From Dharamshala to Bern, Tibet activists intensify campaign

With the alarming escalation in the ongoing wave of self-immolation protests inside Tibet, Tibetans and supporters in various parts of the world have intensified their campaigns, bringing the Tibet crisis to the doors of Chinese embassies and UN offices.

British national Buddhist monk self-immolates in France

A British national Tibetan Buddhist monk has self-immolated within his monastery premises in France, Thursday afternoon. Speaking to Phayul, an official of the Nalanda Monastery in southern France, identified the monk as Tonden, 38.