Geneva — Some 159 organizations submitted a joint petition to the United Nations urging it to press China for the immediate release of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, and his entire family.

London, UK — The author of “In the Service of the 13th and the 14th Dalai Lamas: Choegyal Nyima Lhundrup Kashopa – Untold Stories of Tibet” who was educated in Tibet, India and Beijing, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at King's College Hospital in south London following infected with Wuhan-coronavirus. He was 81.

Dharamshala, India — To mark the 61st anniversary of the Tibetan national uprising day, President Dr Lobsang Sangay said: "People of Tibet on 10th March 1959 revolted against China’s illegal occupation of a sovereign Tibet."