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...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 11: Widely known as the fake Panchen Lama, Gyalsten (Ch. Gyaincain) Norbu asserted that all reincarnation processes must comply with Chinese laws and receive approval from Beijing, an implicit reference to the succession of His...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 10: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) known also as the Tibetan government in exile, along with the local Tibetan community marked the 36th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize being conferred on His Holiness the...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 10: Veteran Tibetan activist Jamyang Tenzin, who completed his 7th and final solo cycling rally on November 20, has now embarked on a 90-day nationwide bike rally from Dharamshala’s Tsuglagkhang temple on Wednesday. The launch...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 9: Tsering Tso, a Tibetan human rights defender and professional tour guide, has been placed under house arrest at her residence in Trika (Ch. Guide) County, Tsolho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Amdo, eastern Tibet. According...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 9: The Tibet Advocacy Alliance–India began its advocacy week in New Delhi from December 6–13, bringing together major Tibetan NGOs such as the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA), National Democratic Party of...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 8: Chogtrul Dorje Tenzin, a highly respected Tibetan educationist and head of Minthang Monastery Osel Thegchog Ling and the Minthang Ethnic Vocational School in Golog, has been detained by Chinese authorities on December 4, according...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 8: The office of the foremost Buddhist leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has issued a detailed circular on Saturday outlining procedures for devotees wishing to receive blessings from the Tibetan spiritual leader during his...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 5: The Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) on Friday commemorated the 30th anniversary of the historic ‘Silent Protest’ held during the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in September 1995. The event, observed...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 5: Chinese authorities have once again detained popular Tibetan youth singer Ah Sang, just weeks after his short-lived release in early August, according to the Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet (ICT). His current whereabouts remain unknown. Ah...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 4: He Moubao, the Secretary of the Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Party Committee, has renewed calls for the systematic “sinicization” of Tibetan Buddhism during an inspection tour across the prefecture, including a prominent stop...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 3: As French President Emmanuel Macron begins his three-day state visit to the People’s Republic of China from December 3 to 5 for trade and diplomatic talks, the Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 3: Three candidates, two from U-Tsang and one from Dotoe, formally announced their candidacy for the 2026 Chitue (Parliament) elections at Dharamshala’s Tibetan Settlement Welfare Hall on Wednesday, each outlining priorities aimed at strengthening Tibetan...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 3: The investigative documentary “Inside China: Battle for Tibet,” produced by ITV in collaboration with PBS FRONTLINE, has won the Foreign Press Association (FPA) Media Awards 2025 in the Arts and Culture Story of the...

By Tsunma Karma Rangrig Dolma, a Tibetan Buddhist nun A critique of Sonia’s Feleiro’s “The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait,’” published by the Guardian on November 26th, 2025 and why it misses the mark. There...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA,  Dec. 2: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed profound sadness over the devastating impact of recent torrential rains and storms that have swept across several Asian countries, including Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam,...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 1: With the UK government expected to issue a final verdict on December 10 regarding the proposed construction of a massive new Chinese embassy complex, the Youth Coordinator of the Tibetan Community in Britain Council...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 1: In a deeply personal address at the United Nations’ 18th Forum on Minority Issues, Tibet Action Institute’s Senior Researcher and Strategist, Tenzin Dorjee, delivered one of the most forceful interventions of the session, using...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 29: Tashi Topgyal, who previously contested the 2016 and 2021 presidential elections, formally announced his candidacy for the 2026 Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) presidential race on Saturday during a press meet at the Tibetan Welfare...

I write today to make a formal complaint about The Long Read article published by you yesterday: As an inveterate reader of your publication, during the thirteen years of my residing at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 28: Members of the Canberra Tibetan community staged a protest on Monday as Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, arrived in the Australian capital. Demonstrators called on...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 28: 15 countries delivered a joint statement at the 80th United Nations General Assembly’s Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee) on Wednesday, calling out what they described as China’s “serious, ongoing, and systematic” human rights violations...

Tenzin Topdhen Abstract Northeast India, geographically isolated and connected to the mainland by the tenuous Siliguri Corridor, faces a formidable challenge from the deepening strategic nexus between China and Pakistan. This article analyzes the collusive threat posed by this...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 27: The Prague Declaration on Freedom of Religion or Belief 2025 has explicitly reaffirmed the Tibetan Buddhist community’s inherent right to select the successor of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama without any form of...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 26: The Kathmandu police, following a month and a half-long investigation, have concluded that the TOB group, which was falsely linked to the Free Tibet movement, has no connection to the Free Tibet movement or...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 26: A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson sparked fresh diplomatic friction on Tuesday after stating that Beijing “does not recognise Arunachal Pradesh” in response to a case involving an Indian woman who reported being mistreated by...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 25: The Tibetan community in France held their 46th consecutive protest on Sunday, braving cold winds and steady rain as they gathered outside the Musée Guimet. Organised by Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) France...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 25: U.S. lawmakers held a congressional hearing on Friday titled “China’s War on Religion: The Threat to Religious Freedom and Why it Matters to the United States,” where Tibet featured prominently in testimonies and discussions. The session...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 24: Dorje Tashi, one of Tibet’s most prominent businessmen serving a life sentence in Lhasa’s Drapchi Prison, has been violently assaulted and left with serious injuries, his lawyer Wang Fei revealed on October 29. According...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 24: A group of Tibetan youth activists in Bern, Switzerland, organised an independent light projection after the organizers of the annual “Rendez-vous Bundesplatz” show scrapped a planned Tibet segment following pressure from Swiss parliamentary authorities...