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Top leaders of the exile Tibetan administration, including Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay and Speaker Penpa Tsering leading a mass rally in solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet in the Indian capital New Delhi on January 31, 2013. Over 7000 Tibetans from the Indian subcontinent took part in the rally demanding international intervention in the ongoing crisis inside Tibet as part of the four-day Tibetan People's Solidarity Campaign from Jan30-Feb 2, 2013. (Phayul photo)

Top Tibetan leaders, including Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay and Speaker Penpa Tsering today marched in the streets of New Delhi, leading over 7000 Tibetans in a protest rally in solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet. The second day of the four-day Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign in the Indian capital began

In the first of its kind court sentence passed down in relation to what China calls “crimes” associated with the self-immolations in Tibet, one Tibetan has been sentenced to death with a two year reprieve and another to ten years. According to the court verdict, Lobsang Konchok was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve

India today said it will take a “considered view” on reports of China’s plans to construct upstream dams on the Brahmaputra River, while conceding that New Delhi is yet to get details on the latest plans. “We will take a considered view about that,” Defence Minister AK Antony said while adding that the government was yet to get details of China’s plan.

Various religious leaders holding an interfaith service in solidarity with Tibetans insside Tibet at the Rajghat, the memorial of the father of the Indian nation, Mahatma Gandhi on January 31, 2013. Kalons and members of the Tibetan Parliament along with Tibetan monks and nuns took part in the prayer service on the second day of the four-day Tibetan People's Solidarity Campaign in New Delhi. (Phayul photo)

Over 5000 Tibetans and Indian supporters gather at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi to take part in Tibet solidarity campaigns organised by the exile Tibetan administration. Former deputy PM LK Advani and official representative of the ruling Congress Party, MP Priya Dutt were present on the first day of the four-day event on January 30, 2013. (Phayul photo)

The four-day Tibet solidarity campaign began on a high political note in the Indian capital with top leaders from both sides of the Indian Parliament expressing their support and solidarity with Tibet. Former deputy prime minister LK Advani shared the stage with official representatives of the ruling Indian National Congress

Chinese authorities in Malho region of eastern Tibet have intensified their campaign on banning satellite dishes, particularly at the Rongwo monastery, as part of the government’s wider clampdown on communications to stifle information on the self-immolations against Chinese rule.

Beijing has appointed yet another hardliner Tibetan as the new governor of central Tibet, a move many believe augurs with China’s plans of maintaining its iron fisted rule over the region. 55-year-old Losang Gyaltsen’s name was announced on Tuesday at the end of the 10th annual meeting of the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region’s rubber stamp regional assembly.

In an alarming development, Chinese authorities in central Tibet have reportedly detained some of the senior most monks, including abbots and chant masters of the three principle monastic seats of Sera, Ganden, ad Drepung. The condition and whereabouts of those disappeared remain unknown, giving rise to anxiety and tension