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Exiled Tibetan parliamentarians met with senior leaders of the Indian state of Sikkim, which shares its borders with Tibet, as part of a nation-wide lobbying campaign to highlight the ongoing crisis inside Tibet. The three-member Tibetan Parliamentary delegation

Chinese authorities have released a jailed Tibetan monk of the restive Nyatso Zilkar Monastery in Tridu, eastern Tibet, before the expiration of his prison term due to “medical emergency.” Sonam Yingyen, 44, was released “on an unknown date last month

Refusing to bow down to pressure from China, the United Kingdom has made it clear that the country will make its own decision on who they meet. This comes after Beijing demanded a public apology from the UK following Prime Minister David Cameron’s meeting with the Dalai Lama last year.

The United States has for the first time directly accused China’s military of cyberespionage in a report published by the Pentagon on Monday. The Pentagon has charged China’s military of attacking American government computer systems and defense contractors

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving an Honourary Degree Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Maryland on May 7, 2013. The Dalai Lama delivered the annual Anwar Sadat Lecture for Peace to an audience of 15,000 people at the University. (Phayul photo)

Chinese authorities have released another Tibetan political prisoner, Jigme Gyatso, who is being described in serious health condition, from the Lanzhou city Prison No. 1 on April 27. The 28-year-old Tibetan writer and activist was released at the completion

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama left his exile hometown of Dharamshala, north India, for a fortnight’s visit of the United States of America on Sunday. The Dalai Lama has been invited by various universities, colleges

China’s new president, Xi Jinping has been named as a “predator of freedom of information” by the global press freedom group, Reporters Without Borders. Coinciding with World Press Freedom Day, May 3, the group released its updated list of 39 Predators of Freedom of Information

Chinese authorities in Gonjo County, Kham have reportedly killed a Tibetan man and arrested four Tibetan abbots and trulkus whose whereabouts continues remain unknown since their arrest.

A Tibetan prisoner is reported to be in poor health following his release at the completion of his 21-year prison term. Chinese authorities in Tibet released Lodoe Gyatso, 52, from the notorious Chushul prison near the Tibetan capital city Lhasa on May 2