Exile groups condemn China’s brutality, Dharamshala observes candle light protest
Tibetans in the exile seat of Dharamshala, north India carried out a candle light vigil to protest police firing over the last two days in Tibet which has left at least 11 dead. In two separate incidents, hundreds of Tibetans took out demonstrations calling for the return of the Dalai Lama
5 killed in fresh protests in Serthar
In news just in, at least five Tibetans have died in police firings in Serthar, eastern Tibet today. The incidence occurred earlier today when a large crowd of Tibetans gathered in the central town of Serthar and started raising slogans calling for Tibet’s independence.
Students pedal on as situation worsens in Tibet
The three Tibetan school students, with a mission to pedal through India demanding an international monitoring team to be allowed inside Tibet, are expected to reach Bangalore city, the capital of Karnataka state in south India later today.
Tibetan prisoner paralysed after severe torture, released
Torture and indiscriminate beatings by Chinese prison guards has maimed the body of a Tibetan monk, causing waist-down paralysis. Lobsang Khedup, 39, a monk from the Kirti monastery was arrested last year and given a three-year prison term
Day-long protests in Ngaba, Tibetans beaten and arrested
Hundreds of Tibetans carried out day-long protests and candle light vigils in Ngaba yesterday calling for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile and demanding freedom in Tibet. Scores of Tibetans suffered indiscriminate beatings and arrests.