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Chinese authorities have effaced a traditional Tibetan prayer for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, written on a rock face near the Nyitso Zilkar Monastery in Tridu region of Kyegudo, eastern Tibet.

The annual budget session of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile is underway in the Tibetan exile headquarters of Dharamshala. On the first day of the session, Tibetan parliamentarians deliberated on the ongoing crisis inside Tibet

In an open exchange of ideas between Tibetan and Chinese on the current crisis inside Tibet, more than a dozen Chinese scholars and students met with Tibetans in New York at a gathering organised by the Office of Tibet on March 16.

Exile Tibetan media are reporting on a self-immolation protest by a Tibetan woman on the eve of Xi Jinping’s formal selection as the new President of China earlier this week. Kunchok Wangmo, in her 30s, set herself on fire protesting China’s rule at around midnight on Wednesday

A Tibetan monk in Ngaba region of eastern Tibet has become the 108th Tibetan living under China’s rule to self-immolate, marking five years since the 2008 peaceful protests in the region. Lobsang Thokmey, 28, a monk at the Kirti Monastety

Tibetans and supporters in the United Kingdom took part in the fifth annual Tibet Lobby this week at the Houses of Parliament and in local constituencies around the UK. About 300 supporters, either in face-to-face meetings or through letters, lobbied at least 150 MPs

A ‘Tibet Advocacy Campaign’ held in New Delhi from March 13-15, coinciding with the budget session of the Indian Parliament, lobbied with several senior Indian leaders and received support from across party lines.

Tibetan Women’s Association, the largest women’s group in exile, staged a ‘shout out to Chinese leaders campaign’ in the Indian capital New Delhi Thursday coinciding with formal selection of Xi Jinping as China’s new President.

Reports of continuing arrest of Tibetans by Chinese authorities in the month of March, which is considered a sensitive period, are coming out of Tibet. March 10 is commemorated by Tibetans as the National Uprising Day

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed his “greetings and sense of joy” at the “historic” election of Pope Francis and said he was looking forward to meeting the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.