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Around 200 Tibetans from all over Switzerland took part in a special solidarity prayer vigil in front of the United Nations office in Geneva yesterday. The exiled abbot of the Kirti Monastries, Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche, led the prayer service for the 107 Tibetans

Starting from this year, March 10, the Tibetan National Uprising Day will also be observed as Tibetan Martyr’s Day. The decision to formally observe a Martyr’s Day to commemorate the sacrifices made by Tibetans inside and outside Tibet was unanimously

Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche, the exiled abbot of the Kirti Monasteries in Tibet and India, met with UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief on Monday in Geneva. Rinpoche briefed Heiner Bielefeldt on the crisis inside Tibet

Beijing based Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser has dedicated her International Women’s Courage Award to Tibetan self-immolators, numbering over 100, who have set themselves on fire protesting China’s occupation. Writing to Phayul, Woeser, who is currently under house arrest

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who will be turning 78 this year, has a packed schedule ahead of him in 2013. According to his official website, the Dalai Lama, in the first nine months of the year will be traveling across three continents

An uncle of a Tibetan self-immolator has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for his “crime” of carrying a photo of his nephew during the latter’s funeral procession in Rebkong, eastern Tibet. After a month-long detention

The exiled chief abbot of a Tibetan monastery at the centre of a wave of self-immolations called on Tibetans in exile to take responsibility as Tibet continues to burn in protest against China’s occupation. Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche, the head of Kirti monastic community

A Chinese court in eastern Tibet has passed down heavy prison terms of up to 15 years to three Tibetans for their “crimes” relating to the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet. The court sentenced Lhamo Dorjee to 15 years in prison, Kalsang Sonam to 11 years, and Tsesang Kyab to 10 years on charges of “intentional homicide.”

The United Kingdom expressed its deep concern over the self-immolation protests inside Tibet and said the human rights situation in the region is “clearly worsening.” Senior Minister of State Baroness Warsi told the British parliament that the UK “regularly raises” its concerns

A flash mob highlighting the ongoing wave of self-immolation protests inside Tibet was held Wednesday at the Union Square in New York city. Over a hundred Tibetans and supporters held a photo each of a self-immolator and one by one recited the name, age, and their decision to torch themselves.