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Four Tibetans, including two elderly women, were arrested yesterday in Kathmandu by Nepali police on unknown charges. The arrests came exactly two weeks after a Tibetan monk, Drupchen Tsering (Druptse) set himself on fire protesting China’s occupation of Tibet in the Nepali capital on February 13. He passed away at a local hospital hours after his protest

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama was today conferred with Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the Central University of Himachal Pradesh. In his address, the Dalai Lama congratulated the students and thanked the University of his home state for conferring the honorary degree.

Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the elected head of the Tibetan people, has blamed China’s occupation and repression of the Tibetan people for the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet. He was testifying before the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Canadian Parliament on February 26

Chinese police in eastern Tibet have arrested five more Tibetans for the alleged roles in convincing three people to set themselves on fire. Chinese state news agency Xinhua today said that one of the main suspects “acted under the instructions” of members of the Tibetan Youth Congress

More than a hundred leading Chinese scholars, journalists, lawyers, and activists have signed an open letter urging their national legislature to ratify a major human rights treaty a week before the inaugural session of the 12th National People’s Congress in Beijing.

After China barred Australia’s top diplomat from visiting Tibet, it is now being reported that Canada’s ambassador to China was also turned down from travelling to the restive region where more than 100 Tibetans have self-immolated protesting China’s rule.

Tibetan nomads living in the higher reaches of Ladakh, north India, are currently reeling under severe cold conditions after heavy snowfall killed thousands of their livestock. The Jangthang region in Ladakh, where Tibetan nomadic communities graze their goats and sheep, has received unprecedented snowfall

Over the fear of self-immolation protest at large public gathering, Chinese Armed Forces have imposed heavy restriction and strict surveillance on Tibetan disciples in Rebkong who have come to attend the Monlam Chenmo (The Great Prayer Festival) which began on February 20.

The head of the exile Tibetan administration has urged Canada to send its newly instated Ambassador for Religious Freedom to Tibet, where 107 Tibetans, including several monks and nuns have self-immolated. Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, who is currently visiting Canada, said the rising number of self-immolations stems from

The BBC “strongly” condemned the jamming of its radio broadcasts in China, calling the action “designed to disrupt audiences' free access to news and information." The British broadcasters, while noting that it was not possible to determine the exact origin of the blocking, said that the "extensive and co-ordinated efforts are indicative of a well-resourced country such as China.”