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A Tibetan teen studying in the United Sates has been selected as a Global Teen Leader for the year 2012. Teens from 37 countries were in the fray for the international recognition.

The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile expressed gratitude to the United States Senate on Thursday for unanimously passing a resolution calling on China to end the ongoing crisis inside Tibet.

Exile Tibetans are gearing up for major political campaigns in the coming weeks in light of the ongoing crisis inside Tibet. Leading from the front, the Dharamshala based Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile has set up a five-member committee of parliamentarians to pilot an international campaign to highlight Tibet’s deteriorating human rights situation.

A Tibetan filmmaker will debut at the world’s most prestigious film festival, the annual Cannes Film Festival. Tsering Tashi Gyalthang’s short film “Turtle Soup” will be screened among the top 20 films at the 65th Cannes film festival's Short Film Corner (May 16-27).

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)