Dharamshala: The Swiss-Tibetan Friendship Organization criticized on Tuesday the position of the Swiss Federal Council for refusing a meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his visit to Switzerland next month said Kuwait News Agency. Under heavy pressures of communist regime of China, the Swiss government has weakend its response to the current strong Human Rights violations and supression in Tibet.

Taipei: Over 1,200 protestors gathered at the Zhongxiao Fuxing MRT station yesterday afternoon to commemorate the 51st Tibetan Uprising Day. The protest also marked the 2nd anniversary of the 2008 protests and subsequent Chinese crackdown, and the fifth anniversary of the widely criticised Anti-Secession Law, implemented by the PRC to assure a "non-peaceful" response to Taiwanese independence.

Dharamshala: Kelsang Gyaltsen, envoy of Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on Thursday said world leaders should follow the example of US President Barack Obama and meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama, AFP reported.

Dharamshala: The delegation comprised of 23 members representing Chinese democratic organisations based in 8 different countries, namely the US, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Thailand, Cambodia, Germany, Canada and Hong Kong.

The committee is one of two institutions in Brussels which advises the European Parliament. President Mario Sepi accepted a personal invitation from the Committee's Chinese counterpart, the Economic and Social Council of China last October to visit Tibet.