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The Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration today released a documentary film aimed at highlighting the critical situation inside Tibet heralded by the series of self-immolations

Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Penpa Tsering has said that Dharamshala, the Tibetan exile headquarters, should not send out mixed political messages, days ahead of the second Special Meeting of the Tibetan people.

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that the ultimate source of happiness is within ourselves and stressed on the need to develop inner peace. He was speaking to a large number of Indians gathered in his exile hometown

Indian authorities have forcibly removed the three Tibetan hunger strikers in New Delhi and taken them to a hospital after all three of them showed major signs of deterioration in their health. The three executive members of the Tibetan Youth Congress

A tenshung (long life prayer ceremony) was today offered to the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Tsug-la Khang, the main temple in Dharamshala by members of the Special Frontier Force of the Indian army.

The European Union has expressed its concerns over the situation in Tibet with Chinese Premiere Wen Jiabao at the recently concluded 15th EU-China Summit in Brussels. In a press statement at the end of the day-long summit on Thursday, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and President of

The Swiss foreign ministry has said that it will “very carefully” observe the situation in Tibet while expressing concern over the growing instances of self-immolations in the region. Swiss Federal Councillor Didier Burhhalter, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, told the parliament

Tibetan activists in Kathmandu met with embassy officials of various countries to raise the critical situation in Tibet and push for the demands of the three Tibetan hunger strikers in New Delhi. Representatives of the Kathmandu regional chapter of the Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro-independence group in exile

A Tibetan monk who has been missing since February this year is now feared dead as a result of the severe beatings he received from Chinese security personnel. Tsering Gyaltsen, 40, a monk from the Drango Monastery, was severely beaten

The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile today unanimously adopted a resolution to change the official title of the head of the Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration from “Kalon Tripa” to “Sikyong.” Kalon Tripa, in English has been referred to as ‘Chief of Cabinet’ while the new title, Sikyong, translates to ‘Political Leader.’