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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.

DHARAMSHALA, July 29: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Sunday took part in an interactive session titled 'Ru-ba-ru Roshni’ at the inaugural event of the 95th birthday celebrations of Rev. Dada J.P. Vaswani, head of the Sadhu Vaswani Mission.

Popular Indian actor Aamir Khan (left), Rev. Dada J.P. Vaswani (centre) and Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama after an interactive session titled 'Ru-ba-ru Roshni' celebrating the 95th birthday of Dada Vaswani at the Sadhu Vaswani Mission in Pune, Maharashtra, India on July 28, 2013. (Photo/OHHDL/Tenzin Choejor)

Four Tibetan petitioners who had travelled to China’s capital Beijing requesting for the release of Tulku Tenzin Delek, a highly ranked Tibetan spiritual leader currently serving life-sentence, have been arrested.

The United States has said that it would seek improvements in China’s human rights record, including its treatment of ethnic minorities, during talks on human rights next week. The United States and China are scheduled to hold their annual dialogue on human rights on Tuesday and Wednesday in the southern city of Kunming

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Friday said that autonomy for Tibet is a way of brining an end to the ongoing wave of self-immolations while hinting at signs from China that could give a “new lease of life” to stalled negotiations between Beijing and Dharamshala.

A new county established in Tibet on Friday has become the world’s highest county-level administrative unit, China’s state-run Xinhuanews agency said. Shuanghu County, with an average elevation of 5,000 metres, is being billed as the world’s highest county-level administrative unit by China.

Leaflets calling for Tibet’s independence and the long life of Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama have been found scattered on a mountain top in Kardze region of eastern Tibet. A large number of local Tibetans had gathered on the mountain top on July 21