Exile administration mourns Ven. Tarha Tenzin Choenyi’s demise
One of the longest serving officials of the Tibetan government and a close aide of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Ven. Tarha Tenzin Choenyi breathed his last in the exile headquarters of Dharamshala today. The Kashag and the Central Tibetan Administration expressed its “deep condolences”
Tibetan woman self-immolated in Beijing last year: Reports
In reports finally emerging, an elderly Tibetan woman apparently set herself on fire in China’s capital city of Beijing in September last. She is believed to have self-immolated in protest against illegal land grabbing by Chinese authorities in the Keygudo
Chinese authorities arrest eight Tibetans for sharing information of self-immolation protest
In continuing crackdown on the spate of self-immolation protests in Tibet, Chinese authorities have arrested eight Tibetans, including a family member of a self-immolator, for sharing information with outsiders in the Luchu region of Kanlho, eastern Tibet.
Tibetan self-immolator forcibly cremated following repeated Chinese threats
Tibetan self-immolator Tsering Tashi’s body was forcibly cremated late Sunday night near his home town in Amchok after repeated threats and mounting pressure from local Chinese authorities. 22-year-old Tsering Tashi passed away in his self-immolation protest on January 12 in Amchok