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Tibetan singer to carry out a coffin march from Bern to Geneva

A renowned Tibetan singer is all set to march, dragging a coffin as a symbol of the slow death of Tibet, from the Swiss capital of Bern to the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva beginning today.

TYC to build statue in honour of Jamphel Yeshi

Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro-independence group in exile said that a statue of Jamphel Yeshi will be built to remember and honour his sacrifice for the Tibetan freedom struggle.

British PM David Cameron meets the Dalai Lama, Expresses concern over Tibet

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on Monday in London. According to reports, both leaders expressed concern for the situation in Tibet

Tsetan Dorjee marches alone in Nepal

Days after the three members of the exile family on their March to Tibet were stopped and returned back to India by Nepali border police, Tsetan Dorjee, one of the marchers has successfully entered Nepal.

The Dalai Lama gives $1.5 million prize money to save malnourished children

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today received the 2012 Templeton Prize and announced that he will give away to charity £1.1m (about $ 1.7 million) in prize money awarded to him.

China closes Tibetan orphanage school in Amdo

Chinese authorities in Lhu Chu region of Amdo, eastern Tibet have forcibly closed down a Tibetan orphanage and arrested two of its teachers. Exile sources have said that the school’s strict adherence to teaching Tibetan language and culture was the reason

Father dies of emotional shock after son’s arrest

In another instance of death due to emotional shock, an elderly Tibetan man died after his son was arbitrarily arrested by Chinese security personnel in March this year. Tsetan Tashi, in his 60s, died of shock after security officers arrested his son, Tsewang Norbu

The Dalai Lama to meet Austrian chancellor on five-nation European tour

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is scheduled to meet the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of Austria on his five-nation European tour this month. Leaving his exile home town of Dharamshala Saturday, the Dalai Lama will begin his tour in London,

Exile family lathi charged in Nepal, Returned back to India

The three members of the exile family on their march to Tibet, who were detained by Nepali police, have been reportedly beaten up and returned back to India. The three were stopped at a border checkpoint in Sonauli and detained by Nepali officials.

Fearing Chinese torture, Tibetan youth stabs self to death

After being man hunted by Chinese security personnel for months, a Tibetan youth who had participated in an anti-China protest in Drango, eastern Tibet, stabbed himself to death on March 29. Gonpo Rigzin, 25, had taken part in the January 23 mass protests in Drango

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