International

China, United Front Calls for More Control of Buddhist Life Release

A conference in Beijing on April 8 confirmed that possible excesses in setting animals free are used as a pretext for a stricter control of Buddhist practices. The post China, United Front Calls for More Control of Buddhist Life...

A Long Shadow: The expansion and export of China’s digital repression model in Tibet

This report examines how the pervasive securitisation of – and securitisation through – digital networks affects Tibetans’ psychological well-being and societal cohesion, and draws comparative parallels with similar tactics used against other diaspora groups.  Source

China detains Tibetans for sharing photos of late Buddhist leader

Officials place monastery of Tulku Hungkar Dorje under strict surveillance, forbid public memorials.

Christianity and the Persecution of Christians in China

April 15, 2025: AFI published an edited transcript of Christianity and the Persecution of Christians in China, a live podcast streamed on March 19, 2025. The report can be downloaded from the AFI website. The complete podcast is available...

Letting Go and Letting Be

How we can practice renunciation in our everyday lives The post Letting Go and Letting Be appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

‘Voice for the Voiceless’

The Dalai Lama’s new book offers a searing political account of Tibet’s fate—and a vision of compassion-based resistance. The post ‘Voice for the Voiceless’ appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

China slaps visa restrictions on US officials in Tibet tit-for-tat

Move comes two weeks after Chinese officials were hit with US visa curbs over allegedly restricting access to Tibetan areas.

Surprise: Lama Humkar Dorje Rinpoche “Died in Vietnam”

He was “disappeared” in December 2024. The authorities announced he was dead on April 5 and now claims he died in Ho Chi Minh City. The post Surprise: Lama Humkar Dorje Rinpoche “Died in Vietnam” first appeared on Bitter...

China: Police Arrest Tibetans for Internet, Phone Use, HRW Says

China’s government has arrested dozens of people in Tibetan areas since 2021 for politically motived phone and internet-related offenses, Human Rights Watch said. Tibetan journalists in exile report that these arrests typically target Tibetans accused of keeping “banned content”...

China: Police Arrest Tibetans for Internet, Phone Use

A Tibetan Buddhist monk and a woman share a mobile phone outside the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on June 1, 2021.

Vigil, prayer and protest demand probe into death of Tibetan Buddhist leader

Tibetan activists scuffle with police at the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, devotees held vigil in Dharamsala

Jaw fossil backs theory of ancient humans’ range

TROPICAL DENISOVAN? A mandible dredged up from the seafloor near Penghu is the first fossil evidence of a theory that ancient Denisovans had reached Oceania

Archaic human species Denisovans inhabited ancient Taiwan: Museum

Taipei, April 11 (CNA) Denisovans, an extinct species of archaic human, once inhabited ancient Taiwan, according to the National Museum of Natural Science (NMNS) on Friday.

Bangladesh’s Yunus Turns To China: A Desperate Diplomatic Gamble? – Analysis

By Anand Kumar The visit of Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser, Muhammad Yunus, to China from 26 March to 29 March 2025 marks a significant diplomatic shift. Traditionally, the leaders of South Asian nations—except for Pakistan—prefer to prioritise India for their...

Joint Statement on Passing of Tulku Rigzin Hungkar Dorje

We, the undersigned Tibet organisations, express our profound concern regarding the sudden death of 56-year old Tulku Rigzin Hungkar Dorje, the Abbot of Lung Ngon Monastery in Gade County, Golog, Amdo, Tibet [CH: Gande County, Guoluo Prefecture, Qinghai Province] while in detention in Vietnam in late March 2025. We note with alarm the lack of clarity around both the circumstances and exact cause of his death.

China/Vietnam: Suspicious Death of Tibetan High Lama

(Taipei) – The Vietnamese government should investigate the death under suspicious circumstances of a senior Tibetan lama, Humkar Dorje Rinpoche, in Ho Chi Minh City on March...

Tibetan exile govt seeks probe into death of Tibetan Buddhist abbot in Vietnam

Sources inside Tibet tell RFA that Tulku Hungkar Dorje’s monastery is prohibited from holding memorial services.

Joint Statement: Urgent Call for Independent Investigation into Death in Custody of Tibetan Abbot Tulku Rigzin Hungkar Dorje

We, the undersigned Tibet organisations, express our profound concern regarding the sudden death of 56-year old Tulku Rigzin Hungkar Dorje, the Abbot of Lung Ngon Monastery in Gade County, Golog, Amdo, Tibet [CH: Gande County, Guoluo Prefecture, Qinghai Province] while in detention in Vietnam in late March 2025. We note with alarm the lack of clarity around both the circumstances and exact cause of his death.

‘It is about all of humankind’: Ukrainian violinist Valentina Goncharova on her cosmic call to compose

Born in Kyiv, trained in a Soviet conservatory and inspired in a Mongolian temple, the experimental musician describes the impulse that led to her first original album in 30 yearsOn 7 October 2023, Kyiv-born, Tallinn-based violinist and electronic musician...

Humkar Dorje Rinpoche: Leading Tibetan Lama “Disappeared” and Possibly Killed

The abbot of Longen Monastery and principal of a large vocational school closed by the government in 2021 got in trouble after his cold welcome to the false Panchen Lama. The post Humkar Dorje Rinpoche: Leading Tibetan Lama “Disappeared”...

RFA radio transmissions to China, Tibet halted

Relay stations owned or leased by US government no longer carrying Radio Free Asia broadcasts

Netizens demand China reinstate Tibetan language use in schools

Beijing claims Tibetans have right to use their own language but reality shows widespread suppression

Tibetan Buddhist leader missing for 8 months has died, monastery confirms

Inside Tibet, people mourn the unexplained death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a renowned abbot and educator.