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A group of young Tibetans in Los Angeles came up with a ‘meritorious’ idea of observing the Tibetan Buddhist holy month of Saka Dawa as well as ‘Father’s Day’ by serving up food to the homeless in their locality

Around 300 Tibetans and supporters based in Switzerland and Liechtenstein on Monday carried a march from the UN Human Rights Council Office to the UN Office in Geneva, calling for intervention in the critical situation inside Tibet.

In a first of its kind demonstration for Tibet, hundreds of supporters took out a skateboard rally in Berlin, calling for the rights of the Tibetan people on Sunday.

Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay will be leaving for New Delhi tomorrow for an onward journey to Australia, his first after assuming office in August last, according to the official website of the Central Tibetan Administration.

A Chinese court in eastern Tibet sentenced two Tibetans from Andu township of Ngaba region to varying prison terms for refusing to accept houses built with Chinese government aid earlier this month.

DHARAMSHALA, June 16: Criticising China for "politicising" a religious event, South Korea's leading Buddhist organisation on Thursday demanded an apology from the Chinese government.

DHARAMSHALA, June 16: Tamding Thar, the elderly Tibetan who set himself on fire yesterday morning in Chentsa, Amdo, eastern Tibet, in an apparent protest against the Chinese government was cremated later in the evening.

In a hard-hitting resolution on the human rights situation in Tibet, the European Parliament criticised China for its human rights abuses and called on EU foreign policy chief Ashton to appoint a special EU coordinator for Tibet.

The charred body of Tamding Thar, an elderly Tibetan in his 50s, who self-immolated earlier today in front of the county's People's Armed Police camp in an apparent protest against the Chinese government in Chentsa, Amdo eastern Tibet. 40 Tibetans have set themselves on fire since 2009, demanding freedom in Tibet and the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile. (Phayul photo/An exiled Tibetan from Chentsa)

In an unexpected ruling, a court in Nepal today sentenced Tsetan Dorjee, the Tibetan who was on a march back home, to five years and five months, and 25 days in prison for illegally entering Nepal.