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All blizzard-stranded hikers, guides and porters at Mt Everest, Qilian Mountains rescued

(TibetanReview.net, Oct08’25) – All the nearly 900 hikers and local hiking service personnel stranded by heavy snowfall in Tibet’s Mt Everest County of Dingri County, Shigatse City, emerged safely by Oct 7, reported China’s state news agency Xinhua Oct...

China expert urges policy-driven scholarship at 7th Young Indian Scholars’ Conference on Tibetan Studies

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 8: One of India’s leading China experts, Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli, speaking at the 7th Young Indian Scholars’ Conference on Tibetan Studies organised by the Tibet Policy Institute (TPI), stressed the importance of independent scholarship to counter Beijing’s...

UN demand clarity from Vietnam and China over the death of Tulku Hunkar Dorjee

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 8: United Nations human rights experts have pressed the governments of Vietnam and China to account for the detention, disappearance, and disputed death in custody of Tibetan spiritual leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche, who died earlier...

UN rights experts question Vietnam and China on the suspicious death of senior Tibetan lama

For Immediate Release7 October 2025 [Geneva/ London] A group of UN human rights experts have issued two strong joint communications to both Vietnam and China [1] concerning the suspicious death, subsequent cremation and obstruction of justice in the case of the revered senior...

7th Young Indian Scholars’ Conference on Tibetan Studies Commences in Dharamshala

Dharamshala: The two-day 7th Young Indian Scholars’ Conference on Tibetan Studies commenced this morning, 8 October 2025, at the Administrative Tibetan Welfare Society (ATWS) Hall, in the presence of Sikyong Penpa Tsering as its Chief Guest. The opening ceremony...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Attends Offering of Long Life Prayers by Australian Tibetan National Association, Tibetan Communities Europe and Tibetan Y...

–dalailama.com Dharamshala: After several days of incessant rain, this morning the snow-cloaked mountains behind Dharamsala sparkled in the sunlight. Representatives of organisations offering prayers for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s long life — the Australian Tibetan National Association, Tibetan...

Tibet Is Paying the Cost for China’s Green Energy Transition

As China pursues clean energy, Tibet has emerged as a site for extractive mining and an unsustainable spree of dam building. 

Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel Meets Delegation from International Campaign for Tibet

Dharamshala: On 8 October 2025, Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel met with a delegation from the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) during their visit to the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile earlier today. The delegation included Bhuchung Tsering (Head of Research & Monitoring),...

China uses Panchen Lama’s Kalachakra to legitimise control over Tibetans

Gyaltsen Norbu, the China-appointed Panchen Lama often dismissed by Tibetans as a "political imposter," is slated to lead the Kalachakra empowerment and teachings at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, the historic seat of the Panchen Lamas in Shigatse, Tibet, from October...

China Intensifies Pressure to Sinicize Tibetan Buddhism

Reported By Palden Edited By Pema Tso Translated by TenGyal This year, the Political Bureau of Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP Politburo) convened the so-called 22nd “collective study meeting” focused on the need to  promote systematic...