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A court in South Africa on Thursday ruled that government officials "unreasonably delayed" a decision whether to grant His Holiness the Dalai Lama a visa last year, largely out of fears of angering the Chinese government.

In a strange turn of events which have raised serious concerns over the well being of Golog Jigme Gyatso, a Tibetan filmmaker, Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet have framed murder charges against the missing Tibetan monk.

In a last testament left by Kalsang Kyab, who self-immolated in front of a Chinese government building in eastern Tibet, the 24-year-old has said that he is setting himself on fire “for the sake of Tibet.”

A senior Tibetan religious leader, Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, who met with a car accident yesterday in south India, is reportedly out of danger. Speaking to Phayul, a Tibetan Member of Parliament, Atruk Tseten said Rinpoche is out of danger

In solidarity with the increasing number of self-immolations inside Tibet, around one thousand Tibetans held a prayer service yesterday at the Mindrolling Monastery in Clement Town, Uttarakhand coinciding with the auspicious full moon day of the 10th Lunar month of year of the Water Dragon.

In more alarming reports coming out of Tibet, another Tibetan set himself on fire calling for the Dalai Lama’s return in Tsoe region of eastern Tibet on Wednesday, November 28. Sources have identified the Tibetan man as Bendey Khar, 21 years of age.

In fresh reports coming out of Tibet, a Tibetan man set himself on fire today in Luchu region of eastern Tibet in an apparent protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet. Sources have identified the Tibetan as Tsering Namgyal, 31, a father of two, from Zamtsa Lotso Dewa region of Luchu.

Tibetan nun, Sangay Dolma, who passed away in her self-immolation protest on November 25, has left a note professing her belief in the swift return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Tibet’s independence. Sangay Dolma also left a photograph

Details have finally emerged on a Tibetan self-immolator, who set himself on fire in Driru, Tibet on the eve of the Chinese Communist Party’s 18th National Congress on November 7. Tsegyu (Tsegyal), a 27, succumbed to his injuries after being denied any medical attention

A Tibetan college student was arrested today for attempting to set himself on fire at a protest rally in the Indian capital New Delhi. Tsultrim Dorjee, a Delhi University student, tried to self-immolate just before the mass protest rally organised by TYC