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Amidst a fiery episode of self-immolations inside Tibet and growing protests by Tibetans in exile, a group of US Senators, Members of House of Representatives and senior officials appointed by President Obama has called on the Chinese government to resume dialogue with the Dalai Lama.

Tibetans and supporters in the exile seat of Dharamshala, northern India carried out a massive rally today demanding the Chinese government to immediately rescind its repressive policies in Ngaba, eastern Tibet.

With a firm focus on “Tibetans in Tibet first”, a global coalition of Tibetan NGOs and Tibet Support Groups (TSG) began a three-day regional meeting in the exile seat of Dharamshala today. The International Tibet Network, which has over 180 member organisations

A “dramatic increase in security expenditure” by the Chinese government in the Ngaba area of eastern Tibet has contributed to the ongoing “local discontent and unrest” says Human Rights Watch.

In a press statement following the first meeting of the members of the Task Force on Negotiations since His Holiness the Dalai Lama devolved his political authorities to the elected Tibetan leadership, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay

Responding to the critical situation inside Tibet, the exiled Tibetan administration took the lead in calling for immediate international intervention in the growing cases of self immolation

Hundreds of Tibetans gathered at the Tibetan Handicraft Centre in the Jawlakhel area of Kathmandu, Nepal Tuesday evening in a show of solidarity with the seven Tibetans who have self-immolated this year.

The Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA), cancelled its annual inter-house cultural competition Yarkyi owing to the deteriorating human rights condition in Tibet. The annual competition, which is considered the highlight of the institution’s excellence

Choephel, the 19-year old former monk of Kirti Monastery in Ngaba, eastern Tibet, succumbed to his injuries in a Chinese government hospital in Barkham area at around 2 pm local time yesterday.

The Gandhi Development Trust in Durban, South Africa, awarded His Holiness the Dalai Lama with the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Reconciliation and Peace last Sunday.