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Tibetans and supporters in Canada carried out a protest on Wednesday against the forced resettlement of nomads in Tibet and signed petitions urging the Chinese government to halt the “destructive policy.” The protest led by Students for a Free Tibet, Canada took place in front of City Hall in Calgary.

Chinese authorities in Gepasumdo region of eastern Tibet cancelled a major Buddhist ceremony last week and ordered thousands of disciples to return, days after several Tibetans were critically injured in police firing on an unarmed crowd of Tibetans gathered to offer prayers on the birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

A mass prayer service was held today in the exile Tibetan headquarters of Dharamshala in honour of Kunchok Sonam, a young Tibetan monk, who set himself ablaze in protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet on July 20 in Zoege region of eastern Tibet.

Young Tibetans from all over Europe will be coming together in Antwerp, Belgium for the Third Tibetan Youth Parliament to be held from August 30 to September 1, under the slogan, “We are United.” The Youth Parliament, a unique forum designed to actively engage young people

Tibetan lawmakers in exile have called on the apex human rights body of the United Nations to convene a special meeting in response to the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet, heralded by the ongoing wave of self-immolations. The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile urged the 47 member states of the UN Human Rights Council

Men-Tsee-khang opened a new Tibetan traditional therapy centre aimed at alleviating diseases and promoting health through herbal medicine in McLeod Ganj town on Monday. The institute had earlier announced plans of commemorating 100 years of Lhasa Men-Tsee-khang

Contemporary Tibetan art scene took a leap forward last week as a major new exhibition dedicated solely to contemporary Tibetan art kicked off at a museum in New York.

Police in the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, exile home to thousands of Tibetans including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration, have been alerted of possible terror strikes on Buddhist population and monastries. India’s central counter terrorism unit, the National Investigation Agency, has alerted Himachal police

A long-running border dispute between local Tibetans and Chinese in eastern Tibet turned ugly when around a hundred hired Chinese goons attacked a Tibetan village security post and wounded 17 Tibetans, including three who are in critical condition.

In yet another case of harsh sentencing of Tibetans in connection with the ongoing wave of self-immolation protests inside Tibet, a Chinese court in eastern Tibet has sentenced three Tibetans for up to ten years in prison for their crimes of trying to rescue a Tibetan self-immolator from falling into the hands of Chinese authorities.