Jan. 11 - VANCOUVER, B.C. - In the living room of a friend's home, Palden Gyatso unwrapped a cloth shopping bag bearing the faded-blue image of China's Great Wall. Slowly, the Tibetan monk placed its ...

Palden Gyatso, a Buddhist monk since childhood, was arrested by the Chinese Communist Army in 1959. He spent the next 33 years in prison for the "crimes" of peaceful demonstration and refusal to ...