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17 April 2013
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China sentences eight Tibetan student
 The Chabcha County People's Court has sentenced eight Tibetan students up to four years in prison for carrying out major protests against the Chinese government in November 2012 at Chabcha region of Tsolho, Eastern Tibet.
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Tibetan flag shown in Beijing
 The Tibetan national flag (banned in Tibet and China) was shown uncut and un-blurred in Rockstar at the Beijing International Film Festival yesterday. According to the Indian newspaper The Hindu
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DIIR hosts Middle Way Approach awareness seminar
The Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) of the exile Tibetan administration in association with Tibetan Welfare Office of Dharamsala today held 'Understanding Middle Way Approach to resolve the issue of Tibet'.
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16 April 2013
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20 year-old mother sets herself alight and dies in Tibet
Jugtso set herself alight outside a monastery in Ngaba, eastern Tibet around 3pm local time today, 16 April. Local witnesses confirmed that she died at the scene. Her body was taken into the monastery where religious ceremonies were conducted.
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Engage in Dialogue with the Dalai Lama: US
The United States has called upon China to engage in dialogue with the Tibetans spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his representatives "without preconditions". Speaking to reporters in Washington DC, Patrick Ventrell from the State Department said, "We call on the Chinese Government to engage in substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama, with his representatives, and without preconditions."
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Dalai Lama and PM to attend School Golden Jubilee
Dalhousie's Central Tibetan School for Tibetans, one of the oldest Tibetan schools under the Central Tibetan Schools Administration in India will commemorate its golden jubilee celebrations from 28 to 30 April.
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Released Prisoners in Poor Health
The Chinese authorities have released several Tibetans who are reported to be in poor health after five years in jail. Two Tibetan monks Lobsang Ngodup, 34, and Soepa, 35, were released after completion of their five-year term in Chushul Prison on March 10.
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15 April 2013
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China Sentences Tibetans up to six years in jail
The Intermediate People's court in Rebkong and Tsekhog in Eastern Tibet sentenced four Tibetans up to six years in prison and deprived their political rights for sharing information of Tibetan self-immolators with outsiders.
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Tibetan PM writes to Secretary Kerry
The Prime Minister of the exile Tibetan administration, Dr Lobsang Sangay, wrote to the US Secretary of State John Kerry urging him to raise Tibet issue and the current crisis in Tibet during his first visit to China.
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14 April 2013
12 April 2013
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Dalai Lama receives Minority Award
 The Tibetan Spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama was honoured with a Minority Award in South Tyrol on 10 April. “This year, though the light that it might have shone on the situation of Tibetans is like a candle in comparison to His Holiness’s efforts. Nevertheless, the message that South Tyrol
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Landslide Man-made says the exile government report
The environment researchers of the exile Tibetan administration conducted a detailed probe into China’s mining activities in Tibet and concluded that the landslide in Gyama was a ‘man-made disaster.’ The 16-page report “Assessment Report of the Recent Devastating Landslide in Gyama Valley: It’s Possible Cause and Impacts”
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11 April 2013
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Kerry Must Raise Tibet Issue: HRW
Sophie Richardson, the China Director at the Human Rights Watch (HRW), yesterday wrote to US Secretary of State, John Kerry, to raise the critical human rights situation in Tibet during his upcoming visit to Beijing.
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10 April 2013
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Apple removes Tibetan book app.
The Apple Inc. has removed Hao Peiqiang's app 'Jingdian Shucheng' which offers access to ten books via iPhone and iPad from the App Store. According to the Financial Times, Hao said he received a letter from Apple informing him that his software would be deleted from China's App Store since it contained content deemed 'illegal' in China.
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Canadian PM urged to lead on Tibet
Three Canadian Parliamentarian has written a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper urging him to make Tibet a priority in Canadian foreign policy, and to lead an international effort for Tibet. "We write to respectfully request that you make Tibet a priority for Canadian foreign policy this year, especially given the courageous protests taking place in Tibet and the Chinese government's violent and massive repressions of Tibetan rights,"
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'So Many Socks' in Dharamsala
Over a dozen of Indian theater artists yesterday presented a So Many Socks, a play that tells a story of a Tibetan refugee family in India. Speaking to Phayul before the performance, Q, the director said, "The play not so much part of the freedom movement or the political movement, it is very much a personal comment.
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'Child Rights and Democratic Development in School' meet concludes
The two-day conference of the principals and head teachers on the 'Child Rights and Democratic Development in School' held at Songtsen Library concluded on April 5. This project is particularly for the schools in Himalayan region which is why it is also called as the 'Himalayan Project'.
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Dalai Lama portraits auctioned
The Buddhist Community Centre United Kingdom (BCCUK) has auctioned the two signed portraits of the Tibetan Spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama by the British figurative artist Lisa Andrew raising a total amount of £6200.
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Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay will leave on 16 April morning for Belgium and France after completing the first leg of his Swiss visit. Yesterday evening His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressed over 5,000 members of the Tibetan Community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
As the French President François Hollande prepares for his first state visit to China later this month, there is a growing call from French lawmakers to include Tibet on the agenda in the discussion with Xi Jinping.
