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The Second European Tibetan Youth Parliament under the slogan 'We take Action' brought together more than 120 youth activists from nine European countries for a two-day intensive discussion

A Tibetan youth in the Indian city of Kolkata jumped off the Howrah bridge into the river Ganges in an apparent protest against the continued Chinese occupation of Tibet. Dhondup Phuntsok,jumped off the bridge on April 2 wearing a ‘Free Tibet' t-shirt

The death toll in the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet has risen to 25, with the passing away of a Tibetan monk who set himself on fire, along with another monk, on March 30 in eastern Tibet.

A senior Russian scholar from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr Sergius L. Kuzmin said the Russian people are “disappointed” for not being able to invite His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Russia.

A decade after Tulku Tenzin Delek, a visionary social reformer and a respected community leader, was arrested, worldwide campaigns demanding his release are gaining momentum.

Critically acclaimed Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden has been awarded a development prize at the recently concluded Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum. The award, carrying a cash prize of $19,300 (HK$150,000)

Chinese courts in Tibet have sentenced two eminent Tibetans, a highly respected Tibetan abbot and a popular Tibetan singer to two years in jail. Khenpo Gyewala, abbot at the Gyegyel Zogchen Monastery, Zatoe was sentenced

A senior Tibetan monk is the latest to have been arrested in connection with the January 23 peaceful protests in Drango, eastern Tibet. Geshe Tenzin Pelsang of Drango Monastery was arrested on April 2 from his monastery

Despite crackdown, monks at the Zogchen monastery in north eastern side of Tibet displayed a huge portrait of the Dalai Lama at one of its annual religious festivals on March 29.


Sixty Japanese Parliamentarians from across party lines unanimously adopted a resolution expressing grave concern over the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet and called on China to “fundamentally rethink” its approach towards Tibet.