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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.

The condition of Tibetan self-immolator Sungdue Kyab remains unknown two days after he set himself on fire near a monastery in Bora, eastern Tibet protesting China’s continued occupation of Tibet. Although details were scanty following

Adding to the growing death toll in Tibet’s self-immolation protests, another Tibetan self-immolator passed away in a Chinese hospital, days after he set himself on fire protesting China’s continued occupation of Tibet.

In confirmed reports coming out of Tibet, yet another Tibetan set himself on fire today in Golog region of eastern Tibet in an apparent protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet. Lobsang Gendun, a 29-year-old Tibetan monk

Revelations by a senior British member of parliament has shed light on a "blanket prohibition" that 10 Downing Street had thrown on its ministers on meeting the Dalai Lama during his UK visit this June.

Tibetans in the exile headquarters of Dharamshala observed December 1, World AIDS Day with programmes to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and to demonstrate international solidarity in the face of the pandemic.