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Tibetan man has been released after spending 7 months in a Chinese jail without trial. Tamding Tsering was released on July 29 from a prison in Xining, and is currently at his hometown in Dokarmo Meko in Tsek

The Chinese authorities in Tibet’s Chamdo region have sentenced three Tibetan monks to two and half years’ imprisonment for allegedly providing protection to culprits. Namsay Sonam, the administrator of Karm

The Central Tibetan Administration will hold a special prayer service to mark the “successful completion” of two years in office by Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay and his cabinet. Prayer services will also be held in the vario

Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro-independence group in exile, has expressed outrage at accusations of discriminative hiring policies against Tibetans adopted by Chinese factories supplying products for Apple. TYC said it was “deeply concerned” at the reports of labour rights violations and urged the California based Apple Inc. to “seriously investigate” the accusations.

An exiled Tibetan visiting his family in Tibet was recently detained and later expelled from Tibet by Chinese officials after he was found in possession of pictures of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. According to information received by Phayul, the Tibetan man was carryig all required permission from Chinese authorities to travel to Tibet.

Chinese authorities have released a Tibetan political prisoner in poor health after having served his full 18 months prison term in eastern Tibet. Sonam Rinchen, who was released on July 24, is being described in a poor health condition and is also carrying injuries. He was arrested on February 12 last year in Drango region of Kham

In a bid to curb ‘Free Tibet’ and ‘anti-China’ activities around Boudha in Kathmandu, which has a dense Tibetan refugee population, Nepali police have installed a number of hi-tech CCTV cameras in the entire area.

A global human rights group has urged the United States to use its ongoing human rights dialogue with the Chinese government to “demand concrete public commitments to change policies and practices that violate human rights.”

A labour rights group on Monday accused Chinese factories that make Apple products of indulging in "discriminatory hiring practices" including refusing to hire members of China's so called ethnic minorities including Huis, Tibetans, or Uighurs.

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Leh town in Ladakh region of north India on Monday morning for a three-week stay during which he will undertake a meditational retreat for the cause of Tibet.