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In reports coming just in, the three Tibetan hunger strikers who began their indefinite fast earlier today in New Delhi, have been detained by Indian authorities citing security reasons due to the Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie’s ongoing visit to India.

Three executive members of the Tibetan Youth Congress today began an indefinite hunger strike in New Delhi in “solidarity with the self-immolators inside Tibet and to appeal for immediate international intervention” in the unfolding crisis

The second leg of the ‘Flame of Truth’ torch relay was flagged off in North America, simultaneously from Washington, DC and Ottawa, on September 2, coinciding with the 52nd Tibetan Democracy Day

Coinciding with the 52nd Tibetan Democracy Day, the second leg of the ‘Flame of Truth’ torch relay was simultaneously flagged off from different corners of the world. The relay, initiated by the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

In growing crackdown on Tibetans in connection with the spate of self-immolations in Tibet, two more Tibetans have been arbitrarily arrested in the beleaguered Ngaba region of eastern Tibet. The arrests follow the twin self-immolations

Tibetans in the Indian capital New Delhi stormed the Chinese embassy yesterday to protest the arrival of China’s Defence Minister Liang Guanglie and Yang Jinshan, commander of the Tibet military district.

A senior Chinese official has said that the stalled Sino-Tibet dialogue process will not resume at least till the end of this year and denied any new approach to the Tibetan issue.

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today attended the official function in the Tibetan exile headquarters of Dharamshala to commemorate the 52nd Tibetan Democracy Day, although he chose not to address the gathering.

DHARAMSHALA, August 31: Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters, including the Tibetan Chief Justice Commissioners and Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay today attended a mass prayer service held in honour of Tibetan self-immolators Lobsang Kalsang and Dhamchoe.

The Chinese embassy in New Delhi has once again issued letters and even paid visits to foreign embassies in the Indian capital, telling them not to receive a visiting Tibetan delegation from Dharamshala.