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Elected leaders of the exile Tibetan administration felicitated US President Barack Hussein Obama on his re-election after a hard fought campaign, Wednesday. America's first black president sealed victory over Republican candidate Mitt Romney

On the eve of China’s once-a-decade leadership change, the exile Tibetan Parliament today urged China’s new leaders to accept the existence of a Tibet issue and revive contacts, broken since 2010. Speaking to reporters in the Tibetan exile headquarters of Dharamshala, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile,

In more alarming reports coming out of Tibet three teenaged Tibetan monks set themselves on fire today in a triple self-immolation protest outside a Chinese police station in Ngaba, eastern Tibet. The three monks have been identified as Dorjee,15, Samdup, 16, and Dorjee Kyab, 16.

In confirmed reports coming out of Tibet, a Tibetan woman set herself on fire today in an apparent protest against China’s occupation, on the eve of the Chinese Communist Party’s 18th National Congress.

In continuing crackdown and arbitrary detention of Tibetans in the Wonpo region of Dzachukha, eastern Tibet, Chinese security personnel have arrested one more monk of the Wonpo Monastery. Munsel was arrested by Chinese security personnel

A senior European Union official has urged China’s new leaders to resume the stalled dialogue process with Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama upon returning from a visit to China. Barbara Lochbihler, chair of the Human Rights

Five monks from the Drango Monastery in the Kardze region of eastern Tibet have been sentenced to varying prison terms of six to seven years for their alleged involvement in a major anti-China protest that erupted in the area earlier this year.

Activists in the Tibetan exile headquarters of Dharamshala today released balloons attached with pictures of Tibetan self-immolators, coinciding with the Tibetan Buddhist holy day of Lha Bab Düchen. The day marks Buddha's descent from the heavenly realm

With Tibet witnessing an alarming escalation in self-immolation protests, Chinese authorities have imposed a near-total information blockade and restrictions on sale of inflammable liquids in many parts of Tibet.

Tibetan monk Golog Jigme Gyatso, who assisted film maker Dhondup Wangchen in secretly shooting his documentary film “Leaving Fear Behind,” has been rearrested by Chinese authorities. Fears over his arrest were expressed last September when he disappeared