Tibetan Review
Tibetans outraged as China reportedly orders hasty cremation of Tibetan lama who died in its custody in Vietnam
(TibetanReview.net, Apr19’25) – China on Apr 18 night secretly and under tight security moved the body of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, who died suddenly and inexplicably under the custody of its police in Vietnam late last month, to a crematorium...
The Silencing of Tibetan Voices: Who Benefits and Who Loses from the Closure of VOA and RFA?
Recalling his experiences of listening clandestinely to the US government-funded radio broadcast services while living in Tibet and later working for it at great personal cost after arriving in exile, Gyaltsen Choedrak* argues that while China is spending many...
Tibetan Sikyong calls on HP Chief Minister with Dalai Lama birthday invite
(TibetanReview.net, Apr18’25) – The executive head, the Sikyong Mr Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has on Apr 17 made a courtesy call on Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu of Himachal Pradesh in the state Secretariat...
New cyber ops centre in Tibet expands China’s digital and transnational repression capability
(TibetanReview.net, Apr17’25) – China is greatly strengthening the digital offensive capability of its police force in Tibet, with a state-owned digital forensics firm providing an offensive cyber operations training environment and digital forensic laboratory to the Tibet Police College...
Recounting a journey of self-discovery
When lost in a crisis self-confidence and identity, Menda Rewa* finds that there is no alternative to sticking to one’s Tibetan root. In India, she carried seven thick textbooks that were written entirely in Tibetan and a pencil case...
China trying to co-opt foreign Buddhists to support its Dalai Lama reincarnation meddling
(TibetanReview.net, Apr17’25) – As Tibetan Buddhists, government leaders, parliaments, human rights groups, and religious organizations in numerous countries expressed their opposition to China’s move to hijack the Dalai Lama reincarnation recognition process, atheist Beijing has turned to foreign Buddhists...
After abbot’s mysterious death in its custody, China cracks down on his monastery, locals
(TibetanReview.net, Apr16’25) – China has launched a crackdown on Lung-ngon Monastery and surrounding Tibetan villages in Gade (Chinese: Gande) County of Golok (Guoluo) prefecture, Qinghai Province, even as it remains tight-lipped about the circumstance of the death of its...
Dutch parliament passes resolution on Tibetan rights, Dalai Lama reincarnation despite China’s objections
(TibetanReview.net, Apr16’25) – Despite strong criticisms from the Chinese embassy, the Dutch House of Representatives has passed a resolution on three motions on Tibet on Apr 15, which the exile Tibetan administration has called a significant development after a...
Chinese archaeologists say humans inhabited Tibet over 10,000 years ago
(TibetanReview.net, Apr15’25) – Humans had moved to Tibet over 10,000 years ago, according to recent discovery of stone tools and animal fossils, reported China’s online Tibet news service tb.tibet.cn Apr 15, citing Chinese archaeologists. The report claims this to...
Visiting monks only briefly shown just the face of deceased China-harassed Tibetan lama in Vietnam
(TibetanReview.net, Apr14’25) – Following a major controversy amid large-scale publicity, monks visiting an international hospital in Vietnam some days ago were only briefly shown just the face of the deceased head of their monastery – which is located in...














