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Led by H.E. the 11th Kirti Rinpoche, Tibetans here in the exile headquarters of Dharamshala held a mass prayer service for the 36 Tibetans who have set their bodies on fire in the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet.

Woeser, the path-breaking Tibetan writer’s blog “Invisible Tibet,” has been voted the public’s choice in a recent poll conducted by the Best Of Blog’s competition organised by the German radio station Deutsche Welle.

Following the ongoing wave of self-immolations and mass protests in Tibet, China is continuing to implement policies aimed at striking the social and cultural backbone of the Tibetan people.

The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa along with Indresh Kumar, a prominent Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha leader and Gyari Dolma, Home Minister of the Central Tibetan Administration attended a daylong programme on “Indian and Tibetan Buddhists”

After marching for nearly two months and covering over 1300 kms, the Tibetan exile family on a peace march to Tibet is now about to reach the Indo-Nepal border town of Gorakhpur.

China continues to tighten the noose on Tibetans who had taken part in the peaceful protests in Drango, eastern Tibet, earlier this year. Chinese courts in eastern Tibet has sentenced 16 Tibetans to varying prison terms

A group of international parliamentarians has offered to work with members of the Chinese National People’s Congress in finding out the real causes of continued protests in Tibet, heralded off late by the wave of self-immolations.

A global congress of the world’s largest political youth organisation has passed a resolution calling on the world community to take greater responsibility in preventing the ongoing wave of self-immolations inside Tibet. The gathering reaffirmed “support for an independent Tibet and condemn its illegal occupation

More than a week after the daring escape of one of China’s best-known dissidents, Chen Guangcheng from his house arrest, China is yet to publicly acknowledge the incidence that has once again raised serious questions about the country’s failing rights record.

The National Council of Churches in India, at its recent assembly held every four years, adopted a statement on Tibet expressing the council’s support for Tibet’s “struggle for freedom against the occupation of China.”