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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.

Amidst reports of five fatal self-immolations, major public demonstrations, and the death of two Tibetan protesters in the past two weeks alone, Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet continue with their repressive measures and arbitrary arrests. On August 12, three young monks from the Gyalron Tsodun Kirti Monastery were arrested

Amidst growing concerns over the safety of Tibetans, especially in south Indian cities, after a Tibetan youth was stabbed in Mysore on August 14, the exile Tibetan cabinet has directed Tibetan representatives to meet Muslim leaders

With the wave of self-immolations continuing to rage across the Tibetan plateau, Tibetans and supporters carried out a mock funeral procession in New York City demanding global intervention to end China’s failed policies in Tibet.

China’s best known artist and a fierce critic of the authoritarian government in Beijing, Ai Wei Wei has said that he would “feel ashamed” to visit Lhasa, Tibet’s capital, following the ongoing wave of self-immolations by Tibetans. “Already over 40 of them (Tibetans) in the past two years

A mass prayer service was held today in the exile Tibetan headquarters of Dharamshala for the men and women of Tibet who have sacrificed their lives for the freedom of Tibet. Special prayers were offered for Choepa, Lungtok, and Tashi, the three self-immolators who recently passed away

Two more Tibetans have been recently sentenced to varying jail terms by a Chinese court in eastern Tibet in connection with the major protests that engulfed the region in January earlier this year.

Chinese security personnel have shot dead a Tibetan man for taking part in an anti-mining protest in the Markham region of southeast Tibet. The reports come after a tense couple of weeks in Tibet which witnessed five self-immolations

Tibetans led by Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay today observed India’s 66th Independence Day in the exile Tibetan headquarters of Dharamshala. At a brief ceremony held at the Kashag Secretariat earlier in the day, Dr Sangay unfurled the Indian national tricolour

The death toll in the ongoing wave of Tibetan self-immolations has now risen to 40 with the passing away of Tashi, a former Kirti Monastery monk, on August 14, a day after his fiery protest. Tashi, 21, set himself ablaze along with his former classmate Lungtok, a Kirti Monastery monk