Dharamshala: - Four Tibetan laymen who were detained two weeks ago for petitioning the Chinese central authorities have been released. The petitioners were calling for the release of Trulku Tenzin Delek, a popular religious figure from Nyagchu county, Kham region of eastern Tibet.

Dharamshala: - Reports are emerging that the Chinese military appeared this week to be preparing for a major crackdown on Tibetans after a Tibetan monastery closure in Kham region of eastern Tibet.

Dharamshala: - The Intermediate People's court in Nyakchukha County in Kham Karze, Eastern Tibet sentenced four Tibetan writers up to five years in prison and deprived their political rights for their alleged involvement in a Tibetan movement against Chinese rule in Tibet.

Dharamshala: - The Chinese government has forcibly shut down a Tibetan monastery, Gaden Dhargyeling based in Shak Rongpo in Nagchu county in eastern Tibet, over its alleged links with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Dharamshala: Reports are emerging that Chinese authorities from Sichuan Province have arrested four of the five petitioners for Trulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche. They were detained while travelling to Beijing secretly to present the Chinese government with a heavily supported written petition calling for his immediate release.

Dharamshala: — Emerging reports coming out Tibet say, several Tibetans seriously wounded in a major attack by Han Chinese at Arik Dragkar County, Amdho region of north-eastern Tibet, bordering with a Chinese county, where conflict has regularly occurred over land dispute.