On March 11 & 12 in New York City, the Rangzen Alliance convened a Roundtable to initiate a discussion on the possible scenarios the Tibetan issue might encounter in the near future; and also the structures that must be created and the strategies that must be formulated to advance and ultimately achieve the goal of Tibetan Independence.Sixty-two participants from India, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and from such cities and states in North America as Toronto, Montreal, Amherst, Boston, Los Angeles, Colorado, Vermont, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut, Indiana, New York, New Jersey, Virgin

Wangdue, a Tibetan NGO activist, who was sentenced to life in 2008 during the widespread protests in Tibet, was recently seen in an army hospital in Lhasa.Around the end of February 2012, eyewitnesses saw Wangdue in a solitary room in the hospital guarded by three police officers.One of his hands was apparently broken and he had one side of his head shaven, said eyewitnesses, adding these injuries point to the beatings Wangdue must have suffered in prison.The police officers monitoring Wangdue's treatment at the army hospital kept strict watch over Wangdue's movements and no one was allowed to

104 monks out of 200 monks in the Karma monastery in Chamdo county had been expelled.Monks without proper identification staying at the Karma monastery have been expelled and returned to their places of origin, according to a recent internal communiqué issued by the monastery management committee.Per this order, they are now made to work as laymen on local farms, with local village committees being put in charge of the monks’ “reeducation,”.Some monks and nuns had fled the Karma monastery in October last year after they were suspected by Chinese authorities of being involved in a bomb attack o

Chinese police have detained six Tibetan monks for protesting against Chinese rule, distributing leaflets calling for independence, and viewing Tibetan self-immolations online.Monk Khedrub Dorje, 38, was severely beaten and detained last week for staging a protest in Kardze county. Khedrub, from Dza Samdrub monastery, had protested in front of a restaurant before a large crowd on March 7.His whereabouts and current condition remain unknown.

Una mattina assolata ma fredda.Del tutto dimentica della primavera ormai imminente e spazzata da folate di vento gelide che arrivano direttamente dal fiume Hudson.Il Palazzo di Vetro si staglia nitido contro un cielo cobalto mentre il presidio dei digiunatori si appresta a vivere il suo 18° giorno.A partire dalle nove gruppi di tibetani di ogni età e condizione sociale iniziano ad arrivare al presidio per rendere omaggio ai tre digiunatori, sdraiati e infagottati dentro ai loro sacchi a pelo per difendersi dal vento e dalla temperatura rigida che nemmeno i raggi del sole riescono a far salire.

Today, flyers were distributed for a third time near the Sok Tsenden Monastery calling for the return of the Dalai Lama and for the freedom of Tibet.This is not the first time flyers have been dispersed here.On the 16th of December, 2011 police entered the monastery to investigate a similar incident.A monk, Kelsang Tsultrim age 19, disappeared one month later, on the 15th of January 2012.Inititally, Kelsang's father, Ang Juk, friends, and family suspected that he had escaped. However, they have not heard from him since then and now believe he had been arrested by Chinese authorities.

Shingza Rinpoche (32) has lost 10 kgs, Dorjee Gyalpo (59) and Yeshi Tenzing (39) has lost 7 kgs each. The fast has weakened the bodies of the TYC 3 and is clearly visible in their movement and speech.Rinpoche, normally very active but has slowed considerably in His walks and movement.Dorjee Gyalpo , normally a very healthy man is now assisted when getting in and out of van and Yeshi Tenzing la who breaks out in boisterous laughs can now muster only a faint smile.But the determination of the TYC 3 is as strong as ever.

The Chinese police have detained numerous participants in the Draggo protest.Some of those held were identified as Tulku Lobsang Tenzin Gochen from Gochen monastery, and Geshe Tsewang, Thinley, and Dralha from Draggo monastery.All four were detained in Chengdu.A source named others captured by police and detained in Draggo as Shonnu, Tsering Gyaltsen, Norpa Yonten Sangpo, Norpa Shergyam, Gyaltsen, Norpa Paldor, Norpa Gyalkyab, and Norpa Khyendo.Meanwhile, Chinese security forces on March 4 detained a Tibetan layman named Rinchen Tsering on suspicion of involvement in the burning of a governmen

A Chinese court has recently sentenced to imprisonment a group of monks including an abbot of a Tibetan monastery for protesting against a Chinese mining company’s rampant mining at Tamo town located in Copper rich Shethongmon district in Shigatse.Prison terms of 4 – 5 years were given to 49-year-old Sangpo, who is the abbot of Lingka monastery, along with five other monks including Jamyang Tsering, aged 38.Moreover, the head of the village has been sentenced to 2 years in jail for dereliction of duty on the day of the protest.

On Saturday, a girl from the Tibetan Middle school self-immolated at a vegetable market in Machu county, an exile source said, quoting local contacts.The Chinese vendors alerted the police who urged them to prevent her from leaving the market, the source said."The Chinese vendors at the Machu vegetable market threw stones at her burning body," the source said, adding that the girl died at the scene."The Tibetans present in the market were agitated and this almost resulted in a major clash between the Tibetans and Chinese," the source said.

400 Tibetans have been detained in connection with the January 23 mass protest in Drango which left at least five Tibetans dead and over 30 seriously injured in police firings.Hundreds of Tibetans had come out on the streets calling for Tibet’s freedom and the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet.The protests flared after local Chinese Public Security Bureau officials began to arbitrarily arrest Tibetans on suspicion of their involvement in the appearance of leaflets and posters around the town following the wave of self-immolations in the region.