By Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama This year, 2008, marks the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948–2008). This declaration affirms t...
Bratislava, Slovakia, 9 September 2009 (AP) - The Dalai Lama received an international award on Wednesday for his promotion of human rights and his leadership in the nonviolent cam...
Minneapolis, MN, USA, 1 March 2014 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Minneapolis from Los Angeles yesterday, to find bitterly cold temperatures and the land white with snow ...
Bratislava, Slovakia, 4 September 2009 (TASR) - Tenzin Gyatso, better-known as the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, will visit Slovakia between September 8-10 and will rece...
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Los Angeles, California, 4 May 2011 - On the last day of his current visit to California, on May 4, 2011 His Holiness the Dalai Lama received an award from Amnesty International an...
I am extremely encouraged to learn that there will be worldwide commemoration on the 50th anniversary of the adoption and signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I am...
Prague, Czech Republic, 11 September 2009 (By Rob Cameron, Radio Prague) - The Chinese Embassy has protested at speeches given by the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and th...
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Following yesterday’s announcement of the winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has released a message exp...
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, gets a helping hand as he leaves a plane upon his arrival at the airport in Hamburg, Germany, on Thursday, July 19, 2007. The Dalai Lama...
The Dalai Lama bows on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, during a ceremony where he received the first Lantos Human Rights Prize. Annette Lantos, widow of t...
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote a letter today to Mrs. Narges Mohammadi to congratulate her on being awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Pri...
Prague, Czech Republic, 12 December 2011 - “A more open, free and democratic China is of great importance for Asia and the world as a whole”, said the Prague Declaration sign...
Melbourne, Australia, 10 December 2009 (ATC) - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has wrapped-up his eleven-day visit to Australia and New Zealand, spending his final day in Melbourne. To...
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I am greatly encouraged by the launching of a Charter '08 by academics, artists, farmers and lawyers in China on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declarati...
Vilnius, Lithuania - Meeting with members of the Lithuanian Parliamentary Group for Tibet and Tibet supporters this morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama told them: "We’ve been pass...
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, talks with reporters during a news conference with the Dalai Lama on Friday in Aspen. (Carolyn Kaster/...
Dharamsala, HP, India, 20 January 2011 (OHHDL) - Below is the English transcript of an internet question and answer session His Holiness the Dalai Lama held live from his residence...
The Dalai Lama gestures during an interview with the 'Taipei Times' at his residence in Dharamsala, India, on June 7. PHOTO: LOA IOK-SIN, TAIPEI TImeS Taipei, Taiwan, 16 ...
Dharamsala, 10 December 2006 (Phayul / Phurbu Thinley) - While the day can be commemorated as the 58th Anniversary of World Human Rights Day, for Tibetans it marks the 17th auspic...
Prague, Czech Republic, 10 December 2011 - The meeting of two old friends, a spiritual leader and a playwright took place today in Prague on the anniversary of the Universal Declar...
Dharamsala, HP, India, 23 September 2013 - His Holiness the Dala Lama wrote a letter of congratulations to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on her victory in the recently held natio...
New Delhi, India - Today, Human Rights Day and the 29th anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, he started out by giving award-winning fil...
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Following the election of Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker of the US House of Representatives, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to him ...