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05 April 2013
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Another long-term Tibetan prisoner released
Chinese authorities released a Tibetan political prisoner two years prior to the completion of his terms for what China called his "good behavior" last month. According to Dharamshala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), Dawa Gyaltsen
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Tutu Awarded 2013 Templeton Prize
 Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, has been awarded this year Templeton prize with award of $1.7 million for his "life's spiritual dimension" on Thursday. Tutu, 81, was awarded the prize for inspiring people around the world by promoting forgiveness and justice.
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04 April 2013
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Exile Administration holds prayer service
The exile Tibetan headquarters in Dharamshala held mass prayer service today to honour Kunchok Tenzin, who set himself ablaze in protest against China's continuing occupation of Tibet. Hundreds of Tibetans led by exile Prime Minister Dr Lobsang Sangay, Speaker Penpa Tsering, Kalons or cabinet ministers
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Vigil held to honour Druptse
Over a hundred of Tibetans attended the global solidarity vigil at the Martyr's Pillar in Dharamshala to honour Drupchen Tsering aka Druptse on the 49th day of his death. "We are holding this global vigil for Drupchen Tsering to pay our respect for his sacrifice for the freedom of Tibet
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03 April 2013
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China Pressuring Nepal Says Jimmy Carter
 China is pressuring Nepalese Government to act on Tibetans living there and the refugees fleeing from Tibet said former US President Jimmy Carter on Monday. "My hope is that the Nepali government will not accede," he told reporters. Carter was in Nepal to encourage political parties to conduct delayed national elections and to push forward a peace process following the war.
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Long-term Tibetan Prisoner Released
Chinese authorities released a Tibetan man after serving 17 years in jail for demanding independence for Tibet. The US-based Radio Free Asia said, "Jigme Gyatso, 52, a former monk, appeared 'very weak' when he returned Monday to his home in Sangchu (Ch: Xiahe) county in Gansu province's Kanlho (Gannan)
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31 March 2013
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Two Tibetan among 83 Buried Workers
 A major landslide has hit a mining area in Medro Gungkar near Lhasa burying 83 workers Friday morning. Reports coming from Tibet said that two of the buried workers were Tibetan while others are believed to be ethnic Han Chinese. The miners worked for a subsidiary of the China National Gold Group Corp, a state-owned enterprise.
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Tibet Policy Institute hosts Conference on self-immolation
Tibet Policy Institute (TPI) hosted a two-day conference on ‘China’s Repressive Policies and the Crisis of Burning Tibet’ in Dharamsala. “The Institute has invited Tibetan scholars and writers to brainstorm on how the crisis in Tibet can be resolved so that Tibetans in Tibet
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29 March 2013
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Breaking: A monk sets self ablaze in Tibet
 A monk from Mogri Monastery in Luchu in Eastern Tibet has set himself on fire in an apparent protest against China’s continuing occupation of Tibet. “Kunchok Tenzin set himself ablaze at a road intersection near his monastery at 7pm (local time) on Tuesday, March 26,”
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28 March 2013
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TYC Unveiled Jampel Yeshi’s Statue
 On the first anniversary of Jampel Yeshi’s self-immolation, the Tibetan Youth Congress today unveiled his statue at Lhagyal Ri in Dharamshala. "As a Tibetan, he thought that his country was taken away from him, and he has no other way to resist except to sacrifice his life,”
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27 March 2013
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Tibetans shut China’s “propaganda exhibit”
 The Chinese Consulate at Chicago has packed off their performances and opening ceremony during their exhibit “Tibet Today: Sight of Western China Photo Exhibition” at the University of Minnesota on Monday.
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Tibetans Remember Jampel Yeshi
 Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest exile Tibetan organization, yesterday organized a candle light vigil in New Delhi to commemorate a year since Jampel Yeshi’s self-immolation.
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26 March 2013
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Dalai Lama talks about self-immolation
 Speaking about the on-going self-immolation protest in Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that “the ultimate factor is their (self-immolators) individual motivation.”
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25 March 2013
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Tibetans demand action as BRICS summit begins
 The exile Tibetans demand actions for Tibet from Xi Jinping as the Chinese president attends his first BRICS summit in Durban. “Tibet is Xi Jinping’s number one challenge and he has to address the legitimate grievances of Tibetans living in occupied Tibet and bring about an end
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24 March 2013
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Breaking: 110th Tibetan Self-immolation
 A Tibetan woman today set herself on fire in an apparent protest against China’s continuing occupation of Tibet. Thirty-year-old Kal Kyi, a mother of four has set herself ablaze protesting near Jonang monastery in Zamthang in Eastern Tibet at 3:30 pm (local time).
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China detains a monk and puts monastery under strict surveillance
A Tibetan monk from Tongkyab Monastery has been detained by China’s People’s Armed Police or PAP in Gade County in Golok in eastern Tibet earlier this month. Tritsun, 26, was arrested by Chinese authorities on March 11 for unknown reasons. However, it has been reported
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Despite repeated appeals from Tibetans and their supporters to release the body of Drupchen Tsering aka Druptse, the Nepalese authorities have secretly cremated his body on Monday.
Considering different ways of setting themselves on fire in Tibet, the exile Tibetan administration includes Tulku Thupten Nyendak and his niece Atse in the list of self-immolators.
Within 24 hours of Kal Kyi’s self-immolation in Zamthang, another Tibetan has set himself on fire today in an apparent protest against China’s continuing occupation of Tibet.
A Canadian parliamentarian, David Sweet, raised the issue of Tibet in the House of Commons on Thursday and called upon Xi Jinping to meet with the leaders of the Tibetan Government-in-exile.
