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Tibetan Freedom Fighters’ Conclave Passes 28 Resolutions, Honours Gaden Phodrang Officials

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 27 April: The Tibetan Freedom Fighters’ Conclave, held on 24–25 April and organised by the Department of Security under the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), unanimously passed a resolution expressing gratitude to individuals associated with the...

Tibetans Head to Polls for Final Round of Tibetan Parliament Election

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 26 April: Tibetans across the world cast their votes in the final phase of elections today to elect members of the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. This crucial exercise will shape the direction and character of the Tibetan...

EC Finds Fraud, Punishes Constituency — But Keeps the Tainted Votes

DHARAMSALA, 25 April:  Following grave and multiple violations in the preliminary phase of the 2025-2026 Tibetan General Election, the Election Commission(EC) has countermanded the final election in the Choejor (Boudha and Jorpati) constituency in Nepal, as a penalty for...

Tibetan Youth Congress Concludes 25-Day ‘Black Hat’ March in Delhi, Appeals to UN and PMO Over Tibet Crackdown

Tibetan Youth Congress Concludes 25-Day 'Black Hat' March in Delhi, Appeals to UN and PMO Over Tibet Crackdown

Detained Tibetan Writers Face Health Crisis Amid Reports of Medical Neglect

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 22 April: Reports from Tibetan sources have raised alarm over the deteriorating health of two detained writers in occupied Tibet, underscoring broader concerns about prisoner welfare and access to adequate medical care in custody under Chinese...

DYSA Mundgod Win Historic Third Straight GCM Gold Cup

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 17 April: The first side to accomplish the hat-trick of titles, DYSA Mundgod made history by winning its third straight Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup (GCM) at the 2026 edition. DYSA defeated Lhasa FC 1–0 in...

India Calls China’s Renaming of Arunachal Sites “Baseless and Mischievous”

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 14 April: India has categorically rejected China’s latest issuance of “standardised names” for geographical locations in its northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh(AP), calling them “mischievous attempts” and an effort at “introducing false claims and manufacturing...

Tibetan Political Prisoner Released After 18 Years, Returns Home in Failing Health

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMASALA, 10 April: Yeshe Sangpo, a 58-year-old Tibetan man from occupied Tibet, was released by Chinese authorities on March 25 after serving 18 years in prison. Reports indicate that he is in extremely poor health following...

Documentary Exposing China’s Mass Surveillance in Tibet Nominated for Emmy Award

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 9 April: Battle for Tibet, PBS FRONTLINE’s investigative documentary directed by Gesbeen Mohammad, has been nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Hard News Report: Long Form category at the 47th Annual News & Documentary...

CTA Rejects China’s Election Criticism, Calls Out China for Crafting Laws Purely for Political Control

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 9 April: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also known as the Tibetan government in exile, has rejected China’s critique of the first phase of the 2026 Tibetan general election, emphasising that the criticism overlooks ongoing...

Hunger Strike at UN: Tibetans Demand Repeal of China’s Ethnic Unity Law

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 8 April: Tibetans in New York and New Jersey are staging a 90-hour chain hunger strike in front of the United Nations(UN) headquarters, calling for an end to China’s systematic eradication of Tibetan identity. The...

From a British Officer’s Personal Archive to Tibet Museum, Rare 1948 Documents Reaffirm Tibet’s Sovereign Status

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 3 April: The Tibet Museum of the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) today  launched a temporary exhibition titled “Frontier Diplomacy: Britain, Tibet and Sir Basil Gould.”

Tibetan Activist Pedals for Freedom, One French City at a Time

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 2 April: Twenty years after fleeing Tibet, Sonam Dhondup has not seen his parents once — and he may never again. The Tibetan activist, based in France, began cycling on Wednesday to make sure the...

TYC Launches Dharamsala–Delhi ‘Black Hat March’ Protesting China’s Ethnic Unity Law

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 31 March: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), one of the largest pro-independence Tibetan NGOs, today commenced its “Black Hat March” from McLeod Ganj, a journey that is scheduled to culminate at the United Nations office...

