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The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje has urged Tibetans in Tibet to remain true to themselves and maintain their equanimity in the face of increasing hardships. “Always bear in mind that your lives have great value, as human beings and as Tibetans

Young Tibetan children participate in a candle light vigil in Dharamshala, in solidarity with the recent self-immolations of three Tibetans in Serthar, eastern Tibet on February 3. Two of them reportedly survived the self-immolation but one is feared dead. February 6, 2012 (Phayul photo/Norbu Wangyal)

Days after three more Tibetans set their bodies on fire in Tibet, the Central Tibetan Administration said it was “deeply concerned and alarmed” over the unending wave of self-immolations and feared of further bloodshed

The Chinese Embassy in the India capital warned of adverse effect to bilateral relations if representatives of the various Diplomatic Missions in New Delhi met with a visiting delegation of Tibetans parliamentarians.

A senior US Senator and a former presidential nominee warned China of an impending Arab Spring highlighting the fiery wave of self-immolations in Tibet. Senator John McCain was speaking along with Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun on a panel at a security conference

In a show of solidarity and support with Tibetans inside Tibet, college students in the western Indian city of Baroda sat on a day-long fast Saturday. The fasting college students said the ongoing crisis and violent military crackdown in Tibet were affecting their studies

Amidst the ongoing military crackdown in Tibet, the City Council in the American city of Berkeley this week passed a resolution urging the Obama administration to insist that China ends its excessive security measures in Tibet.

In reports coming out of Tibet, three Tibetans have self-immolated on February 3 in the undersieged town of Serthar in eastern Tibet. A Tibetan in exile with contacts in the region told Phayul that two Tibetans survived the self-immolation but one is feared dead.

More disturbing images of Chinese brutality in Tibet have reached exile. The photos are from the January 24 protests that engulfed Serthar in eastern Tibet where a large crowd of Tibetans gathered in the central town and started raising slogans calling for Tibet’s independence.

The first graphic images of the January 23 protests in Drango, received by Phayul, shows in gory details, bullet injuries suffered by Tibetan protesters following the violent crackdown by Chinese security forces.