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Radio Free Asia shuts language services after Trump cuts, including Uyghur, Tibetan content

Radio Free Asia said Friday it will lay off almost all of its staff and close production in several languages, including a rare Uyghur service, after President Donald Trump cut off funding. Radio Free Asia — created by the...

Kasur Tashi Wangdi (1947-2025)

(TibetanReview.net, May02’25) –Kasur Tashi Wangdi, one of the longest serving and most familiar faces in the senior rung of the Tibetan government in exile for decades, has breathed his last in Ottawa, Canada, on May 1, aged 78. He...

RFA announces mass layoffs, shutdown of major language services

Uyghur, Tibetan, Burmese will halt content production, programming on May 9

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Implores Continued US Support for Tibet During Ongoing Official Engagements

Washington DC: On 30 April 2025 (EDT), the third day of his official visit to the United States, Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration met with key members of the U.S. Congress, emphasising the urgency of the...

Obituary: Kasur Tashi Wangdi (1947–2025), Senior Tibetan Diplomat and Longtime Minister of Tibet’s government-in-exile

Kasur Tashi Wangdi, a distinguished Tibetan diplomat and veteran official of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), passed away at the age of 78 in Canada on 1st May. Over a career that spanned more than five decades, Wangdi played...

Dalai Lama Congratulates Canada’s New PM Mark Carney on Election Victory

Dalai Lama congratulates Canada’s new PM Mark Carney on election win, praises Canada’s support for Tibet and wishes success in promoting global peace.

“Kundun” to Screen at Tribeca Festival Honoring Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday

Tribeca Festival to screen Scorsese’s “Kundun” in 35mm, honoring Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday as part of the global Compassion Rising World Tour 2025.

Tibetan Man Detained After Appealing Over Nine-Year Denial of Water and Electricity in Chamdo 

Kelsang, a 42-year-old Tibetan resident of Serdak Township in Tengchen (Ch: Dêngqên) County, Chamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, has been subjected to prolonged, systematic marginalization by local Chinese authorities. For more than nine years, his family has been denied...

Former Tibetan Minister Tashi Wangdi Passes Away at 78

Former Tibetan minister and diplomat Tashi Wangdi, a key figure in exile leadership, passes away at 78 in Canada after decades of service to Tibet.

Obituary: Department of Information and International Relations Mourns The Demise of its Former Kalon Tashi Wangdi

Dharamshala: The Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) is deeply saddened by the passing of former Kalon (Minister) Kasur Tashi Wangdi, who departed this life at the age of 78 in Canada. Kasur Tashi Wangdi was a towering...