Dharamsala: On 6th June, Chinese travel agencies announced that foreign travelers are no longer allowed to visit Tibet. This ban is Beijing's response to the recent self immolations in the region. Major travel agencies said they were told by Tibetan tourism authorities in late May that travellers from other countries would not be allowed into the region and said they had no idea how long the ban would last.

Dharamsala: - On May 27, two men from Ngaba county - Tseten Dorjee and Dhargye - self-immolated in Lhasa.  While Tseten Dorjee succumbed to his injuries, Dhargye's whereabouts are unknown, even though the state media has reported that he is in hospital recuperating. Now fruther information has surfaced regarding Dhargye, the aftermath of the self-immolations and the brutal crackdown in Lhasa.

Dharamsala: -  Local Tibetans and monks from all monasteries in Drango county, Kardze region, Tibet, recently came together to pray for Tsering Gyaltsen, Yeshe Samdrup, Yeshe Rigsel and Yonten Sangpo and others who were killed on February 9 during a brutal crackdown by the Chinese police.

Dharamsala: The afternoon of 30th May saw the self immolation of a Tibetan woman, named Rikyo in the Ngaba region, which has been the epicenter of burnings which first began in February 2009. By the time the Chinese Police arrived, the fire was too strong to be doused and she immediately passed away.

Dharamsala: - In another set of self-immolations in Tibet, two young Tibetan men set fire to themselves in front of the Tsuglagkang Temple in capital Lhasa in the late afternoon of May 27.