Dharamshala, India — The spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Dharamshala Sunday for an eleven-day visit to Europe. In Europe, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will visit the two Baltic countries of Lithuania and Latvia.

Ottawa, Canada — Bhutila Karpoche made history Thursday night, reportedly becoming the first Tibetan ever elected to public office in North America. The rookie NDP candidate won the Parkdale-High Park riding by a wide margin, securing nearly 60 per cent of the vote.

Paris, France — The International Information Tibet Group in the French senate condemned China’s sentencing of the Tibetan language rights advocate with a five year imprisonment over on politically motivated charges of ‘inciting separatism’ after he publicly sought to realise his right to Tibetan language education in occupied Tibet.

Dharamshala, India —Speaking to a group of Vietnamese devotees, including business leaders, artists, intellectuals and members of youth delegations for a second time, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said "Everybody has an equal right to be happy", even the 7 billion human beings alive today can be categorized into three groups that includes non-believers.

Brussels, Belgium — The European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) on Wednesday said it gravely concerned about China’s harsh sentencing of Tibetan language rights activist Tashi Wangchuk. The DROI called on China to drop the charges against the Tibetan language rights advocate and release him as per an official resolution passed by the European Parliament this January.

Ottawa, Canada —The Government of Canada through its embassy in China Wednesday issued a statement calling on the Chinese government for the immediate and unconditional release of Tibetan language rights advocate Tashi Wangchuk and expressed strong concerns about the lack of Tibetan-language education in Tibet.