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Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said the recent incident of a brutal gang rape of a young girl in New Delhi is “very, very sad” and expressed his concern over the degeneration of moral values in the society.

China has announced new regulations which will further tighten restrictions over the use of internet for its 500 million plus netizens. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China’s rubber stamp parliament

The Malho region of eastern Tibet, which has been at the heart of the recent spike in self-immolation protests, continues to suffer further governmental restrictions. According to the state-run, web-based Qinghai News, in fresh measures

Former Kalon Tripa Sonam Topgyal passed away early today at his residence in Dharamshala after a prolonged illness. He was 77. Sikyong Lobsang Sangay and his cabinet colleagues visited the deceased’s home to pay their last respects.

A two-day peace march by a group of Tibetan school students to the exile headquarters of Dharamshala concluded Friday followed by a candle light vigil in front of the Tibetan Martyrs Pillar at Tsug-la Khang, the main temple.

Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the elected head of the Tibetan people, today presided over the opening of an international conference on the implications of the leadership transition in China here in the Tibetan exile headquarters of Dharamshala. The conference organised by the Tibet Policy Institute

A Tibetan school student in south India has attempted to set himself on fire in solidarity with the wave of self-immolations inside Tibet and in protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet. On November 24, Lungrig Dorjee, a ninth grade student at the Tibetan Children’s Village School, Bylakuppe

In continuing crackdown on family members and relatives of Tibetan self-immolators, the father and grandfather of Tibetan self-immolator Gonpo Tsering have been arrested by Chinese authorities. Gonpo Tsering, 24, set himself on fire in front of the main prayer hall of the Ala Deu-go Monastery in Luchu

Tibetan self-immolator Sungdue Kyab, who set himself on fire in Bora region of Sangchu in eastern Tibet earlier this month, is reportedly battling for his life in a Chinese hospital in Lanzhou city, capital of Gansu Province. Doctors have told Sungdue Kyab’s family members that both his legs need to be amputated in order to save his life.

China has intensified its propaganda blitzkrieg over the self-immolation protests in Tibet, this time with the release of a documentary which claims to “disclose the truth” about the protests. According to Xinhua, the state news agency, the documentary titled ‘Facts About Self-Immolation in Tibetan Areas