Tibet crisis raised at UN rights session in Geneva

The critical situation inside Tibet has received attention at the ongoing 21st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva at the behest of numerous countries and the European Union. Country representatives and NGOs brought to the Council’s notice the issue of Tibet

8 months after arrest, Tibetan monk sentenced; Four still ‘missing’

A Tibetan monk has been sentenced to prison on unknown charges and four others remain disappeared, months after their arrest following the major protest in Drango, eastern Tibet, earlier this year. Shonu, a monk staff of the Drango Monastery whose whereabouts remained unknown since his arrest

Flame of Truth sheds light in Brussels, Melbourne

The global journey of the Tibetan ‘Flame of Truth’ torch relay reached Brussels, the capital of the European Union and Melbourne in Australia over the last few days. Arriving from London, the torch was received at the Bassillique de Koekelberg, in Brussels by MEP Thomas Mann