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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”

Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), the largest pro-independence group in exile, has urged Tibetans not to celebrate the up coming Tibetan new year as a mark of honour and to pay tribute to the sacrifices being made by Tibetans inside Tibet.

The young head of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, has urged Tibetans in Tibet not to resort to self-immolation protest

An unidentified Tibetan monk set himself ablaze at Boudhanath Buddhist stupa in central Kathmandu earlier today. The Tibetan monk is the second Tibetan exile in less than

Hong Lei, the spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry told reporters that Beijing has lodged its "stern representations" with Ulan Bator over the visit of the Tib