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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

Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro-independence group in exile, has declared 2013 as the ‘International Year of Tibetan Independence’ and announced a series of activities to commemorate 100 years of the 13th Dalai Lama’s ‘Proclamation of Independence.’

Tokyo's popular four-term governor, who recently kicked up a storm between China and Japan over the Senkaku islands, has said he doesn’t want Japan to end up as a “second Tibet.” Shintaro Ishihara hinted that Japan could suffer the fate of Tibet, which was invaded and occupied by China’s forces

A Tibetan nun was severely beaten and arrested for carrying out a peaceful protest calling for Tibet’s freedom and the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Kardze region of Kham, eastern Tibet. Shedup Lhamo raised slogans calling for the freedom of Tibet, the long life and return of the Dalai Lama

n confirmed reports coming out of Tibet, two young Tibetans set themselves on fire Monday in an apparent protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet. The two have been identified as Lobsang Kalsang, an 18-year-old monk of the Kirti Monastery in Ngaba eastern Tibet and Damchoe, a former monk at the monastery, aged around 17.

The Shimla High Court in a ruling has ordered the eviction of Tibetans living on encroached land around Dharamshala, the exile Tibetan headquarters, latest by March 31, 2013. There are currently 210 cases of encroachment of forestland against Tibetans.