Dharamshala: - Emerging reports coming out of Tibet say A Tibetan father of two self-immolated in Dorkarmo township, Marlho Tsekhok, North-eastern Tibet on Wednesday, February 5, in protest against Chinese repressive rule in Tibet.

Dharamshala: - On 28 January the Intergovernmental Expert Group on the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners will meet for four days in Brasilia, Brazil. The United Nations General Assembly created the Expert Group to update the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (SMR), which was drafted in the 1950s.

Dharamshala: - Writer, essayist, blogger, chronicler, environmentalist and amateur photographer Kunga Tsangyang has been released after after serving almost five years’ of imprisonment for allegedly writing political essays criticizing Chinese policies in Tibet.

Dharamshala: - A huge blaze which occurred early on 11 January has burned down 70% of the ancient Dorkhar town in the Gyalthang County, Kham Region of Eastern Tibet, (Diqing prefecture, Yunnan Province) along with 242 houses.

Dharamshala: According to sources in Tibet, Chinese authorities detained 20 Tibetans this week in a massive crackdown on protests.

Dharamshala: - To maintain it's repressive policies in Tibet, a Chinese court sentenced three Tibetan men up to two years in prison over self-immolation protests against Chinese rule in north-eastern Tibet.