government is committed to deepening our cooperation with like-minded democratic countries in the Indo-Pacific region."

Auckland, New Zealand — Tibetans and supporters joined the "Free the Five" campaign by Amnesty International and they call on China to release those arrested and sentenced to years in prison by the Chinese Communist Party for simply exercising their basic human rights.

Dharamshala, India —Penpa Tsering, Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) congratulates Dr Roberta Metsola on being elected President of the European Parliament, the highest democratic institution in the European Union.

Dharamshala, India — His Holiness the Dalai Lama was deeply saddened to learn that his friend and spiritual brother, Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh had passed away. His Holiness expressed his condolences to his followers in Vietnam and around the world.

Dharamshala, India — “I believe that women are more empathetic than men in providing genuine concern for the well-being of others. Therefore, women can be better placed to lead the world to a more peaceful level,” said His Holiness the Dalai Lama while congratulating Roberta Metsola on her election as President of the European Parliament.