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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

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been named by the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine in its list of the 500 most powerful people on the planet. The Dalai Lama’s name features alongside some of the most powerful and richest people

Speaker of the Taiwanese parliament, the Legislative Yuan, has said he will welcome the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Taiwan for the spiritual benefit of the Taiwanese people. Speaker Wang Jin-Pyng made the remarks while receiving Speaker Penpa Tsering

Over 500 cattle heads have been culled in the latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the Tibetan capital region of Lhasa in central Tibet. China’s state news agency Xinhua in a report today said the National Foot-and-mouth Disease Reference Laboratory confirmed

A new report has placed China among the “most egregious violators” of religious freedom in the world and has found that religious freedom conditions in Tibet are “worse now than at any time over the past decade.” The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

Lobsang Tenzin, one of Tibet’s longest serving political prisoners has reportedly been released on medical parole and is currently undergoing treatment at home for severe injuries sustained during his quarter of a century prison term.