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Dorjee Tashi Repeatedly Assaulted in Prison, Denied Legal Counsel

Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi is facing repeated assaults and denial of medical care in Drapchi Prison, according to the International Campaign for Tibet.

40% subsidy to eligible youth on purchase of buses, travellers: Himachal CM Sukhu

To promote self-employment in the solar energy sector in tribal regions, the government would provide interest subsidy for setting up private solar power projects ranging from 250 kW to 1 MW, said Sukhu after chairing the 50th meeting of...

China: Veteran Journalist Charged with ‘Picking Quarrels’

(New York) – Chinese authorities have formally charged well-known journalist and author Du Bin (杜斌) with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” Human Rights Watch said today. Police in Beijing took...

Tibetan businessman and philanthropist Dorjee Tashi repeatedly assaulted in prison

December 12, 2025 Dorjee Tashi, a 51-year-old Tibetan businessman and philanthropist currently serving a life sentence inside Lhasa's notorious Drapchi Prison (formally known as Tibet Autonomous Region Prison #1), has been assaulted repeatedly by fellow inmates, according to credible...

China-appointed Panchen’s Dalai Lama-reincarnation remarks condemned

(TibetanReview.net, Dec12’25) – Although lacking legitimacy, Gyaincain Norbu, the man chosen by China as the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet over the already recognized reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, abducted and disappeared by the latter...

TYC slams ‘Fake Panchen’ for backing Beijing’s political claim over Dalai Lama’s succession

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 12: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), the largest pro-independence organization in the Tibetan diaspora, on Friday strongly condemned the recent remarks by the China-appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen (Gyaincain) Norbu, calling them a political ploy aimed at tightening...

Prominent Buddhist Lama and educator detained; school forced to close

A prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader and educator from Amdo has been detained and ‘disappeared’, and his vocational school abruptly closed, with families instructed to collect their children immediately. Source

A Voice of Courage and Compassion: Anastasia Lin Highlights North America Rally for Tibet

Tsering Passang / 12 December 2025 On Human Rights Day, the North America Rally for Tibet brought hundreds of supporters to the heart of the international stage – the United Nations Plaza – culminating in a daylong show of...

TYC Slams Chinese Panchen Lama’s Statement on Dalai Lama’s Reincarnation

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...

China’s ‘Panchen Lama’ backs CCP control over Dalai Lama’s reincarnation

At an official symposium in Shigatse on Monday, Gyaltsen (Ch. Gyaincain) Norbu, widely recognised by Tibetans as the Chinese-appointed or "fake" Panchen Lama, asserted that all reincarnation processes in Tibetan Buddhism must comply with Chinese laws and obtain China's...