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China hosts academic symposium to defend colonial boarding schools in Tibet

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 30: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Monday organized a so-called “International Academic Symposium on Boarding Education and Plateau Development” at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. The event gathered...

Rare anti-CCP banners appear in Beijing’s Sanlitun calling for political freedom and reform

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 29: A rare protest in Beijing’s Sanlitun district, held shortly after the conclusion of the Fourth Plenary Session, condemned the Chinese Communist Party and called for an end to its political monopoly, urging free competition,...

CTA President engages with U.S. lawmakers following official visit to Mexico

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 28: The President of the Tibetan government in exile, known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration Penpa Tsering began his official visit to the United States on Monday with a series of engagements on Capitol...

Sophie Richardson, Geshe Lobsang Monlam honoured with ICT ‘Snow Lion’ Human Rights Award

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 27: The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has conferred its prestigious Snow Lion Human Rights Award on longtime human rights defender Dr. Sophie Richardson and Tibetan Buddhist scholar Geshe Lobsang Monlam at a ceremony held in Berlin....

Record 96% nuns clear 2025 Geshema examination

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 27: A record number of Tibetan Buddhist nuns have excelled in the 2025 Geshema examinations, with 154 out of 161 candidates successfully passing and an extraordinary 96% pass rate, the highest since the degree was...

SFT France protests Pompidou Centre for celebrating Chinese artist responsible for fireworks stunt in Tibet

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 24: Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) France staged a protest at the Pompidou Centre in Paris on Thursday, condemning the French contemporary art institution for celebrating Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, whose recent firework display in...

Tibetan man sentenced to over two year for asylum fraud scheme in New York

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 24: A Tibetan man has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for his role in a scheme to file fraudulent asylum applications for profit, according to a report released by U.S. Citizenship and...

Three Tibetan films to be screened at 14th edition of Dharamshala Int’l Film Festival

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 24: The Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF), one of India’s most loved independent film festivals, is set to return for its 14th edition from October 30 to November 2 at the Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV)...

Tenzin Choegyal’s ‘Whispering Sky’ wins Australian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Album of the Year

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 23: Tibetan-Australian musician and Grammy-nominated artist Tenzin Choegyal has won the 2025 Australian Folk Music Award (AFMA) for Contemporary Album of the Year for his latest work, Whispering Sky. Sharing the news on his social...

Veteran Tibetan activist Jamyang Tenzin resumes seventh solo cycling campaign for Tibet

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 23: Veteran Tibetan activist Jamyang Tenzin has resumed his seventh solo cycling campaign on October 18 from Wani in Maharashtra, after a brief hiatus due to health complications. The 65-year-old activist had originally launched the...