Self-immolater monk reaches the safety of India
The Tibetan monk who self-immolated in the Nepali capital of Kathmandu on November 10, triggering a large scale manhunt and clampdown by the Nepali police has made a dramatic escape to India.
Months on, Tsewang Norbu’s self-immolation clip surfaces
Citing an un-named source, a US based news agency on Tuesday released a minute long video clip of Tsewang Norbu’s self-immolation protest in Kham Kardze, eastern Tibet.
US Congressmen urge Ambassador Locke to visit Tibet
Members of the United States Congress in an open letter dated November 17, urged the US Ambassador to China, Gary Locke to visit Tibet and publicly raise the abuses suffered by the Tibetan people.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrives in Jammu
His Holiness the Dalai Lama flanked by J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdhulla arrives in Jammu on a day-long visit to inspect the ruins of an ancient Buddhist monastery and address a public gathering on November 16, 2011. (Phayul Photo/Sherab Woeser)
Chinese man self-immolates in Tiananmen Square
In what is being seen as the first act of self-immolation in mainland China following the recent wave of self-immolations by Tibetans in Tibet, a Chinese man set himself on fire in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, the scene of the 1989 pro-democracy protests.
Seven Tibetans arrested in Nepal for illegal entry
As the Kalachakra initiations by His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws nearer, Nepali police on Monday night arrested seven Tibetans for illegally crossing the Tibet-Nepal border. According to reports, the Tibetans aged between 20 and 43, were arrested