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Even as China is receiving widespread condemnation for its sentencing of eight Tibetans over “crimes” related to self-immolations, reports have come in of another arrest in connection with the ongoing wave of fiery protests. Continuing its crackdown on relatives of self-immolators, Chinese authorities in Rebkong

A global right group has censured China over its human rights record noting that the world’s most populous country made “minimal progress on political, civil, socio-economic or cultural rights” in 2012. New York based Human Rights Watch, in its World Report 2013 said China's human rights record “remained poor” throughout last year.

On the sidelines of the just concluded Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign in the Indian capital, Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche called for the release of eight Tibetans sentenced in connection with Tibet self-immolations. Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche, the head lama of Kirti monasteries, where more than 30 of the 99 self-immolations have occurred

Calls for the release of eight Tibetans who have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms, including one sentenced to death with a two year reprieve, in connection with Tibet self-immolations has grown over the past week. On January 31, Chinese courts in eastern Tibet sentenced Lobsang Kunchok to death

The four-day Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign in the Indian capital concluded Saturday with a strong show of support for the Tibetan struggle from Indian leaders from across party lines. Prominent Indian leaders including former union ministers, representatives of major political parties, and stalwart youth leaders

A daylong prayer service and hunger fast marked the penultimate day of the four-day Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign in the Indian capital New Delhi. His Eminence Gaden Tri Rinpoche, the 102nd Throne-holder of the Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism led the prayer service attended by Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche

China has sentenced six Tibetans to heavy jail terms of up to 12 years for their alleged roles in trying to rescue a Tibetan self-immolator from falling into the hands of Chinese officials. The Xiahe County People's Court passed the sentence on January 31, the same day when a Chinese court in Ngaba, eastern Tibet, sentenced Lobsang Kunchok, to death

China finds itself placed once again among the worst in the world for press freedom and media rights in a new report released by France based Reporters Without Borders. Ranked at a dismal 173 out of 179 countries, the global media rights group in its 2013 Press Freedom Index said China “shows no sign on improving.”

Tibetan students of TCV School, Gopalpur perform a drama on the continuing wave of self-immolation protests in Tibet during the four-day Tibetan People's Solidarity Campaign in New Delhi on February 1, 2013. Over 5000 Tibetans from the Indian subcontinent are gathered in the Indian capital to express their solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet and appeal for international intervention in the ongoing crisis. (Phayul photo)

A senior leader of the Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro-independence group in exile, testified before a subcommittee on human rights of the Canadian Parliament on Tuesday. Dhondup Lhadar, vice president of the Dharamshala based TYC, spoke on the ongoing wave of self-immolations