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With reports coming in of heightening tension and growing security clampdown in eastern Tibet, media crew from the US based Cable News Channel (CNN) on Tuesday were detained and thrown out of the troubled region by Chinese authorities.

The ‘Walk for Faith and Peace in Tibet’ formally concluded yesterday with a press conference held at the Tibetan exile headquarters of Dharamshala. On the road for over three weeks, the four voluntary marchers had begun their walk on January 9

Tibetan students in the Indian capital New Delhi took out a protest march from Delhi University to Jantar Mantar carrying coffins, symbolic of the Tibetans who were shot dead in Chinese police firings last week.

An exclusive report by a British daily has revealed that the latest round of border talks between India and China, held mid-January, ended in a deadlock after Beijing insisted it would settle for nothing less that “its share” of Arunachal Pradesh.

Even as Chinese security personnel were shooting unarmed Tibetan protesters in eastern Tibet on January 23, Chinese authorities in central Tibet were distributing Chinese flags and photos of China’s leaders to local Tibetans.

An international Chinese rights group working for democratic reforms and social justice in China has said it is deeply concerned about the recent protests and violence in Tibet. Human Rights in China (HRIC) said China must address the root causes of the recent spurge in protests in Tibet.

In solidarity with the ongoing crisis in Tibet, members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile will sit on a hunger fast on the first day of Tibetan new year ‘Losar’ on February 22. Speaker Penpa Tsering and Deputy Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel announced a series of other solidarity campaigns

The Tibetan shot in yesterday’s police violence in Ngaba Bharma Shang has been identified as a young school student. Urgyen, a 20-year old student was shot dead while he

A Tibetan man was arrested for shouting free Tibet slogans and distributing leaflets at Barkhor Square, the heart of the Tibetan capital city Lhasa, Wednesday. Namkha Gyaltsen, 25, was arrested shortly after

The US government has said that it will raise the recent killings of Tibetans by security forces with Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping during his state visit next month.