Activists gathered at the White House yesterday alongside more than 1,500 Tibetan refugees to protest the Chinese government’s crackdown on Tibetan demonstrators, according to the Washington Post. Buddhist monks were joined by a few American sympathizers in their efforts to persuade President Bush to boycott the opening ceremonies at the Summer Olympics in Beijing. Tibetan sympathizers have a powerful ally in U.S. House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who yesterday urged President Bush to consider a…

Here’s some video of the Dalai Lama arriving in Washington today from YouTube. Tibet’s spiritual leader will receive a Congressional Gold Medal tomorrow at the U.S. Capitol. The medal, which accompanies a resolution passed last year that recognizes him as “a leading figure of moral and religious authority,” will be presented during a ceremony attended by Preident Bush, representing the first time a sitting U.S. president has met the Dalai Lama in public. If…

The last time the Dalai Lama was in Washington, not even spiritual enlightenment could help him figure out why District residents still lacked voting rights. And now that he’s coming back, maybe he’ll have a little word with President Bush and Congressional Republicans about it. Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader will be in town next week to accept a Congressional Gold Medal. The medal, which accompanies a resolution passed last year that recognizes him as “a…

Even Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader and all-round lovable guy the Dalai Lama thinks the District’s lack of voting rights is a little lame, according to our friends at DC Vote, who sent us an article including the following: Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, took a rare swipe at the United States, saying he was puzzled why residents in the capital of the world’s oldest democracy have no Congressional voting rights. The Tibetan leader…

>> On Thursday, the first significant exhibit of modern Tibetan art in North America opens at the International Campaign for Tibet’s office near Dupont Circle. “Old Soul, New Art: Contemporary Tibetan Art” features the works of Gonkar Gyatso, Karma Phuntsok and Losang Gyatso. The reception is 5:30-8 p.m. and the artists will be on hand for Q&A session at 6:30 p.m. A roundtable discussion, moderated by by Dr. Carole McGranahan of the University of Colorado,…