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Shingza Rinpoche, one of the three hunger strikers on an indefinite fast in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York has called for the restoration of an independent Tibet.

On the eve of the 53rd National Uprising Day of Tibet, wife of jailed Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen broke into tears as she spoke at New York Times Square at an open-air press conference.

Days ahead of the 53rd Tibetan National Uprising Day commemorations on March 10, leaflets calling for Tibet’s independence and the return of Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile have once again surfaced in Tibet.

Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro-independence group in exile, has called for a change in the Central Tibetan Administration’s official Middle-Way policy, which seeks autonomy for the Tibetan people.

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama will not be issuing his March 10 National Uprising Day Statement, according to sources, but will attend the official function tomorrow in Dharamshala.

Tibetan school students in Rebkong, eastern Tibet carried out a large protest calling for language rights after they were issued textbooks in Chinese language. Around 700 students of the Rebkong County National Middle School took part in the protests Sunday, March 4.

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that violence and oppression can never bring a lasting resolution to the crisis inside Tibet. The Dalai Lama was speaking on the final day of the five-day Monlam Chenmo

A Tibetan has been shot dead and two others have suffered bullet injuries in yet another case of police firing on unarmed Tibetans. The shootings occurred on Tuesday, March 6 in Pema region of Golok,

Even as senior Chinese leaders hogged the media in Beijing describing self-immolations in Tibet as “terrorism in disguise,” Tibetans at the centre of the protests have a completely different story to tell.

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama offered prayers for the victims of the ongoing violence in Tibet and Syria during a prayer gathering in his exile home of Dharamshala.