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Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist, said that the human rights situation in China is deteriorating and warned Beijing of continued protests by Chinese people against rights violations.

The deadline for voluntary applicants to apply for the second Special Meeting has been extended to August 15. The earlier deadline set was July 31. Announcing the decision, the Dharamshala based Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile said

China successfully test fired three new surface-to-air missiles on the Tibetan plateau sometime last month, prompting further questions on its assertions of a “peaceful rise.”

Some of exile Tibetan community’s most celebrated writers today gave a day-long workshop on creative writing in English to the senior students of the Upper Tibetan Children’s Village School, Dharamshala.

China’s Defence Minister General Liang Guanglie has expressed his desire to visit India to bolster defence ties after an Indian army delegation reportedly made a rare visit to Tibet last month.

In what is being viewed as a possible shift in Russia’s diplomatic position, President Vladmir Putin said his government will “work in the direction” of inviting the Dalai Lama.

The United States on Monday blamed the Chinese government for the fiery wave of self-immolations in Tibet in an annual report on religious freedom. The report noted that in China "there was a marked deterioration during 2011

Tibet’s elected political head, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay said the responsibility for the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet lies entirely with the Chinese government.

In what is being termed as a “significant addition” to Tibetan cyberspace, a new Tibetan language website www.Karkhung.com was launched Sunday.

More than a month after his self-immolation protest, Ngawang Norphel passed away in a Chinese hospital in the Tsongon region of eastern Tibet today. Ngawang Norphel and Tenzin Khedup had set themselves on fire carrying Tibetan national flags