The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) paid tribute to Tibetan martyrs who have laid down their lives for the cause of the nation.A religious function including a incense burning offering was organized at the Lhagyal Ri.The chief guest former Kalon Tripa Sonam Topgyal lit a butter lamp in front of late Pawo Thupten Ngodup’s bust which was then followed by offering of khatas on the bust by Tibetans present there.Former leaders of TYC, Karma Choephel and Karma Yeshi, both members of the Tibetan parliament in exile, also attended the event.Tibetans have been commemorating April 29 as "Tibetan Martyrs'

A court in China’s troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang has handed a life sentence to a Uyghur youth for alleged murder during July 2009 unrest, but rights groups and relatives say his trial was unfair and he may have been tortured.Chinese authorities in the Silk Road town of Aksu [in Chinese, Akesu] detained Noor-Ul-Islam Sherbaz on July 27 in the wake of rioting in Urumqi, when he was just 17.“I think under severe torture my son was forced to sign the confession,” Noor-Ul-Islam’s father Sherbaz Khan, who is a Pakistani national, said.He said his son was convicted after his image appeared

When I saw photographs of the tough, determined looking monks digging through the ruins of Kyegu town, I was struck by a sense of helplessness and frustration.Probably, some of you readers felt that way too.I wanted to be out there with those monks, helping to find survivors in the rubble, or at least unearthing the bodies of those that had perished — cleaning them up, restoring some dignity to them, before taking them away to be cremated.

Chinese authorities have fined (20,000-60,000 Yuan) 21 teachers from the Tibetan Nationality Middle School in Machu County of eastern Tibet for teaching subversive topics to the students.In late March and early April 2010, students of the middle school, led by its seniors, staged a series of peaceful protests against the government, and in response the Chinese government fired the school's headmaster, Kyabchen Dedrol, and his assistants Do-Re and Choekyong Tseten. Later, the two were reportedly arrested by officials from the Public Security Bureau.

Several sources who asked not to be named also said businesses and individuals in Tibetan areas had been stopped from delivering supplies to the quake-stricken region.“Local authorities issued an order today calling on all monks to return to their respective monasteries, as now they are no longer needed,” one Tibetan man said, adding that monks had held a candlelight vigil April 19 that officials feared might take on political significance.“Residents here see this as a major setback to the relief effort if the monks have to leave,” he said.Some 10,000 monks had been working to pull bodies from

Nepal’s border police have on Apr 16 night arrested eight Tibetans, including six women, as they crossed into the country from Chinese occupied Tibet via Singate Bazaar transit point in Dolakha district, reported Himalayan Times online (Nepal) Apr 17.The report cited DSP Dhiraj Pratap Singh, in-charge of Dolakha police, as saying the Tibetans would be handed over to the country’s Department of Immigration (DoI).And it cited an official at DoI as saying they would either be deported to Tibet or imprisoned in the country or handed over to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.

The death toll of the earthquake continues to rise. Three aftershocks hit the same area last night, which resulted in the collapse of more buildings but not in any casualties. Unfortunately, another aftershock hit the area this morning, after which another 20 dead bodies were recovered near the Dichue River.About 80% of the houses were all collapsed.Nothing was left.

Latest reports indicate that the death toll in the earthquake that hit Tibet earlier today has risen to 1000 and around 15000 people have been injured.Unconfirmed sources including Tibetan exiles belonging to the quake hit area who claimed to have spoken to people there say the death toll is much higher. One Tibetan who said he spoke to someone in his village puts the death toll around 3000. The quake measured 7.1 on Richter scale, according to China Earthquake Networks Center but the United States Geological Survey puts the magnitude at 6.9.

Chinese authorities in Nyagrong County in the Tibetan province of Kham have arrested a Tibetan monk named Abo Tashi, a 22 year old Tibetan monk of Guru monastery, for taking part in a protest rally.
Abo Tashi was accompanied in the protest by Tsering Gyaltsen, 19; Tsering Wangchuk, 22; of Guru monastery and Rinzin Dorjee from Jamchok monastery. The four rode bikes carrying the banned Tibetan national flag and chanted slogan that demanded "independence for Tibet".

Yucheng County Public Security Bureau are arresting local “house church” Christians without legal documentation, releasing them only after a fine is paid. The illegal police activity with demands to pay fines raise questions regarding not just religious persecution, but also corruption and greed inside the Yucheng County Security Bureau.The scandal began on March 9 when the Yucheng County Public Security Bureau took local Christians to the police station. The following day, March 10, family members of the Christians went to the station to sort out the trouble.

Over the past one week, a series of peaceful protests were carried out particularly by teenage monks in Sertha County in the traditional Kham region of Tibet resulting in arrests and detention, according to information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).

Chinese authorities in Machu made a surprise arrest of a Tibetan language teacher of a Tibetan elementary school last month Topdhen, a Tibetan teacher at Machu Tibetan Nationality Primary School, was arrested on March 28 by Chinese officials from the so-called “Public Security Bureau".Information on his whereabouts and well-being, and the exact reasons for his arrest are unknown at the moment.Born in 1971, Topdhen was ordained as a monk and joined Nyul-ra Ngenthok Monastery after completing his primary schooling.

On 22nd of March, dozens of primary school students aged 11 to 15, staged a demonstration against Chinese rule in Eastern Tibet, resulting in the arrest of up to 20 students. The students from Centre Primary School in Tsala Township, Driru County, protested Chinese occupation of Tibet, shouting slogans such as "Free Tibet!", "Chinese out of Tibet!".Student protesters were quickly surrounded by armed Chinese police and security personnel, and up to twenty of the young protesters were arrested. Many of the children's parents were also taken for interrogation.

China has arrested two Tibetan students of Northwest National Minorities’ University in Lanzhou yesterday.Tashi Rabten and Druklo were arrested after around 16 officials from the local Public Security Bureau arrived in the university hostel and ransacked students’ rooms. The officials confiscated cellular phones, laptop computers and books from the students. Tashi was the editor of the banned literary magazine the Shar Dungri (Eastern Snow Mountain) on the 2008 protests in Tibet, and also edited a collection of work called “Written in Blood”.