Dharamshala: Several years ago, the Chinese officials in Med-Dho Village in Gojong County, eastern Tibet have ordered local people-nomads- to move away. This order has been issued a couple of times in the past; however, it was ignored by people who refused to leave their homes.

Dharamshala: Following the twin self-immolation of layman Tashi (21) and Kirti monastery’s monk Lungtok (20) on the 13^th of August in Ngaba County, a protest against the Chinese government ended in a violent crackdown where two demonstrators were beaten brutally and then detained.

Dharamshala: In early May this year, Tibet Post international (TPI) carried an article about a famous singer of Tibet, Phulchung, who was on the run from the police. He fled his home and went into hiding following reports that the armed Chinese authorities were after him for allegedly breaking national unity through his music.

Dharamshala: Chinese government authorities decided to take stringent precautions to prevent against self-immolations and all other kinds of protest at the popular annual horse-racing festival at Machu county in Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province), north-eastern Tibet.