Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 24: Tibetans joined a rally in McLeod Ganj alongside local Indians today condemning the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir and shut down their shops in the main market area for the entire...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 24: A collection documenting the 1940 enthronement of the 14th Dalai Lama will go under the hammer at Bonhams auction house in London on June 4, 2025. The Collection and Archive of Sir Basil Gould, the...

By Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh – Human rights activist living in exile in the United States and 2017 International Women of Courage Awardee (IWOC). April 22, 2025 The shocking case of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a renowned Tibetan lama, who...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 23: In a shift in the United States federal government’s public position on the origins of COVID-19 virus, the Trump administration has replaced the content of official pandemic information websites with materials supporting the lab leak...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April, 23: U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth has ordered the immediate funding restoration of Voice of America (VOA) and related government-funded news services, ruling that recent drastic cuts likely violated both federal law and the Constitution....

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April, 21: His Holiness the Dalai Lama is in excellent health, according to renowned Indian surgeon Dr. Pradeep Chowbey who visited the Tibetan Buddhist leader at his residence on Monday.   The spiritual leader, who turns 90...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 21: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed profound sadness over the passing of Pope Francis, the sovereign of Vatican state, through a message that encapsulates the late pontiff’s legacy of humility...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 21: Tibetan activists group in Dharamshala on Monday strongly condemned the hasty cremation of the renowned Tibetan Buddhist leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje in Vietnam without the consent of his family. They alleged that the cremation...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April, 19: Five major Tibetan NGOs led protests in Dharamshala on Friday, demanding justice for Tibetan Buddhist leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje, who died under suspicious circumstances while in custody of Chinese and Vietnamese authorities in Ho Chi...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 19: In a calculated move to bolster its narrative on the reincarnation of the exiled spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalia Lama, China recently hosted a delegation of more than 20 Buddhist leaders and religious...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April, 17: Chinese state-owned digital forensics and cybersecurity firm Meiya Pico will provide advanced cyber operations training and digital forensic laboratory facilities to the Tibet Police College in Lhasa, according to a new report released on Wednesday...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 17: The remains of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a revered Tibetan Buddhist leader and abbot of Lungngon Monastery in Gade County, Golok, who died in Chinese custody while in Vietnam, will be handed over to representatives...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 16: The Dutch House of Representatives on Tuesday passed three key resolutions addressing China’s gross human rights violations in Tibet and rejecting Chinese interference in the reincarnation of the exiled spiritual leader His Holiness the...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 16: Former member of parliament Samten Choedon was officially sworn in as the newest member of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) from the Utsang constituency, on Wednesday following the resignation of fellow U-Tsang MP Dawa...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 16: The foremost repository and purveyor of Tibetan literary works in exile, the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives based here, celebrated its 25th anniversary of its Science for Monks and Nun ’ programme at...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 16: Ragya Gangjong Sherig Norbu Lobling, a prominent Tibetan educational institute in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Amdo (Ch. Qinghai Province), has been granted conditional permission to resume operations, nearly a year after its forced closure by...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 14: Chinese authorities have arrested dozens of Tibetans since 2021 for phone and internet-related offences that appear politically motivated, according to a new report released Sunday by US-based rights group Human Rights Watch. The monitoring group documented more...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 14: China announced visa restrictions on “US personnel who have acted egregiously” on Tibet-related issues on Monday, escalating diplomatic tensions in direct response to similar measures imposed by Washington two weeks ago. “Tibet-related affairs are purely...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 14: Around 20 Tibetan youth activists from Students for a Free Tibet–India staged a protest outside the Vietnamese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday, demanding a transparent and independent investigation into the suspicious death of...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 12: The Tibetan exile community worldwide has mobilized in protest following the suspicious death of prominent Buddhist leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje under Chinese custody in Vietnam. Demonstrations, candlelight vigils, and formal appeals have been organized...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 12: China has once again been named the “world’s top executioner” in Amnesty International’s Death Sentences and Executions 2024 report. Released on April 8, the report revealed a 32% spike in known executions from 2023 documented executions worldwide,...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 11: International rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged the Vietnamese government to launch an impartial and transparent investigation into the death of a prominent Tibetan religious leader, Humkar Dorje Rinpoche, under what the...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 10: The 16th Cabinet of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also known as the exile Tibetan government convened its 7th Permanent Strategy Committee meeting on Wednesday at the Administrative Training Centre in Dharamshala. This three-day...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 10: Global cybersecurity agencies have issued a joint advisory warning about sophisticated spyware targeting individuals and communities connected to Tibet, Taiwan, East Turkestan and Falun Gong. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), in collaboration with...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 9: During the confirmation hearing of David Perdue, nominee for US Ambassador to China, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, Tibet emerged as a focal point in discussions surrounding human rights in China. Perdue faced questions...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 9: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the Tibetan government-in-exile, has strongly denounced the sudden and suspicious death of prominent Tibetan Buddhist figure Tulku Hungkar Dorje while in Chinese custody in Vietnam. The condemnation was issued...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 7: In a ceremony held on Monday at the Sikyong Hall, Chief Justice Commissioner Yeshi Wangmo formally administered the oath of office to three key appointees of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), marking a significant...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 7: In a message to the 300 participants of the recently concluded ‘Freedom Trail’, Tibetan leader His Holiness the  Dalai Lama expressed deep emotion as trekkers retraced his six-day journey from from Khen-dza-mani on the border...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 6: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also known as the Tibetan government-in-exile, has issued an urgent humanitarian appeal for emergency assistance following a devastating snowstorm that severely impacted Tibetan nomadic families in the Jangthang region...

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 6: Ahead of Tibetan leader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) convened an international webinar titled “Celebrating the Dalai Lama’s Legacy and Tibet’s Future: Perspectives from Europe,...