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The report issued in Washington on Wednesday accuses China of stepping up cultural and religious repression of minorities in Tibet and elsewhere and increasing the detention and harassment of dissidents

Three people set themselves on fire in the heart of downtown Beijing on Wednesday, state media and a witness said, and city police said they appeared to have come to the capital to voice "personal complaints"

The usual festivities for Losar, the Tibetan New Year, have been cancelled by Tibetans around the world, and will instead be marked by acts of remembrance for those who have died and disappeared under the Chinese Occupation of their

For the British people the thought of silence greeting Big Ben's midnight chimes on New Year's Eve is unthinkable, whilst the absence of fireworks over the Thames to welcome the beginning of another year would be unimaginable

Nepal Police have arrested seven Tibetan nationals, including two women, who entered the country through Nepal-Tibet border at Tatopani and handed them over to the authorities in Kathmandu

Tibetan Association of Boston (TAB), in solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet, decided not to celebrate Tibetan New Year and to donate the money to a local homeless shelter in

As Tibetans and supporters go on a worldwide movement against celebrations of the Tibetan New Year beginning today, an atmosphere of mourning and silence prevails in

The European Union is seeking a summit with China in May, after last year's meeting was postponed

China has closed Tibet to foreign tourists ahead of next month's highly sensitive 50th anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule, tour agencies and other industry

Exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama Tuesday said he admired the resolute decision made by Tibetans both in and outside Tibet to forgo “celebratory activities” during the Tibetan New Year or, Losar, which begins tomorrow