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In more alarming reports coming out of Tibet, another Tibetan, who is a close relative of a Tibetan self-immolator, set himself on fire today protesting China’s continued occupation of Tibet. Tsezung Kyab, 27, torched himself in front of the main prayer hall of the Shitsang Monastery in Luchu

Reports are coming in of yet another self-immolation in Tibet today in protest against China’s rule. Lhamo Dhondup, a Tibetan man aged in his 20s, set himself on fire in the ancient Jhakhyung Monastery in Palung region of Tshoshar, eastern Tibet.

The Taj group of hotels, one of the leading hotel brands in Asia, has expressed plans of establishing its presence in Tibet. According to the Hindu, the hotel group, which is currently involved in four projects in China, if allowed to proceed would become the first Indian company to run hotels in Tibet.

Chinese authorities in Tsawa Dzogang region of eastern Tibet arrested six Tibetans and brutally beat them, leaving two with broken bones, after an anti-China protest erupted in the area on February 10. Several Tibetans carried out a protest against China’s rule in front of the local Chinese government office

China has sentenced a Tibetan youth to two years in prison for storing images of Tibet self-immolations and the banned Tibetan national flag in his mobile phone. Ngawang Topden, 20, a student of thangka painting from Jomda region of eastern Tibet

A delegation of the Tibetan Youth Congress today met with senior officials of the United States government in Dharamshala and briefed them on the escalating crisis inside Tibet and the recent self-immolation by a Tibetan monk in Nepal.

Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet arrested six Tibetan monks on the eve of Tibetan new year for their alleged involvement in a protest calling for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile and independence for Tibet.

In what is being billed as the first petition ever to be directed to the Dharamshala based exile Tibetan administration, a Tibetan organisation in Switzerland is requesting for the official adoption of ‘Tibetan National Day’ on February 13.

The exile Tibetan administration today held a prayer service at the Tsug-la Khang as part of a worldwide prayer service, the first since the toll of Tibet self-immolations crossed the tragic milestone of 100 earlier this month. The Central Tibetan Administration earlier urged Tibetans all over the world to organise special prayer services on February 20

A senior leader of the exile Tibetan administration has said the self-immolations by the new generation of Tibetans born under Chinese rule “are sending an unequivocal message to the world about the gravity of the situation in Tibet.”