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More than 500 strong crowds of Tibetans on Monday evening braved the freezing cold and gusting wind to hold an anti-China demonstration in front of the Chinese Consulate in New York to dumb ““Mao-Hu-Wen” gu-lu.

A Tibetan demonstrator sets off a demonized effigy of Chinese president Hu Jintao on fireworks during an anti-China demonstration in the Nepalese Capital Kathmandu on Monday, February 23, 2009. As part of a religious ritual performed by Tibetans to ward-off evils two days before the commencement of their lunar New Year or Losar, which begins Wednesday, demonized effigies of Chinese leaders were put on fire. Tibetan exiles around the world vowed to boycott their New Year celebrations as they want to remember those who died in last year's anti-China unrests. Similar widespread boycott movement is also reportedly being observed by Tibetans in Tibet as a silent protest to register displeasure and anger against Chinese rule. (Photo: Lhuboom /Phayul)

With communications cut and banners warning residents to banish all thoughts of separatism, the people in ethnic Tibetan villages high in the grasslands of far-western China will pass a more tense New Years than usual

A number of Central Bohemian towns will join the Flag for Tibet campaign recalling the 50th anniversary of Tibetans' uprising against the Chinese Communist rule, the Kladno town hall told

Tibetan exiles Monday staged dramatic anti-China demonstrations as part of a wider movement to boycott Losar (New Year) celebrations in order to protest against Chinese rule in Tibet

Five Tibetan refugees crossing into Nepal from Tibet have been handed over to Nepalese police by cadres of the Maoists Party’s youth wing. The cadres of Young Communist

Amnesty International and a pro-Tibet group voiced shock Friday after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed not to let human rights concerns hinder cooperation with China

The Taiwan-based civic group Taiwan Friends of Tibet announced Monday plans to hold a candlelit vigil on Wednesday, the start of the Tibetan New Year. The event is intended to show solidarity with the victims of the Chinese government's crackdown

For Tibetans in the homeland and elsewhere, the new year -- known as Losar -- is the biggest holiday of all. Not this year.

Instead of planning festivities to mark their beloved New Year's, Tibetans want to remember those who died in last year's protests against Chinese rule. But Beijing has other ideas.