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Amidst continuing crackdown at the Kirti Monastery in Ngaba, eastern Tibet, more monks of the Monastery have been arbitrarily detained for unknown reasons. Dharamshala based rights group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in a release today said two more monks were arrested

The south India leg of the ‘Flame of Truth’ torch relay is currently campaigning in the popular Indian tourist destination of Goa. Addressing the press at the launch of the Goa leg of the relay, Karma Yeshi, a member of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, spoke on the critical situation inside Tibet

A special report by the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China notes that the Chinese government is unwilling to address the grievances of the Tibetan people and has refrained from admitting policy failure in Tibet.

Kalon Dicki Chhoyang, the Tibetan minister for Information and International Relations is currently in South Africa, meeting leaders and speaking on the critical situation inside Tibet. The minister also met with representatives of different political parties for consultations and briefings on the current human rights situation

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written a letter to Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, expressing his concerns over the outbreak of communal violence in Burma.

Thousands of people including dissidents are locked up against their will in China’s psychiatric institutions, often as a form of punishment or political purposes, a rights group said Wednesday.

In another report of forced displacement of Tibetans by the Chinese government, around 400 families in Gonjo area of Kham, eastern Tibet have been forced to sign up for resettlement. Local Chinese authorities have been forcing residents

In a shocking revelation, a Canadian journalist has accused China’s official news agency, Xinhua of instigating him to spy on the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Freelance journalist and author Mark Bourrie said he quit his job after Xinhua wanted him to spy on the Dalai Lama

The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile today announced that the second leg of the Flame of Truth Relay will begin from September 2, coinciding with the Tibetan Democracy Day. The torch will take its campaign to more than 30 countries

In an increasing onslaught on Tibetan intellectuals and artists, another well-known Tibetan singer was arrested earlier this month for singing songs in praise of the Dalai Lama and Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay.