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Breaking: Tibet continues to burn – Another teenage Tibetan self immolates

Yet another teenage Tibetan monk has set his body on fire protesting against the Chinese government today. The Tibetan has been identified as Losang Gyatso, age 19, a monk at the Kirit monastery in the beleaguered region of Ngaba, eastern Tibet.

Exile Tibetan researcher fears of more self-immolations, Says Tibetans in Tibet know what they are doing

Lobsang Yeshe, a monk from the exile base of Kirti monastery in Dharamshala, who has been closely following and reporting on the wave of self-immolations in Tibet has expressed fear of more self-immolations in Tibet in coming weeks.

18 year old nun Tenzin Choedron passes away

Tenzin Choedron, the 18-year-old nun who self-immolated on February 11 in Ngaba, eastern Tibet passed away earlier today. The Dharamshala based Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile in a release today said Tenzin Choedron passed away at a Chinese military hospital in Barkham area this morning.

Tibetans in pain not knowing what to do

Following the recent surge in self-immolations and mass protests in Tibet, which have been violently quelled, Tibetans in exile say they are troubled with their helplessness at not being able to alleviate the sufferings

US to raise Tibet with Xi as China declares ‘war’ on protests

Amidst calls for an all out “war” against ongoing protests in Tibet issued by Communist Party leaders, a senior official in the Obama administration has said the US will be raising the Tibet Vice President Xi

Fire continues to burn in Tibet: A teenage nun self-immolates

In confirmed reports coming out of Tibet, a teenage Tibetan nun set her body on fire raising slogans against the Chinese government in Ngaba, eastern Tibet today. The nun has been indetified as Tenzin Choedron, 18 from the Mamae Dechen Choekhorling nunnery.

Wen meets ‘fake Panchen’, Urges him to ‘guide’ Tibetans

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao met with Gyaltsen Norbu, the government installed XIth Panchen Lama Friday and pledged “greater” religious freedom and cultural protection in Tibet.

Motion tabled in UK parliament condemns China’s use of force in Tibet

A motion condemning the Chinese security forces’ “unwarranted use” of force on unarmed Tibetan protesters and calling on Prime Minister David Cameron to make a public statement of concern on the “deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet” was tabled

Support for Tibet grows in the US ahead of Xi’s visit

In growing international attention on the prevailing climate of violence and repression in Tibet, members of the United States Congress have issued statements urging President Obama to raise Tibet

Archbishop Tutu promises the Dalai Lama to meet again in a free Tibet

Speaking at a public felicitation ceremony held in his honour in the north Indian town of Dharamshala, the South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu promised his ‘good friend’ the Dalai Lama that he will see him again in a “free Tibet”.

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