25 March, 2011
International Campaign for Tibet
Scotland: The International Campaign for Tibet’s 2011 Light of Truth award was presented today to 90-year old author George Patterson, who earned legendary status as the ‘bearded Khampa’ for his support to Tibetan resistance fighters, and who became one of the first people to report the Chinese invasion of Tibet. »continue
George Patterson (right) with Thubten Samdup (left), the Dalai Lama’s Northern Europe Representative, and Mary Beth Markey (middle), President of ICT.