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Updates on Dhondup Wangchen and Ngaba

Updates on Dhondup Wangchen and Ngaba

June 2011

Updates on the crisis in Ngaba and the case of imprisoned filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen

January 2011 show

January 2011 show

January 2011

One woman takes on international mining corporations and learns how to be "a different kind of activist," broadening Buddhism's appeal for Tibetan schoolkids, and how you can help imprisoned Tibetan musician Tashi Dhondup.

Tashi Dhondup RELEASED

Tashi Dhondup <span class="caps">RELEASED</span>

January 2011

We are pleased to announce that since our broadcast, Tibetan singer Tashi Dhondup has been released from prison.

The life of a dissident lama

The life of a dissident lama

April 2010

Profile of Arjia Rinpoche, who survived under harsh Chinese rule after witnessing the torture and arrest of his monastery family.

Power of One: Tenzin Delek Rinpoche

Power of One: Tenzin Delek Rinpoche

February 2010

How to help imprisoned Buddhist lama Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, who stands accused of conspiring to cause explosions.

Arrested in Tibet

Arrested in Tibet

October 2008

This summer, 24-year-old Taiwanese-American woman Wen Yan-King faced the very real possibility of time in a Chinese prison with no one to vouch for her.