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Citing an un-named source, a US based news agency on Tuesday released a minute long video clip of Tsewang Norbu’s self-immolation protest in Kham Kardze, eastern Tibet.

Members of the United States Congress in an open letter dated November 17, urged the US Ambassador to China, Gary Locke to visit Tibet and publicly raise the abuses suffered by the Tibetan people.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama flanked by J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdhulla arrives in Jammu on a day-long visit to inspect the ruins of an ancient Buddhist monastery and address a public gathering on November 16, 2011. (Phayul Photo/Sherab Woeser)

In what is being seen as the first act of self-immolation in mainland China following the recent wave of self-immolations by Tibetans in Tibet, a Chinese man set himself on fire in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, the scene of the 1989 pro-democracy protests.

As the Kalachakra initiations by His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws nearer, Nepali police on Monday night arrested seven Tibetans for illegally crossing the Tibet-Nepal border. According to reports, the Tibetans aged between 20 and 43, were arrested

Parliamentarians in South Africa and Australia have raised concerns over the recent spate of self-immolations in Tibet, as a result of which six Tibetans have died since March this year. Michael Danby and Laurie Ferguson, both members of the Australian parliament called upon China

An educational exhibition showcasing the wonders of recycling and reusing of household trash concluded yesterday at the Tibetan Children’s Village School (TCV), Upper Dharamshala. The exhibition showcasing fancy boxes, spellathon cards, comic strips,

John Graham, a former US diplomat, after a ten-day private visit to Tibet, last month, has attested that reports of cultural genocide in Tibet are true. "For ten days last month I saw first-hand what the Chinese are doing in Tibet … The reports you've heard of cultural genocide are true.

Following the self-immolation by a Tibetan monk in the Nepali capital of Kathmandu, the Himalayan kingdom is reportedly mulling over restricting even the fundamental human rights of Tibetan refugees.

The 19th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held in Honolulu, Hawaii from November 12–13 witnessed showdowns between the US and China over human rights and economic issues. First it was US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, expressing her “deep concern”