Dharamsala: The Nepalese Supreme Court ordered on Monday that 3 Tibetan exiles be released from jail, the AP reported earlier today. The 3 had been jailed earlier in March due to a public security law after they, along with around 20 other Tibetan exiles, rushed the Chinese Embassy's visa office in Kathmandu.

Dharamshala: In a televised interview Saturday (20, March), Tibetan spiritual leader and the 74-year-old Tibetan Nobel laureate, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama expressed optimism that he may some day visit China and return to his birthplace in Tibet.

Paris: March, 22-Since the March 2008 unrest in Tibet, at least 50 Tibetans have been arrested - and in some cases sentenced to long jail terms - for sending reports, photos or videos abroad. The latest to be convicted is a netizen called Dasher who has been given a 10-year prison sentence on a charge of "separatism" for sending reports and photos of the March 2008 protests.

Dharamshala: Tibet's political and spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Saturday told NDTV that Indian and Chinese leaders can only address the Tibet issue if they build mutual trust, and that China should become more transparent in order to build that trust.

Dharamshala: On March 16, the Tibet Discussion Group of the German Parliament held its first meeting in Berlin. His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Representative Mr. Tseten Samdup Chhoekyapa was the guest during the meeting. The meeting was held inside the German Parliament building Tibetan official media reported Wednesday.

Geneva- The United Nations Council on Human Rights, now in its third week of sessions, heard from the Tibetan delegation yesterday on the issues of torture, religious freedom, disappearances and forced resettlement of nomads in Tibet. Mr. Tenzin Samphel Kayta, on behalf of the Society for Threatened Peoples, drew the Council's attention to the Chinese government's repeated failure to accurately account for thousands of Tibetans detained since 2008 and to end the practices of routine torture and illegal imprisonment.