Two monk officials of a monastery in Tibet’s Lhoka region have been arrested, following a protest by monks of the monastery against Chinese authorities earlier this month. Gyurmey Tenzin and an unidentified monk official of Mindroling monastery had approached the local Chinese authorities to allow Dralha Rinpoche - an heir lama to the throne of Mindroling, which is one of the six lineages within the Nyingmapa tradition ofTibetan Buddhism - to visit the monastery.

Authorities in China's southwestern province of Sichuan have convicted 10 rights activists on charges of disturbing public order, handing down jail terms of up to three years in some cases.The sentences were handed down by the Central District People's Court in Leshan city on Tuesday, after the men staged a 2009 protest at a series of the court's decisions in recent years.Bao Junsheng was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for "gathering a crowd to disturb social order," while fellow activists Zeng Li and Huang Xiaomin received two-and-a-half-year sentences.

A popular Tibetan singer has evaded a police search for him following his release on CD of a song praising the Dalai Lama, according to sources in Tibet.“The Chinese authorities are looking for Pasang, but so far he has not been detained. His parents are worried about his fate,” a Tibetan man said, speaking from the regional capital Lhasa and giving the names of Pasang’s parents as Dawa Tsering, his father, and Dolkar, his mother.“The authorities blamed him for singing and recording politically sensitive themes in his songs.

A Tibetan who was detained in March for leading a protest against the Chinese government on the second anniversary of the 2008 nation-wide uprising has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.Thupten Nyima, who was detained in March was accused of leading protests by some 30 students from the Machu Tibetan Nationality Middle School.Over 500 other Tibetans later joined the student protest on March 14 this year. The protesters were demanding Tibetan independence and shouting against the lack of freedom. At least 40 people were detained following the protest.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived on Wednesday in Wroclaw, the capital of Lower Silesia in south western Poland, where he was due to give a lecture and meet with locals before continuing his tour of Europe.The exiled Tibetan leader arrived in Poland, following his visits to Hungary and Germany, at the invitation of the Mayor of Wroclaw, Mr. Rafal Dutkiewicz.His two-day visit will begin with a visit to the Solidarity Wroclaw exhibition, which was created in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the Poland’s Trade Union “Solidarity” .

A 55-year-old man is near death after suffering years of torture at the hands of Chinese police, according to multiple reports from China.A resident of Wuhan, Mr. Liu Yunchao (刘运潮) is being held at the Fanjiatai Prison in Shayang, Hubei Province.In July 2009, Liu was "sentenced" in a sham trial to three years in prison for practicing Falun Gong. After over a year of torture, twice in August 2010 -on August 8 and August 30 -Liu's family was notified that he was near death. Each time, they rushed to the prison to secure his access to a hospital and medical treatment.

Hundreds of graduates from the Institute of Tibetan Traditional Medicine in Tibet’s capital Lhasa have staged a protest Sep 2 in front of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) government headquarters, demanding increase in the number of jobs available to them.Some of them were reported to be carrying banners demanding an increase in jobs available to them over this year’s quota of just 60. The number of graduates from the institute this year alone was reported to be 256.School officials were said to have spoken with the protesters.

A father of one in his mid-50's died in early August 2010, while serving a ten year "sentence" in a prison camp in northeast China, the Falun Dafa Information Center recently learned.According to sources inside China, Lu Manku died from torture-related injuries while in custody at the Nanguanling Prison in Dalian City, Liaoning Province.Lu had been taken into custody in early 2008 while he was making leaflets exposing the human rights abuses suffered by Falun Gong practitioners in China. On May 26, 2008, Lu was "sentenced" in a sham trial to ten years in prison.

Samdhong Rinpoche’s tenure as kalon tripa or prime minister will be up in a few months, but it seems he is determined not to leave without delivering some more of his trademark profundities that earlier caused so much dismay to intelligent and dedicated Tibetans.We all remember his statement to the press that… “the Tibet issue is the internal affair of the PRC“, or that President Obama should not irritate China’s leaders, or that the Chinese high-speed railway would benefit the Tibetan people, or (to The New York Times) that Tibetan political freedom (“separation from China”) was not as impor

Two open letters signed by a group of Chinese lawyers, scholars, writers and journalists were sent to the Chinese Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate in late Aug., urging an investigation into the use of torture in the “hitting the black” campaign in Chongqing.The letters stated that although on the surface the purpose of the “hitting the black” campaign is to crack down on gangsters, in essence it is a campaign driven by political motives.

The meeting was called under the banner of Wokar Tibet website run by reincarnate lama Shingza Rinpoche of Sera monastery. Among participants were five members of the Tibetan parliament in exile and Rangzen activists and NGO heads like Lobsang Yeshi, Dhondup Lhadhar, Lukar Jam, Tenzin Choedon, Ngawang Woebar and Chime Youngdrung.The meeting discussed seven key issues including legal and historical support to the Rangzen proposition.“It’s very important that we unite out common voice and bring together our minds, resources and education to create one united force for independence.