By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Feb 21: A new video has surfaced showing the Chinese government’s plan to forcefully relocate thousands of local Tibetans from their ancestral lands to build a hydroelectric dam in the Kham Dege region along the Yangtze...

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 21: The Tibetan community at the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Center (TCCC) in Toronto, Canada, marked the celebration of Tibetan New Year on February 17 with joy, as they received news of federal funding exceeding...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Feb 21: China is reportedly proceeding with construction of border villages in the disputed territory with Bhutan, despite ongoing border talks between the two countries.  According to the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post, at least...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Feb 20: A genetics journal from a leading scientific publisher has retracted 18 papers from China, marking what is believed to be the largest mass retraction of academic research concerning human rights concerns. The articles were...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 20: Critically acclaimed film “Snow Leopard” which was directed by the late Pema Tseden from Tibet, received the highest award at the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema. The festival was held from...

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 20: Robert Batinder, the former French justice minister who abolished the death penalty in 1981 and known for his unwavering advocacy for Tibet and his close friendship with the Dalai Lama has passed away...

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 16: In a display of bipartisan unity, the United States House of Representatives made a historic decision on Thursday, passing the ‘Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act’. This landmark legislation not only...

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 15: Hundred of Tibetans in Derge County, in Kham region in Tibet on Wednesday protested against the Chinese government’s plan to relocate thousands of local Tibetans from their traditional lands to facilitate the construction...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Feb 15 : The Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan (HRNTT) organized a “Cycling for a Free Tibet” event in Taipei on Wednesday to raise public awareness on the Tibetan struggle for freedom ahead of...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 15: A young Tibetan monk, Tenzin Khenrab, also known by his pen name Dhong Rangchak, was reportedly arrested by the Chinese government. The poet was apprehended a year ago in 2023 for allegedly possessing a...

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 14: A new report by a network of Tibetan researchers titled, “Weaponising Big Data: Decoding China’s Digital Surveillance in Tibet” has uncovered concerning the development of China’s digital surveillance apparatus in Tibet. The report...

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 14: The foremost Buddhist leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has extended his congratulations to the newly elected President of Finland in a letter penned on Wednesday. Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb has won...

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 14: The celebration of Losar, the Tibetan New Year, has stirred controversy in Belleville Township, New Jersey. Despite objections from the Chinese Consulate, Mayor Michael Melham of the Township in New Jersey, proceeded to...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Feb 7: Research group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) unveiled its latest report, titled ‘Chinese Transnational Repression of Tibetan Diaspora Communities’, on February 6, at the Press Club of India in New Delhi....

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 7: A Tibetan singer named Palden, 30, hailing from Yotak village, Dedha Township, Pema County in eastern Tibet, has been arbitrarily detained and sentenced to three years in prison following a secret trial in...

By Tsering Dhundup  DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 7: Australian writer and pro-democracy blogger Yang Hengjun has received a suspended death sentence in Beijing, China, on Monday according to multiple reports. Yang, an Australian citizen born in China, is known for his...

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 5: Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet’s Ngaba region have reportedly arrested and detained Lobsang Thapkhe, the library director of Kirti Monastery in Ngaba for a period of eight months, according to a source based...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Feb 3: In the rich tapestry of Tibetan traditions, the celebration of the New Year holds profound significance, marked by age-old rituals and customs. One of the key customs is the Guthuk on the 29th day...

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 3: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) declared today the commencement of a household listing survey in India and Nepal, urging active participation from the public. The announcement took place during a press conference held at...

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA Feb. 3: Rinchen Tsultrim, a Tibetan monk from Ngaba in Eastern Tibet’s Amdo region who was sentenced to four years and six months in prison in 2020, following an incommunicado detention for over a year...

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 2: Wang Yong, the Vice-Chairman of the government in the Southwest Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), is currently undergoing disciplinary and supervisory investigations, as reported by Xinhua, the official mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party....

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Jan 31: In the remote Ladakh-Tibet border region, ongoing tension persists as local herders on the Indian side of the border were confronted and denied grazing land for their livestock by intruding Chinese Army patrolling unit...

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 30: The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Estonia on Friday voiced strong opposition to the President of the exile Tibetan government Penpa Tsering, for his visit to the Estonian Parliament. The...

By Tenzin Nyidon and Tenzin Dedan Away from the loud touristy attractions of McLeod Ganj town, a tiny alley on the Jogiwara road lead to a building with a modest iron gate. On one of the floors of the...

By Dr. Tenzin Lhadon On May 20th, 2024, Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DDP) will be sworn in as the 8th President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in a ceremony that will be closely watched not...

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 25: Lobsang Tashi, a Tibetan monk from Kirti Monastery in Eastern Tibet’s Ngaba County was reportedly imprisoned by Chinese authorities in 2021 on the charges related to leading prayer ceremonies during the COVID-19 lockdown...

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 25: In a recent edition of ANI Podcast Smita Praksha, Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the former President of the Tibetan government in exile, emphasised the importance of understanding Tibet to comprehend China’s behaviour on the...

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 24: The United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva became a focal point of international attention, attracting scrutiny on China’s human rights record. During...

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 19: Lhadon Tethong, a prominent Tibetan activist and the Co-Founder/Director of Tibet Action Institute (TAI), has been honoured with the International Religious Freedom Award by the Secretary of State under the designation of People’s...

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 19: The plight of Tibetan anti-corruption activist and community leader A-Nya Sengdra continues to be in limbo as per his defense lawyer, Lin Qilei, who visited the Sixth Circuit Court of the Supreme People’s...