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Tibetan self-immolator Tsering Tashi’s body was forcibly cremated late Sunday night near his home town in Amchok after repeated threats and mounting pressure from local Chinese authorities. 22-year-old Tsering Tashi passed away in his self-immolation protest on January 12 in Amchok

A key player in New Delhi’s power politics and the ruling party in West Bengal, the All India Trinamool Congress Party, has pledged to support an ‘All-Party Parliamentary Resolution on the Tibet crisis.’ Indian Member of Parliament and Party Whip, Derek O’ Brein

An exhibition of 50 drawings as a tribute to the Tibetan self-immolations by Japanese artist Tomoyo Ihaya opened today in the exile Tibetan headquarters of Dharamshala. The two-day exhibition titled ‘Blue Lotus’

In confirmed reports coming out of Tibet, a young Tibetan man set himself on fire today in the Amchok region of eastern Tibet in continued protest against China’s occupation of Tibet. Tsering Tashi (Tsebhe), 22 years of age, succumbed to his injuries at his protest site.

Tibetan parliamentarians on a lobbying campaign in south India wrapped up the second leg of their campaigning in the state of Andhra Pradesh with a press conference and a public event during which local Indians called for a review of India's China policy.

The Dharamshala based exile Tibetan administration today welcomed the Indian government’s decision to transfer Tibetan schools currently under the Central Tibetan Schools Administration to the Department of Education of the Central Tibetan Administration.

The Amherst Regional Tibetan Association, located in North Hampton in the state of Massachusetts with a population of around 100 Tibetans, has officially become the 30th Tibetan Association in North America.

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama concluded four days of teachings on Shantideva's A Guide to the Boddhisattva's Way of Life (Chodjug) in the sacred Indian town of Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh, Thursday.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama waves to devotees at the conclusion of the third day teachings in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, on January 9, 2013. The Tibetan spiritual leader concludes his four-day teachings on Shantideva's A Guide to the Boddhisattva's Way of Life (Tib: Chodjug) on January 10, 2013. (Photo/OHHDL/Tenzin Choejor)

Chinese authorities in the eastern Tibetan region of Malho are leading a massive drive to confiscate satellite dishes used by Tibetans after banning orders on “illegal satellite equipment” were issued last month.