Dharamshala: Human rights group Amnesty International published its annual report on the death penalty, stating that 718 people from 18 different countries were executed last year. However, the group remarked that the actual figure could potentially be much higher considering the high amount of unreported executions. Amnesty suspected that thousands of off the record executions occurred in China alone.

Dharamshala: Eighteen Tibetan refugees were released from government custody in Nepal on Monday. The 18 were members of a group of 25 or 23 who had been arrested earlier in March for trying to storm the Chinese Embassy's visa office in Kathmandu the capital of Nepal, during the Tibetan National Uprising.

Brussels: During the Mini-Plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels on Thursday, the Members of European Parliament (MEPs) held a debate on the current situation of Tibet reviewing the peaceful protests by Tibetans inside Tibet in 2008.

Paris: Reporters Without Borders has obtained a copy of a questionnaire that has been circulated within the organizations of Chinese citizens living abroad. It canvasses views on Tibet and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Presented by Beijing's Communication University, this very detailed questionnaire was in fact prepared at the behest of the government department responsible for overseas Chinese.

Dharamshala: Tibet's political and spiritual leader, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama will commence his three-day visit to Slovenia's second-largest city on April 5, a week earlier than initially scheduled, said organizers of the event in Maribor on Tuesday.

Dharamshala: Since Google’s announcement on March 22nd that they will no longer censor their search services on google.cn, those in support and opposition of a free Tibet have been quick to offer their opinions on the matter.