August 24, 2026 Recent photographic evidence and satellite imagery show Chinese authorities are continuing their latest round of demolitions of monastic residences at the Serthar Larung Five Sciences Buddhist Academy, popularly known as Larung Gar, in Serthar (Chinese: Seda),...

BEIJING – For years, China has used maps, place names and administrative terminology as instruments of territorial pressure against India, repeatedly assigning Chinese names to locations in Arunachal Pradesh. Beijing’s publication of these names is part of a broader...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug24’26) – The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) made it clear today that it did not withdraw from the 17th International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) seminar which was scheduled to be held in Kathmandu over Aug 23-29 following...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 24: The Washington-based advocacy group International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), in its 2026 Tibet Leadership Report, warns that political governance in Tibetan areas is moving further away from meaningful Tibetan participation, autonomy, and representative decision-making;...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug24’26) – China is building a vast “national ring road”, known as the “border-coast loop”, meant to be a national unity road in the wake of the recent implementation of its national Ethnic Unity Law, encompassing the borders...

Kalon (Minister) Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi of the Department of Religion and Culture, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), has urged Tibetans in Mundgod to remain united and work collectively for the welfare of the community, according to information provided by the...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 24 August: India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are set to hold the 25th round of talks under the Special Representatives mechanism in Beijing on Tuesday, according to media...

New Delhi, 24 August 2026: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) met Her Excellency Dr. Eliska Zigova, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to India, at the Embassy of the Czech Republic today, on the occasion of...

Mundgod: Kalon Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi of the Department of Religion and Culture (CTA) visited the Ganden Tri-thog Khang, the official residence of Ganden Tripa, on 22 August to make long-life offerings to Kyabje Ganden Tri Rinpoche as well as...

New Delhi, 23 August 2026: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) addressed a high-level celebratory dinner reception at The Leela Palace, New Delhi, held in honour of Dr. Swapan Dasgupta following his appointment as the Honourable...

By Khedroob Thondup The question of the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation is not merely a spiritual matter; it is a geopolitical fault line that ensures India and China will never find common ground. At its core, the dispute is about...

Dharamshala: On the fifth day of his visit to Mundgod, Kalon Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi of the Department of Religion and Culture (CTA) addressed a public gathering at the main community hall of Doeguling Tibetan Settlement. He subsequently visited Thoeding...

By Khedroob Thondup The Tibetan struggle is not a relic of the past. It is a living, breathing issue that demands vigilance, creativity, and persistence. For more than six decades, Tibetans in exile have carried the torch of their...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug23’26) – A strongly anticipated meeting between the US ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, and Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in the Union Territory of Ladakh did not take place after all. The Dalai Lama has...

Australian Senator Dean Smith urged the government to implement Magnitsky-style sanctions against Chinese officials involved in transnational repression. Raising concerns over China's new "Ethnic Unity and Progress Law," he called for formal recognition of such intimidation as a national...

China’s rule in Tibet has always been heavy‑handed, but under Xi Jinping it has become tyrannical. Since 1950, Tibet has endured Beijing’s heavy hand, but under Xi Jinping the repression… The post Xi’s tyranny in Tibet: A frontier of darkness appeared...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug22’26) – China is cultivating a more repressive leadership in Tibet as it has begun implementing its forced assimilation policy there under the cover of its Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress (Ethnic Unity Law), and ahead...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug22’26) – An Australian Senator has on Aug 20 called for targeted sanctions against Chinese leaders responsible for carrying out transnational repression against Tibetans and others under Beijing’s recently enforced Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress. This...

(TibetanReview.net, Aug21’26) – Prayer services as well as peace and protest marches have been held by Tibetan communities and supporters across the free world Over Aug 19-20, marking the end of the seven weeks since Lobsang Palden, better known...

OPINION After witnessing a video commentary on the second fact-finding delegation sent by His Holiness the Dalai Lama which toured Tibet from 1 May 1980, Phuntsog Wangyal*, a member of that delegation, asks that the record be set straight...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 21: Chinese authorities are continuing to suppress online advocacy and restrict prison visits concerning Tibetan businessman and philanthropist Dorjee Tashi, who has been imprisoned since 2008 and is serving a life sentence in Lhasa’s Drapchi...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 21: With a black backpack on his shoulders and the Tibetan National flag carried alongside the Indian flag, Tibetan activist Lhodrak Tharchin set out on a lone Rangzen march or Azad Yatra from Dharamshala’s Police Ground to...

US Ambassador Sergio Gor visited Ladakh’s iconic Thiksey Monastery after his Srinagar engagements, adding a cultural and strategic dimension to his first trip to the Union Territory.

Canberra: Senator Dean Smith, Co-Chair of the Australian Parliamentary Group for Tibet, raised concerns in the Senate on 20 September 2026 about China’s new “Ethnic Unity and Progress Law” and its potential impact on Tibetans living in Australia. Senator...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 21 August: China is cultivating a new generation of leaders in Tibet who are expected to enforce Beijing’s assimilation policies, with political loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) taking precedence over meaningful Tibetan representation,...