By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 26 Feb: Eleven days after the Election Commission (EC) declared him elected on 13 February, Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) Sikyong (President) Penpa Tsering released a post-election address on Tuesday via CTA-run broadcaster Tibet TV, acknowledging...

Chess is a game played in silence. And for Dawa Tenzin, that silence has always felt like home. Born to Tibetan refugee parents in India, he lost both his parents at a tender age. Cared for by his aunt,...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 13 Feb: The incumbent Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Penpa Tsering, secured a second consecutive term by winning the preliminary round of the 2026 Tibetan general election with over 60% of the...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 13 Feb: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) and Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) today jointly commemorated the 113th anniversary of the Proclamation of Tibet’s Independence by the Great 13th Dalai Lama today at the...

DHARAMSALA, 10 Feb: The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has “designated Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Riley M. Barnes to serve concurrently as the US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues,” a spokesperson...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 10 Feb: Tibetan environmental rights defender and anti-corruption whistleblower A-Nya Sengdra has been released from a Chinese prison after serving seven years and five months of unjust imprisonment on Saturday. Exiled Tibetans caution that his freedom...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 4 Feb: The US has restored Tibet-related foreign assistance under the FY2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act, allocating $23 million for Tibetan cultural, refugee, and institutional support programs despite the Trump administration’s broader push to scale back...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 3 Feb: Himachal Pradesh Police on Monday arrested a Chinese national in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala - the residence of the Dalai Lama- for allegedly staying in India without a valid visa. Preliminary investigations suggest that...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARMSALA 3 Feb: The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, at 90, has won his first Grammy Award for Best Audiobook, Narration & Storytelling Recording for his audiobook “Meditations: The Reflection of His Holiness the Dalai Lama”,...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 28 Jan: The Election Commission(EC) of the Central Tibetan Administration, commonly referred to as the Tibetan government in exile, issued a warning letter to Geshe Dorjee, translator of the Nechung Oracle, for violating electoral rules...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 26 Jan: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), commonly referred to as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, today marked India’s 77th Republic Day by congratulating the nation on its remarkable journey from independence in 1947 to its emergence...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 21 January: In an unprecedented ceremony marked by contradiction, the Gelug MPs of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) appeared for a mandated apology ceremony on Tuesday. While expressing remorse as instructed by the Nechung Oracle's pronouncement, the...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 16 January: UK-based Tibetan organisations are set to participate in what may be the most significant—and potentially final—protest against the proposed Chinese embassy at Royal Mint Court in London. The protest will take place at...

DHARAMSALA, 14 Jan: A Tibetan exile who recently reunited with family members from Lhasa in Nepal has learned of increasingly “harsh restrictions and surveillance measures” imposed in Tibet's capital, Lhasa and the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). Ironically, the...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 12 Jan: As Drepung Lachi’s ultimatum to two Gelug MPs raises questions about potential violations of electoral conduct rules - including prohibitions against unfounded accusations and religious-based intimidation-  the Tibetan Election Commission backtracked on its...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 5 Jan: Smartvote Tibet, an online portal designed to help Tibetan voters identify their preferred Sikyong and Members of Parliament (MP) candidates for the 2026 Tibetan General Election, is now open to the public. The...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSHALA 23 Dec: ​​Tashi Topgyal, a Sikyong candidate in the 2026 Tibetan general election, has been disqualified by the Tibetan Election Commission (EC) from contesting the election and from exercising his voting rights for five years,...

DHARAMSALA, 23 Dec: A minor accident has temporarily sidelined Lodoe Palden, one of two veteran activists conducting a three-month motorcycle rally across India to raise awareness about Tibet's struggle under Chinese occupation. In his absence, Kalimpong-based activist Tenzin Jamphel joined...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 19 Dec: A coalition of five Tibetan NGOs in exile condemned China’s illegal gold mining project in Kashi Nomadic Village, located in the Kham Zachuka area of occupied Tibet. The project has reportedly led to...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 16 Dec: Chinese authorities reportedly arrested around 80 Tibetans in Kashi village, located in the Zachuka in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham in occupied Tibet, on 6 November following a protest by the local...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 12 December: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), one of the largest Tibetan NGOs in exile advocating for the complete independence of Tibet, today strongly rejected and condemned the recent remarks by the Chinese-appointed Panchen Lama...

DHARAMSALA, 10 Dec: ”At a time when our world is shrouded in the darkness of conflict, hatred, and fear, the

Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 10 Dec: Veteran Tibetan activist Jamyang Tenzin, now 65, along with his comrade Lodoe Palden, a former member of the Special Frontier Force (SFF), launched a nationwide Tibet awareness motorcycle rally from Mcleod Ganj today, as...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 9 Dec: Days ahead of the 2025 International Human Rights Day, the International Tibet Network (ITN), a coalition of 148 global Tibet related NGOs, has called on UN High Commissioner Volker Türk to “break his silence”...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 5 Dec: The Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) today commemorated the 30th anniversary of the ‘Silent Protest’ staged in Beijing by a delegation of exiled Tibetan women during the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 4 Dec: The Education Department of the Central Tibetan Administration, commonly referred to as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, will use its corpus fund to provide scholarships for Tibetan students “next week,” as the USAID grant of...

DHARAMSALA, 3 Dec: Three candidates for the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPIE) held a press conference today at the Dharamsala Tibetan Settlement Office Hall in McLeod Ganj, aiming to stimulate discourse within the Tibetan democratic polity. The candidates expressed serious...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 2 Dec: Khedroob Thondup, the Dalai Lama’s nephew and the son of the late Gyalo Thondup, has announced a decisive break from the Middle Way Approach- the official policy of the Central Tibetan Administration and...