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In continuing crackdown on “crimes” related to the self-immolation protests in Tibet, two monks have been sentenced to three years in prison for offering prayers for Tibetan self-immolator Wangchen Norbu who passed away in his fiery protest last November. According to reports, the two monks, Tsundue, 27 and Gedun Tsultrim

If odds are to be believed, Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama might be visiting Hong Kong, the Special Administrative Region under the People’s Republic of China, this September. Organisers of the trip, a Hong Kong based religious group is confident that the Dalai Lama will be able to make the visit

One of the world’s oldest human rights organisations called upon China to take immediate steps to address the current emergency in Tibet and denounced the “intensification of the military build-up in Tibet.” The International Federation of Human Rights adopted the Resolution

The largest pro-independence group in exile, Tibetan Youth Congress today elected its new executive members on the final day of their 15th General Body Meeting. Tenzing Jigme from Minnesota, US, has been elected the new president while Tamding Sichoe from Pokhara, Kathmandu is the vice-president

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama began his four-day teachings on Shantideva's A Guide to the Boddhisattva's Way of Life (chodjug) at the Tsug-la Khang, main temple near his exile residence in Dharamshala earlier today.

A new pan-Atlantic survey has named Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the most popular leader in the world along with US President Barack Obama. In contrast, leaders with the least levels of popularity include China’s President Xi Jingping and Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Tibetan Parliamentarian Norbu Tsering, on behalf of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, presenting a souvenir award to Canadian Minister Jason Kenney at the latter's office on May 24, 2013. The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile expressed heartfelt gratitude to Jason Kenney, honourable minister of Canada for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism for his continued support towards democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Tibet.

The lone Tibetan NGO in the exile community dedicated towards AIDS awareness and providing support to HIV patients, CHOICE-HIV/AIDS Initiative, today announced its dissolution at a press conference in Dharamshala. After six long years of conducting intensive outreach and awareness programmes

The elected head of Tibetan people, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay today felicitated Tenzin Chokyi, who had topped among Tibetan students with 95.4 per cent in this year’s all-India class XII examinations conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education.

The Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration has once again categorically rejected China’s allegations of “outside forces” instigating the ongoing wave of self-immolation protests inside Tibet. The Kashag in a statement said China’s recent claims “don’t have a strand of truth.”