Dharamsala, Apr 25: On the occasion of the 20th birth anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama, which falls on April 25, Tibetans from all walks of life have demanded that China to free him immediately.

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, also known as the 11th Panchen Lama, is said to be under captivity of the Chinese authorities for the last 13 years.

Many Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns and Tibetan students gathered at the Tsuglagkhang Temple to offer prayers to the Panchen Lama.

Beijing, Apr. 22 : U. S. President Barack Obama risks damaging relations with China if he meets the Dalai Lama in October, Chinese experts have warned.

"China would definitely be against the US leader meeting the Dalai Lama as it would be a severe interference in China''s internal affairs," the China Daily quoted Fu Mengzi, a scholar on American studies at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, as saying.

The Dalai Lama is seeking an audience with Obama in October, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.

Beijing - More than one year after anti-Chinese protests rocked the Tibetan capital Lhasa, Chinese authorities sentenced three Tibetans to death for arson, the official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday.

Two others were each sentenced to 10 years in prison by a municipal court in Lhasa for involvement in fires that killed six people in March 2008.

The death sentences were suspended for two years, after which it is possible for them to be converted into life-in-prison sentences.

London, Apr 11: Tibetan farmers discontented with the Chinese rule have refused to sow their fields in a show of passive resistance against Beijing.

Chinese officials are so anxious at the latest action of farmers that they have sent in troops from the People’s Liberation Army to work with them or in their place if need be to carry out spring planting in mountainous regions.

Dharamsala, Apr 10 : Tibetan government-in-exile came out strongly against award of death sentence to two Tibetans for their role in riots in Tibet''s capital of Lhasa last year.

London, Apr 9: A court in Tibet has sentenced four people to death for their part in rioting in Lhasa last year.

Fierce anti-China riots broke out in Lhasa in March last year and spread across Tibet as China was preparing to host the Beijing Olympic Games.

Two of the four death sentences are suspended and could be changed to life sentences if the defendants demonstrate good behaviour. A fifth person was given a life sentence.