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Following the recent self-immolation death of a teenaged Tibetan, Nangdrol and mass protests in Dzamthang, Ngaba, monks of the Samdrupling Jonang monastery in the region are reportedly fleeing the monastery

A former presidential candidate and leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party, has expressed concerns over the situation in Tibet and called on President Ma Ying-jeou to voice his concerns to Beijing.

Even as Tibet continues to reel under an undeclared martial law, Tibetans in Tibet responded to the exile call for hunger fast and vigils all over the world on February 22 coinciding with the first day of Losar, Tibetan new year.

Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro-independence group in exile launched an indefinite fast in front of the United Nations Headquarters in New York on February 22, the first day of Losar – Tibetan New Year.

The exile Tibetan leadership, joined by hundreds of Tibetans began a day-long hunger strike on the first day of Losar, Tibetan New Year in solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet earlier today.

Repeating tactics that were employed in 2009, Chinese Communist Party officials in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital have issued stringent warnings against the popular call for a boycott of celebrations during ‘Losar’

Hundreds of Indian college students along with Tibetan youths carried out a protest march across Delhi University to highlight the ongoing crisis in Tibet, calling upon China to respect human rights in Tibet, today.

Tibetans and supporters in the exile headquarters of Dharamshala and around the world carried out a flag burning protest coinciding with the 29th day of the last month of the Tibetan lunar calendar.

I have just returned from Lhasa. Tibetans are disappearing; everyone is terrified about the bloodshed which seems inevitable. A hunger strike of 100 monks is said to be underway.

The Nepalese government is yet to respond to a December 2011 letter written by three members of the U.S. House of Representatives pushing for the implementation of a stalled Tibetan refugee resettlement programme to the US.