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At a press conference the Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she would raise the issue of Tibet with the new Chinese leadership during her weeklong visit to China. The announcement follows Australia Tibet Council's (ATC) letter to the Prime Minister last week, urging her to encourage Chinese president Xi Jinping to address the current crisis inside Tibet

Chinese authorities released a Tibetan political prisoner two years prior to the completion of his terms for what China called his "good behavior" last month. According to Dharamshala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), Dawa Gyaltsen

An unidentified Tibetan woman has set herself on fire in Kyegudo in Amdo (Ch: Qinghai) Province to protest against the demolition of her home. Citing sources in the region, the US-based Radio Free Asia said the protest occurred last week when a Chinese wrecking crew arrived to destroy her house.

Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, has been awarded this year Templeton prize with award of $1.7 million for his "life's spiritual dimension" on Thursday. Tutu, 81, was awarded the prize for inspiring people around the world by promoting forgiveness and justice.

The exile Tibetan headquarters in Dharamshala held mass prayer service today to honour Kunchok Tenzin, who set himself ablaze in protest against China's continuing occupation of Tibet. Hundreds of Tibetans led by exile Prime Minister Dr Lobsang Sangay, Speaker Penpa Tsering, Kalons or cabinet ministers

Over a hundred of Tibetans attended the global solidarity vigil at the Martyr's Pillar in Dharamshala to honour Drupchen Tsering aka Druptse on the 49th day of his death. "We are holding this global vigil for Drupchen Tsering to pay our respect for his sacrifice for the freedom of Tibet

China is pressuring Nepalese Government to act on Tibetans living there and the refugees fleeing from Tibet said former US President Jimmy Carter on Monday. "My hope is that the Nepali government will not accede," he told reporters. Carter was in Nepal to encourage political parties to conduct delayed national elections and to push forward a peace process following the war.

Chinese authorities released a Tibetan man after serving 17 years in jail for demanding independence for Tibet. The US-based Radio Free Asia said, "Jigme Gyatso, 52, a former monk, appeared 'very weak' when he returned Monday to his home in Sangchu (Ch: Xiahe) county in Gansu province's Kanlho (Gannan)

A major landslide has hit a mining area in Medro Gungkar near Lhasa burying 83 workers Friday morning. Reports coming from Tibet said that two of the buried workers were Tibetan while others are believed to be ethnic Han Chinese. The miners worked for a subsidiary of the China National Gold Group Corp, a state-owned enterprise.

Tibet Policy Institute (TPI) hosted a two-day conference on ‘China’s Repressive Policies and the Crisis of Burning Tibet’ in Dharamsala. “The Institute has invited Tibetan scholars and writers to brainstorm on how the crisis in Tibet can be resolved so that Tibetans in Tibet