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A global movement of Tibet advocacy groups has written an open letter to United Nations human rights chief, Navi Pillay, urging her to make Tibet an “urgent priority” in her second term in office

Ahead of Chinese Defence Minister’s visit to India, New Delhi reasserted Thursday its claim over the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China “illegally” refers to as southern Tibet.

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said that although he doesn’t encourage self-immolations, the ongoing wave of fiery protests in Tibet was “understandable and very, very said.”

The suppressed voices of Tibetan writers inside Tibet will find expression among world-renowned writers at the Bjørnson Festival of International Literature in Norway. The Festival will feature an event on the plight of Tibetan writers

Days after the death of a Tibetan protester in an anti-mining demonstration, Tibetans in Gade region of Golog, eastern Tibet carried out a protest against Chinese gold miners at the sacred Dringye Ngo Sorma mountain.

DHARAMSALA, August 29: Tibetans in exile have pledged to intensify their actions as the number of self-immolations inside Tibet crossed the “tragic milestone” of 50 this week.

In continuing crackdown at the Gyalrong Tsodun Kirti Monastery in Barkham, eastern Tibet, another Tibetan monk has been arrested by Chinese security personnel on unknown charges. Lobsang Rabten, 34, was detained on August 19,

Just days ahead of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s second visit to China in half a year, Tibetan supporters carried out a protest in front of her office in capital Berlin on Tuesday demanding that she publicly condemn China’s crackdown in Tibet.

Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters in the exile Tibetan headquarters of Dharamshala yesterday evening carried out a candle light vigil in honour of the two young Tibetans who set themselves on fire Monday morning in eastern Tibet.

The Honourable Chief Minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar, met with a Tibetan delegation representing the ongoing Tibetan ‘Flame of Truth’ torch relay, Monday. The delegation headed by Tibetan MP Karma Yeshi submitted a memorandum