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Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the elected head of the Tibetan people, has congratulated Tshering Tobgay, chief of the victorious People's Democratic Party in the recently held parliamentary elections in Bhutan. Tobgay, 47, who led his party to a landslide victory

The speaker of the Dharamshala based Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Penpa Tsering met with Speaker Maya Graf of the Swiss Parliament in Zurich on Monday. Speaker Tsering, who is on an official visit to Switzerland, met Speaker Graf “informally” over lunch

Students for a Free Tibet, the global grass roots network of students and activists working for Tibet’s independence, is all set to see a change in its top leadership, the group has announced. Tenzin Dolkar, a long time activist and Deputy Director of the group, will be taking over as Interim Executive Director from Tenzin Dorjee

The list of people critically injured in Chinese firing on an unarmed crowd of Tibetans gathered to offer prayers for the Dalai Lama on July 6 in Tawu region of eastern Tibet continues to grow. Tsewang Choephel is the latest to have been identified among those injured, taking the toll of those critically injured to ten.

In another major incidence of official land grabbing, large areas of farming land and grassland used by Tibetans in the Muge region of Sungchu in eastern Tibet have been confiscated by local Chinese authorities. Local Chinese authorities have appropriated all farmlands in Achu nomadic camp

The United States has said that it raised concerns over the human rights situation in Tibet and Uighur areas during the two-day US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue held in Washington DC from July 10-11. In a joint press statement following the meeting

The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile has written letters to top Indian leaders urging for a “heightened level of protection” to ensure the personal safety of Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa.

The exile Tibetan administration has rejected comments made by Yu Zhengsheng, number four in the ruling Chinese Communist party's hierarchy, that the Middle-Way Approach proposed by the Dalai Lama seeking genuine autonomy for Tibet is “completely opposite” to China’s constitution.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama arriving to inaugurate the new Tibetan Community Hall built by the Tibetan Cooperative Society Lugsam on the final day of his 8-day visit to Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement in Karnataka State, India on July 11, 2013. His Holiness is scheduled to confer a two-day Yamantaka Initiation (dranak chusum wang) at Dzongar Chodhe Monastery on July 12 and 13. (Photo/OHHDL/Tenzin Taklha)

His Holiness the Dalai Lama arriving to inaugurate the new Tibetan Community Hall built by the Tibetan Cooperative Society Lugsam on the final day of his 8-day visit to Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement in Karnataka State, India on July 11, 2013. His Holiness is scheduled to confer a two-day Yamantaka Initiation (dranak chusum wang) at Dzongar Chodhe Monastery on July 12 and 13. (Photo/OHHDL/Tenzin Taklha)