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A senior Tibetan monk has been sentenced to seven years in prison by a Chinese court in eastern Tibet on alleged crimes of sharing sensitive information on the ongoing self-immolation protests inside Tibet.

Tibet’s elected leader Dr Lobsang Sangay expressed disappointment at the global response to the unfolding crisis inside Tibet, even as the number of self-immolations touched 50 this month.

Tibetan schools in India are participating in the premiere inter-Tibetan school basketball tournament for secondary and senior-secondary boys organised by the Dharamshala based Tibetan National Sports Association.

Chinese authorities issued a notice barring Tibetans from setting themselves on fire and deployed hundreds of armed forces during a recently concluded horse racing festival in eastern Tibet.

Tibetan Homes Foundation, Mussoorie, one of the premiere educational institutions in exile, is gearing up to commemorate its Golden Jubilee year next month with elaborate celebrations from September 17 to 21.

In a sharp contrast to the brutal treatment meted out to Tibetan peaceful protesters, China has over the weekend allowed thousands of Chinese to carry out anti-Japanese protests, even as some of the demonstrations turned violent.

A Tibetan member of parliament has warned that China will use its recent anti-terrorism exercise in Tibet’s capital Lhasa as a ploy to launch “indiscriminate crackdown on peaceful Tibetan protesters, labeling them as terrorists.”

Months after Rikyo, a Tibetan mother of three, burned herself to death, a note left behind by her calling for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama has made its way to exile. In the note, Rikyo, 36, calls on her fellow Tibetans to be united and preserve the Tibetan culture and language to ensure the return of the exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama.

Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet have arrested another Tibetan singer and banned him from singing on charges of threatening social stability. The Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administer said that Chogsel was arrested on July 29 from a cyber café in Siling city.

The rise of the Tibetan plateau, called the roof of the world, began much earlier than previously understood, a new report has found. Researchers have discovered that the growth of the Tibetan plateau began as early as 30 million years ago.