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The three Tibetan hunger strikers were for a second consecutive night taken into police custody yesterday evening along with 50 other Tibetans who were arrested for protesting against the visiting Chinese Defence Minister.

An unforgettable event that started off with exhilaration and excitement ended with more energy and stronger bond between all those involved throughout the three-day ‘Martyrs Memorial Cup’ football tournament from Sept 1-3.

With Beijing preparing for its once-a-decade leadership change, a senior editor of Study Times, a mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, has launched a scathing attack on the country’s outgoing leaders, accusing them of creating “more problems than achievements.”

In growing cases of arbitrary detention of Tibetans by Chinese authorities, five more monks in eastern Tibet have been detained on unknown charges. In reports received by Phayul, five monks of the Nyitso Zilkar Monastery in Tridu region

A new report discussing the reasons and process behind the democratisation of Tibetan society, titled “Democracy in Exile,” was released on September 2, coinciding with the 52nd Tibetan Democracy Day commemorations.

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