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With the alarming escalation in Tibetan self-immolation protests, exile Tibetan lawmakers will be soon embarking on a month long intensive lobbying campaign across the length and breadth of India. The Dharamshala based Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile announced a new lobbying campaign

The United States government has expressed its “deep concern and sadness” over the “increasing frequency” of self-immolations by Tibetans and blamed China for further exacerbating tensions in the region.

In a further hardening of stance on the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet, China will now charge anyone caught aiding or inciting Tibetan self-immolations with murder. The state run Gannan Daily on Wednesday cited a joint legal opinion

Following Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affair’s recent decision to refuse a visa to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the country’s Internal Administration Committee on Thursday passed a resolution to invite the Tibetan spiritual leader to visit Taiwan.

The Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration today launched a barrage of new initiatives as a precursor to the 2013 ‘Solidarity with Tibet Campaign’ year as earlier announced. Addressing a press conference here, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay

A Tibetan writer serving a ten and half year term has been awarded the ‘Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award’ by the Independent Chinese PEN Centre, an official affiliate of PEN, the global association of writers dedicated to freedom of expression

DHARAMSHALA, December 5: A Tibetan writer serving a ten and half year jail term has been awarded the 'Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award 2012' by the Independent Chinese PEN Centre, an official affiliate of International PEN, the global association of writers dedicated to freedom of expression

Minutes before setting himself on fire, Tibetan self-immolator Lobsang Gendun left a message of hope for the unity and solidarity of all Tibetans. “I am right now preparing to self-immolate. I have already doused my body with petrol."

The situation in the restive region of Rebkong, eastern Tibet continues to remain tense with arbitrary arrests of Tibetans and increased surveillance and restrictions imposed by local Chinese authorities. In the latest incidence of arrest, four Tibetans were detained

National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon said on Tuesday India and China had made “considerable progress” on the border dispute as both countries reviewed the past decade of negotiations on the boundary question over two days of talks here.