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Tibetan Buddhist monks of the Gyuto monastery will be performing at this year’s Glastonbury festival in Somerset, England from June 26 to 30. According to The Independent, Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has extended “full support” for the monks’ performance at Glastonbury festival, best known for its contemporary music.

Chinese diplomats have threatened and harassed a French journalist after he visited Tibet and secretly filmed a documentary which was broadcast last month on France 24. Cyril Payen was able to obtain a seven-day visa to Lhasa, Tibet’s ancient capital, which has been off limits to journalists since the 2008 uprisings against China’s rule.

After covering over 2000kms and reaching within a couple of day’s trek to the Tibetan border, Tsetan Dorjee, who was on his march to Tibet for the second time, has reportedly gone missing. It has been learned that Dorjee went missing from Gangtok, located just 54kms from the famous Nathu Pass

A Tibetan political prisoner has been released in poor health after serving his full five year prison term in eastern Tibet, during which he was subjected to brutal torture at the hands of Chinese authorities. Tsewang Dakpa, a monk at the Jangang Monastery in Drango region of eastern Tibet was released on June 5.

In reports just in, a Tibetan nun set herself on fire today in Tawu region of eastern Tibet in an apparent protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet. According to exile sources, the Tibetan nun set herself ablaze at around 5 pm (local time) in Tawu region of Kham.

A conference on Tibet’s environment titled, “Tibet’s Environment: Denuding, Degrading & Depopulating” will be held on Wednesday, June 19 in Brussels, coinciding with the European Parliament’s Tibet Intergroup’s 97th meeting. The conference, hosted by MEPs Satu Hassi, Thomas Mann and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg

China has reportedly threatened to take away all pandas loaned to a zoo in Vienna over “mistake” committed by Austrian leaders of meeting with the exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama more than a year ago. According to reports the Chinese government has threatened to take Schönbrunn Zoo’s panda’s away

China’s representative at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council session termed a mass students’ protest in the Chabcha region of eastern Tibet last year, in which many students were hospitalised, as an “illegal” act requiring prior permission according to Chinese law. China’s statement

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama yesterday left his exile hometown of Dharamshala for a fortnight’s visit to New Zealand and Australia to give a series of teachings and public talks. The 77-year old Tibetan leader is scheduled to begin his engagements with a teaching

On the eve of presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping’s maiden presidential level summit, leaders of a US Congress commission have called on the Obama Administration to embark on a fresh and bold approach to improving conditions in Tibet. The Congressmen made their remarks at a June 5 hearing on "Human rights in Tibet"