seeking to escape repression in Tibet under Chinese rule; Storm in the Grasslands: Self-immolations in Tibet and Chinese policy; and Nomads in 'no man's land': China's nomination for UNESCO World heritage risks imperilling Tibetans and wildlife. Other reports include one focused on the 2008 Tibetan Uprising and the ensuing Chinese crackdown in Tibet, and a 2012 report entitled "60 Years of Chinese Misrule" which concludes that Chinese policies in Tibet have created elements of cultural genocide. Periodical publications include the quarterly Tibet Press Watch. Key people Richard Gere, Chair of the ICT Board. Bhuchung Tsering, Interim President. Vincent Metten, EU Policy Director. Tsering Jampa, Executive Director of ICT Europe in Amsterdam. Kai Muller, Executive Director of ICT Germany in Berlin. Tencho Gyatso, Interim Vice President Rowell Fund Following the August 2002 deaths of ICT Co-chair Galen Rowell and his wife, Barbara Rowell, the ICT Board of Directors established the Rowell Fund. The Fund gives small grants to Tibetans whose projects deal with the environment/conservation, photography, humanitarian projects, journalism/literature, and women's projects. In recent years the amount dispensed by the Rowell Fund has ranged from $35,000 to more than $40,000. Light of Truth Award ICT presents the Light of Truth Award, a human rights award to individuals and institutions who have made significant contributions to the public understanding of Tibet and the fight for human rights and democratic freedoms of the Tibetan people. The award itself is a simple Tibetan butter lamp, symbolizing the extraordinary light that each recipient has drawn to the Tibet issue. On one occasion, in 2001, the award was presented to all the people of India, with president R. Venkataraman accepting delivery of the prize. The majority of the awards have been presented since 1995 by the fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, to the recipients personally. The recipients are: 1995: A. M. Rosenthal 1996: Richard Gere, Lavinia Currier, and Michael Currier 1997: Charlie Rose, and Claiborne Pell 1998: Martin Scorsese, and Melissa Mathison 1999: Hugh Edward Richardson, and Danielle Mitterrand 2000: Richard C. Blum 2001: The people of India, taken delivery of by R. Venkataraman 2002: Heinrich Harrer, and Petra Kelly 2003: Benjamin A. Gilman, Michele Bohana, and Robert Thurman 2004: Otto Graf Lambsdorff, Irmtraut Wäger, and Václav Havel 2005: Elie Wiesel, Carl Gershman, and Lowell Thomas Jr. 2006: Hergé Foundation, and Desmond Tutu 2009: Julia Taft, and Wang Lixiong 2011: George Patterson 2013: Professor Dr. Christian