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The Department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration today held a prayer service in honour of two Tibetan self-immolators Jugtso and Phagmo Dhondup at the Tsug-la Khang, the main temple in Dharamshala. The prayer service was presided over by the Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche

A day before the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima turns 24 in Chinese captivity, Tibetans and supporters in the exile headquarters of Dharamshala today demanded to know his whereabouts and called for his release. Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters gathered at Mcleod Square wearing facemasks

Kalon Tsering Dhondup of the Department of Finance, Central Tibetan Administration along with Tibetan entrepreneurs attended the two-day Sankalp Unconvention summit in Mumbai last week.

The University of Sydney is set to hold an on-campus lecture by Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama in mid-June reverting an earlier decision to cancel the event. Professor John Keane issued a public statement saying that the University and the representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Australia “agreed to host

The April edition of the Seminar Journal, dedicated to discussing issues relating to Tibet, particularly the ongoing self-immolation protests was launched in the exile headquarters of Dharamshala on Sunday. The 102-paged issue, “Tibet Burning – a symposium on the crisis in Tibetan politics and culture,”

US Department of State has released a Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012 in which says the China's respect for and protection of human rights in Tibet "deteriorated markedly".

The democratically-elected Tibetan political leader Dr Lobsang Sangay yesterday spoke at the Conference of the presidents of Tibetan communities organized by Geneva based Tibet Bureau in Boldern, Switzerland.

The Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Wu Chuntai, met with Nepal Congress President Sushil Koirala at his residence in Maharajgunj yesterday to raise issues over Tibetan activities in Nepal. Quoting an aide of Koirala, Nepal.com said, "The meeting dwelt on Nepal's current political scenario, the proposed Constituent Assembly elections and China's concern about the activities of Tibetans in Nepal,"

The popular American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers are to perform for the Tibetan Nobel Laureate, the Dalai Lama, at his annual environment summit in Portland. His Holiness the Dalai Lama will take part in an environmental summit on Universal Responsibility & the Global Environment at Maitripa College

The Parliamentary Tibet support group in the upper house of French parliament at the Senate received Dr Lobsang Sangay, the prime minister of exile Tibet, during his visit to the country on 17 April. The Group for Information on Tibet has released a statement on receiving the Head of Tibetan government