China Detains, Tortures Monk at Tulku Hungkar’s Memorial in Occupied Tibet

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 30 March: Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained and tortured a Tibetan monk during the first-anniversary memorial ceremony for Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche at Lung Ngon Monastery in Gade County, Golok, Amdo — a Tibetan Tulku whose...

Tibet, Taiwan Sign First MoU to Boost Mandarin Education in Tibetan Schools

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 26 March: In a significant step toward expanding educational opportunities for Tibetan students in India, the Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education in Bangalore, on Wednesday, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Taiwan to...

Tibetan MPs Question Future of Middle Way Policy Amid China’s New Ethnic Unity Law

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 24 March: The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning China’s new law on “Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress,” adopted on 12 March during the Chinese Communist Party’s 14th National People’s Congress.

Sacks Instead of Ballot Boxes: Tibetan MPs Flag Election Integrity Concerns in Nepal

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 23 March: The Tibetan parliament raised serious concerns over alleged voting irregularities in Nepal, including the reported use of cloth sacks in place of standard lockable ballot boxes during the preliminary election and warned of...

Sacks of Votes, Lack of Rules, EC Confirms Nepal Irregularities; Investigations Ongoing

Sacks of Votes, Lack of Rules, EC Confirms Nepal Irregularities; Investigations Ongoing

China Claimed a Tibetan AI First. Exiled Tibetans Say: Not First, Not Free, Not Tibetan

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 20 March: China’s unveiling of its Tibetan large language model, DeepZang, in Lhasa earlier this week has drawn pushback from the Tibetan exile community, which disputes Beijing’s claim that the system is the “world’s first”...

Tibetan EC Probing Nepal Voting Irregularities, Urges Higher Turnout for Final Round

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, March 18: The Election Commission (EC) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on Wednesday announced the shortlisted MP candidates for the final phase of the 2026 Tibetan General Election. The announcement was made at a...

Sikyong Addresses US Funding Cuts, Assures CTA Remains Stable

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 17 March: The second day of the budget session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament in Exile saw Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) President (Sikyong) Penpa Tsering, who also serves as the Finance Minister, respond to questions raised...

Tibetan Parliament Opens Final Session With ₹3,407.42 Million Budget on the Table

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 16 March: The final session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile(TPiE) began today, with lawmakers set to debate and finalise the Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) proposed consolidated budget of ₹3,407.42 million for the 2026–2027 fiscal year.

India Tibet Support Groups Reaffirm Solidarity, Call for Sino-Tibet Dialogue at Dharamsala Conference

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 13 March: The 8th All India Tibet Support Group’s Conference concluded its meeting in Dharamsala on Friday, with a declaration reaffirming solidarity with the Tibetan people and calling for the resumption of dialogue between Tibet...

Rain, Low Turnout Cloud 67th Tibetan Women’s Uprising Day in Dharamsala

On March 12, 1959, two days after the March 10 uprising in the Tibetan capital, thousands of Tibetan women took to the streets of Lhasa, demanding freedom and protested against the illegal occupation of Tibet by the Chinese regime....

Tibetans Mark 67th Uprising Day with Dharamsala March, Leaders Largely Absent from Streets

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 10 March: Hundreds of Tibetan refugees took to the streets of Dharamsala on Monday, raising the Tibetan national flag and chanting slogans of “Azadi” to mark the 67th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising...

Statement of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on the 67th Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day

Throughout the course of its historical evolvement since the very beginning of human society, the management and control of the Tibetan nation with regard to its political matters, governance, and legal system have been carried out by its own...

Statement of the Kashag on the 67th Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day

Today marks the 67th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising, when Tibetans from all three provinces, monastics and laypeople alike, rose in unison with indomitable courage in Tibet’s capital, Lhasa, to protest the illegal invasion by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and to safeguard...

CTA’s China Dialogue Push Unwise at This Stage, Says Veteran Indian Journalist and Tibetologist Vijay Kranti

Veteran Indian journalist, Long-time Tibet supporter and Tibetologist Vijay Kranti on Friday launched his new book “China’s Colonial Games in