The US urges China to allow Tibetans to express grievances without fear of retribution

The US State Department is calling on the Chinese government to allow Tibetans to express their grievances publicly and peacefully and “without fear of retribution”…

China punishes Tibetans in self-immolation cases

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Chinese courts convicted eight Tibetans on Thursday over accusations they incited others to self-immolate…

Activists: 8th Tibetan child self-immolates

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A teenage girl set herself on fire on the grasslands of an ethnic Tibetan region in western China, becoming the eighth child to self-immolate to protest Chinese rule over the region…

Dalai Lama makes low-key visit to Mongolia

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The Dalai Lama began a series of lectures to Buddhists in Mongolia on Tuesday in a low-key visit…