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Chinese authorities in Malho region of eastern Tibet have announced cash rewards for those “exposing crimes” related to the ongoing wave of self-immolations and issued an ultimatum warning those who have “committed fault” to turn themselves in.

India’s External Affairs Minister today said China was a "major concern," greater than Pakistan, and warned that India runs the risk of being completely overwhelmed by China if it fails to bring its economy on the right track.

Taiwan earlier this week expressed concern over prisoners of conscience in China, including Tibetans, even as reports of arbitrary arrests and harsh sentencing continues to come out of Tibet. According to the Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration

Canada has blamed China for exacerbating tensions in Tibet with “increasingly punitive measures” in response to the ongoing wave of tragic self-immolations in the region. Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird urged China to lift restrictions to Tibetan areas for diplomats and journalists while calling for

The European Union expressed profound sadness over the increasing number of self-immolations in Tibet and urged Beijing to respect Tibetan rights and allow free access to Tibet for diplomats and journalists. In a declaration by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton

In further boost to calls for establishing a special European Union coordinator for Tibet, a Member of the European Parliament on Thursday said that such a move will reaffirm EU’s strategy to support human rights and democracy.

In continuing crackdown on the spate of self-immolation protests inside Tibet, Chinese authorities have arrested seven Tibetans from the Dokarmo region of eastern Tibet in separate incidents. Those arrested include relatives and friends of Tibetan self-immolators

In what could be seen as a further push for establishing an international mechanism on the crisis in Tibet, US cited Tibet as an area where the EU and US can partner on “common strategic engagement.” The remarks were made by US Under Secretary Maria Otero

A new documentary narrating personal stories of Tibetan self-immolators was released by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in the Tibetan exile headquarters of Dharamshala, Wednesday.

Eight Tibetan students of the Sorig Lobling medical school in Chabcha, eastern Tibet have been sentenced to five years in prison even as the school continues to remain under strict surveillance for the third straight week.