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A global rights group has said that restrictions on news, media, and communications in Tibet have been “stepped up” by Chinese authorities in the lead-up to the 18th Party Congress, due to take place in late 2012.

A Tibetan monk was beaten to death by Chinese security personnel after he was stopped at a security checkpoint in Riwoche, Kham, eastern Tibet. According to sources in exile, Pema Norbu, a monk from Lhopu Monastery,

The exile Tibetan leadership warned China that the ongoing wave of self-immolations inside Tibet will not abate unless Beijing ends its repressive policies inside Tibet and addressed the genuine grievances of the Tibetan people

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has reportedly urged Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to engage in dialogue with exile Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. Clinton and Yang met Thursday in Phnom Penh

Many prominent Indians, including former diplomats, sports person, and academicians have signed a petition urging the United Nations to send an international fact-finding delegation to Tibet

His Holiness the Dalai Lama being received by Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of J&K, as the state guest, at Srinagar airport on July 12, 2012. The Dalai Lama, on his third visit to the state capital, will meet Tibetan Muslims in the city and give a public talk.(Photo/OHHDL.Tenzin Choejor)

Exactly 50 years after the 1962 Sino-Indian War, China is repaving the Xinjiang-Tibet national highway, which runs through the disputed Aksai Chin region in north India.China laid control over Aksai Chin following the short border war

The south India leg of the “Flame of Truth” relay, initiated by the Tibetan parliament in “solidarity with the courageous and selfless acts” of Tibetans inside Tibet, reached the Indian metropolitan city of Chennai

A British male, with ‘Free Tibet’ written in large letters on his back and carrying a fake torch, ran naked across the front of the London Olympic torch convoy as it travelled through Henley.

After marching on the road for almost 50 days, renowned Tibetan singer Loten Namling “temporarily” ended his coffin march with a ‘Free Tibet’ concert in front of the United Nations office in Geneva on Sunday.