Breaking: Tibetan nun sets self on fire, Toll climbs to 119
In reports just in, a Tibetan nun set herself on fire today in Tawu region of eastern Tibet in an apparent protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet. According to exile sources, the Tibetan nun set herself ablaze at around 5 pm (local time) in Tawu region of Kham.
EP Tibet Intergroup to hold Tibet environment conference
A conference on Tibet’s environment titled, “Tibet’s Environment: Denuding, Degrading & Depopulating” will be held on Wednesday, June 19 in Brussels, coinciding with the European Parliament’s Tibet Intergroup’s 97th meeting. The conference, hosted by MEPs Satu Hassi, Thomas Mann and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg