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Tibet has a rich history as a sovereign nation until the 1950s when it was invaded by China. [Photo: File]
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Lama turns to iPhone to spread app-ness. Photo: Hürriyet Daily News
Dharamshala: - The Chinese clamp-down on the the Tibetan intellectual diaspora continues to gather momentum. Chinese authorities in Eastern Tibet (Ch: Sichuan province) have sentenced a Tibetan schoolteacher and writer to a three-year jail term on unknown charges, according to Tibetan sources.
Dharamshala: - Reports coming from Tibet say a monk of Karze monastery in Karze in eastern Tibet has set himself on fire this morning. Dawa Tsering, a young Tibetan monk, self-immolated at 9:30 am during a ritual dance event in Karze. He was taken to a hospital, but his condition and whereabouts remain unknown.
Dharamshala, India: Another young Tibetan has self-immolated in eastern Tibet to protest against Chinese repression, according to exclusive reports received by the Tibet Post.
Dharamshala: The second of the two young men who self-immolated in the troubled area of Ngaba county in western China has passed away. Khayang, 18, died in a Bakham hospital on 8 October at around 1pm local time. The other man, Choepel, 19, is believed to have died at the scene on October 7. The death of Khayang is the eighth death in Ngaba county in two and a half years.
The Founding Assembly of the ‘Asia Democracy Network’ and the ‘3rd Seoul Democracy Forum’ were held in Seoul, Korea, from 21st to 24th October 2013. Photo: TPI
Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace laureate, advocated for human rights in China before his death. Photo: File
The European Parliament is a rubber-stamp parliament - Photo: file
Hong Kong: RSF representative detained and deported on attempt to monitor Jimmy Lai’s national security trial. Photo: RSF
