Washington DC — After more than a year of warnings and criticisms, the United States of America has announced that it is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, strongly criticising the UNHRC for "Its membership includes authoritarian governments with unambiguous and abhorrent human rights records" sit on the Council, "such as China, Cuba, and Venezuela."

Geneva, Switzerland — The United Nations human rights chief Monday strongly criticised the Communist Regime in China for turning down several requests to unfettered access to the regime, including the occupied Tibet and East Turkestan, where the human rights situation is "deteriorating."

Dharamshala, India — Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama issued a statement Tuesday welcoming the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore as "an historic summit to secure lasting peace on the Korean peninsula".

Vilnius, Lithuania — "If we are to make the 21st century an era of peace, we have to find ways to reduce the arms trade and eliminate nuclear weapons," His Holiness the Dalai Lama said, adding that "in the short term the power of the gun may seem stronger, but in the long term, as smaller nations like Lithuania have proved, what is stronger is the power of truth."

Ottawa, Canada — "This delegation truly represents Tibet,” President Dr Lobsang Sangay said while testifying before the Canadian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affair and International Development, referring to a recent hearing of a group of the Chinese Communist party puppets from Tibet, whose remarks received skepticism and criticism.

Washington, DC — The US should express publicly that China needs to engage in a meaningful and direct dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama or his representatives, without preconditions, to lower tensions and resolve differences, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told lawmakers, ahead of his visit to China.