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16 May 2012
15 May 2012
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TYC to build statue in honour of Jamphel Yeshi
 Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro-independence group in exile said that a statue of Jamphel Yeshi will be built to remember and honour his sacrifice for the Tibetan freedom struggle.
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Tsetan Dorjee marches alone in Nepal
 Days after the three members of the exile family on their March to Tibet were stopped and returned back to India by Nepali border police, Tsetan Dorjee, one of the marchers has successfully entered Nepal.
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14 May 2012
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China closes Tibetan orphanage school in Amdo
 Chinese authorities in Lhu Chu region of Amdo, eastern Tibet have forcibly closed down a Tibetan orphanage and arrested two of its teachers. Exile sources have said that the school’s strict adherence to teaching Tibetan language and culture was the reason
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Father dies of emotional shock after son’s arrest
 In another instance of death due to emotional shock, an elderly Tibetan man died after his son was arbitrarily arrested by Chinese security personnel in March this year. Tsetan Tashi, in his 60s, died of shock after security officers arrested his son, Tsewang Norbu
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13 May 2012
12 May 2012
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Exile family lathi charged in Nepal, Returned back to India
 The three members of the exile family on their march to Tibet, who were detained by Nepali police, have been reportedly beaten up and returned back to India. The three were stopped at a border checkpoint in Sonauli and detained by Nepali officials.
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11 May 2012
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Fearing Chinese torture, Tibetan youth stabs self to death
 After being man hunted by Chinese security personnel for months, a Tibetan youth who had participated in an anti-China protest in Drango, eastern Tibet, stabbed himself to death on March 29. Gonpo Rigzin, 25, had taken part in the January 23 mass protests in Drango
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The Dalai Lama to address mass solidarity rally for Tibet
 Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama is scheduled to address a mass solidarity rally for Tibet in Vienna, Austria on May 26. According to organisers, over 10,000 people are expected to attend the Europe-wide rally.
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200 women in Amdo march demanding release of fellow Tibetans
 In a strong show of defiance against Chinese authorities, around 200 Tibetan women in the Ngaba region of eastern Tibet marched towards the Chinese district office last week demanding the release of fellow Tibetans arrested in recent times.
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10 May 2012
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Exile family's March to Tibet stopped in Nepal, Marchers detained
 The three members of the exiled Tibetan family on their March to Tibet have been detained by Nepali police upon entering the country today, according to sources. The three who have been marching for exactly two months today were reportedly detained upon entering Nepal from the border town of Sonauli.
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The Dalai Lama to receive the 2012 Templeton Prize
 Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama is scheduled to receive the 2012 Templeton Prize, one of the world's biggest monetary awards, in a ceremony at Saint Paul's Cathedral in London on May 14, organisers said on Wednesday. The exiled Tibetan leader will receive the £1.1 million prize for his work in encouraging scientific research and harmony among religion
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09 May 2012
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Video footage of twin self-immolations reaches exile
 A video footage depicting the twin self-immolations of Sonam and Choephag Kyab, along with an audio recording of their last will was released by the Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration earlier today.
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Parading China’s flag ‘exemplary’ says Middle Way group
 The Dharamshala based Tibetan People’s Movement for Middle Way in a release Tuesday came out in full support of the exile Tibetan family marching back to Tibet carrying a Chinese flag, calling their initiative “exemplary.” The release comes days after Tibetan Youth Congress objected the parading of Chinese flag
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Al Jazeera forced to close Beijing bureau
 Al-Jazeera, the Qatar based news service, has been forced to close its English-language bureau in Beijing after its reporter was expelled. China decided not to renew the press credentials and visa for Melissa Chan al-Jazeera's China correspondent since 2007 while further refusing to allow a replacement.
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A Tibetan teen is among a group that won a nationwide rocketry challenge held in The Plains, Virginia, United States last week. Tashi Aruktsang was among the four-member team from the Madison West High School that clinched first prize
A renowned Tibetan singer is all set to march, dragging a coffin as a symbol of the slow death of Tibet, from the Swiss capital of Bern to the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva beginning today.
Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on Monday in London. According to reports, both leaders expressed concern for the situation in Tibet
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today received the 2012 Templeton Prize and announced that he will give away to charity £1.1m (about $ 1.7 million) in prize money awarded to him.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is scheduled to meet the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of Austria on his five-nation European tour this month. Leaving his exile home town of Dharamshala Saturday, the Dalai Lama will begin his tour in London,
In a strong show of unity and solidarity with the families of Tibetan self-immolators and political prisoners, Tibetans in Amdo Ngaba Adhue region of eastern Tibet have launched a farming boycott movement in protest against the Chinese government.
“This evil China has invaded Tibet, It is not possible to live under this evil rule,” reads two lines from a last statement written in the form of a poem by Nangdrol, a young Tibetan who set himself on fire earlier this year.
