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Angered by the indiscriminate police firings on unarmed Tibetans in eastern Tibet over the last two days, the US government on Tuesday renewed its call for an end to the critical situation inside Tibet.

Speaking at French Senate, or the upper house Mr. Jean Francois Humbert passionately spoke about the grave situation inside Tibet, urging France and EU members to take a stronger stance on Tibet

Tibetans in the exile seat of Dharamshala, north India carried out a candle light vigil to protest police firing over the last two days in Tibet which has left at least 11 dead. In two separate incidents, hundreds of Tibetans took out demonstrations calling for the return of the Dalai Lama

In news just in, at least five Tibetans have died in police firings in Serthar, eastern Tibet today. The incidence occurred earlier today when a large crowd of Tibetans gathered in the central town of Serthar and started raising slogans calling for Tibet’s independence.

The three Tibetan school students, with a mission to pedal through India demanding an international monitoring team to be allowed inside Tibet, are expected to reach Bangalore city, the capital of Karnataka state in south India later today.

Torture and indiscriminate beatings by Chinese prison guards has maimed the body of a Tibetan monk, causing waist-down paralysis. Lobsang Khedup, 39, a monk from the Kirti monastery was arrested last year and given a three-year prison term

Hundreds of Tibetans carried out day-long protests and candle light vigils in Ngaba yesterday calling for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile and demanding freedom in Tibet. Scores of Tibetans suffered indiscriminate beatings and arrests.

A new report has warned that unless the Chinese authorities ease the restrictions placed on the Tibetan people there are serious concerns that self-immolation will remain the only avenue for Tibetans to voice their desperation and frustration.

Security personnel in Drango, eastern Tibet celebrated the Chinese new year firing at a crowd of unarmed protesting Tibetans earlier today. Reports coming out of Drango region confirm the death of at least one Tibetan with many suffering serious injuries.

The “one-party authoritarian state” of China continues to impose “sharp curbs on freedom of expression, association, and religion; openly rejects judicial independence and press freedom