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Seventeen Tibetan nuns from eight nunneries in India and Nepal attended a seven-day training in Dharamshala organised by the Tibetan Women’s Association. Nuns Leadership Training concluded with a panel discussion

The Nepali police arrested six Tibetans on Saturday March 10 outside the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu for carrying out a protest to mark the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day.

Many monasteries in Tibet have been forced to hand over administration to communist party cadres while some monasteries are facing a shut down due to boycott by monks following increased repression and control

A senior United Nations officer pledged to contact UN Secretary General and Human Rights Commissioner, after meeting the three Tibetan hunger strikers on their 20th day of indefinite fast outside the UN Headquarters.

A teenaged Tibetan monk in eastern Tibet burned himself to death in an apparent protest against China’s rule on March 10, the day marking the 53rd anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprisings. Gepey, an 18-year-old monk from the Kirti Monastery in the beleaguered Ngaba region set himself

Tibetan Women's Association, the largest women’s organisation in the exile Tibetan community today commemorated the 53rd Tibetan Women’s Uprising day. Hundreds of Tibetan women – nuns, school girls, and laywomen – along with supporters took part in the commemorations held at the "Martyrs' Pillar"

A teenaged Tibetan monk in eastern Tibet burned himself to death in an apparent protest against China’s rule on March 10, the day marking the 53rd anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprisings. Gepey, an 18-year-old monk from the Kirti Monastery set himself on fire on Saturday March 10

Tibetan Women’s Association, today commemorated the 53rd Tibetan Women’s Uprising day. Hundreds of Tibetan women – nuns, school girls, and laywomen – along with supporters took part in the commemorations held at the “Martyrs’ Pillar” in honour of the sacrifices made by Tibetan women.

A prominent Chinese human rights group has said that conditions for activists in China deteriorated to the worst ever in a decade last year. Hong Kong based Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) in its annual report released at the weekend said almost 4,000 incidences

A delegation of Italian parliamentarians, whohave come to attend the 53rd Tibetan National Uprising daycommemorations said they will lobby their government and the EuropeanUnion to put pressure on China, urging an “immediate cessation” of violence in Tibet