Tibet Express
Dalai Lama’s Nephew Makes Decisive Break: “I Will Only Accept Complete Independence for Tibet”
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 2 Dec: Khedroob Thondup, the Dalai Lama’s nephew and the son of the late Gyalo Thondup, has announced a decisive break from the Middle Way Approach- the official policy of the Central Tibetan Administration and...
China Attempts to Silence Tibetan Representative at UN Minority Forum
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 1 Dec: The Chinese delegation at the United Nations (UN) 18th Forum on Minority Issues, held from 27-28 November, sought to suppress the statement of the exiled Tibetan representative. The representative addressed the realities of...
ARUNACHAL PRADESH IN INDIA AND TIBET UNDER CHINA’S CONTROL – CONTRAST IN APPROACH BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA
By: N.S.Venkataraman China, which is now well known for its territorial expansion greed, has territorial disputes with neighbouring countries regarding South China Sea, Falkland Islands and others. Several neighbouring countries including the Philippines, Japan , Vietnam are extremely upset about...
With 132 Calls, 4 Cybercrime Cases in 2025, Women’s Helpline Officer Says Gender-Awareness Gap Persists in Tibetan Community
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 25 Nov: The Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA), in collaboration with the Women Empowerment Desk of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), launched its campaign to end digital violence against women and girls today as part of...
46th Protest: Tibetan Activists Demand Guimet Museum Restore “Tibet” Name
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSHALA, 24 Nov: Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) France and the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress staged their 46th protest on Sunday in Paris, demonstrating in front of the Guimet Museum over its continued refusal to...
Debate Over Debates: Kaydor Calls for Debates Between Sikyong Candidates Ahead of 2026 Election
Debate Over Debates: Kaydor Calls for Debates Between Sikyong Candidates Ahead of 2026 Election
Veteran Activist Jamyang Tenzin Concludes Seventh and Final Tibet Awareness Cycle Rally
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 20 Nov: Veteran Tibetan activist Jamyang Tenzin arrived in Dharamsala today, completing his seventh and final Tibet Awareness Solo Cycle Rally. Jamyang’s solo cycle rally, held under the slogan “No matter how happy life in...
Simple Setting ‘Befitting’ for Stateless Activists, Atsok Lukar Jam says after Occupied Peoples Forum
DHARAMSALA, 19 Nov: Former Tibetan political prisoner Atsok Lukar Jam, based in Australia, says the way the Occupied Peoples Forum (OPF) was conducted and the activists’ courage, determination and continued commitment to resisting oppressive authoritarian regimes left a lasting impression...
Kaydor announces Sikyong bid amid candidate shortage concerns
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 19 Nov: Kelsang Dorjee Aukatsang (Kaydor) has announced his candidacy for the position of Sikyong, the political head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) in the 2026 Tibetan general election. The announcement, made through a...
ICT Report Urges Global Action on Tibet, Citing Threats to International Security
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 18 Nov: The International Campaign for Tibet’s (ICT) latest report urges global actors to confront China’s growing threat to international peace and security, an escalation the report attributes largely to China’s colonial occupation of Tibet,...
CTA Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Dalai Lama’s Assumption of Leadership
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 17 Nov: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also known as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, today celebrated the 75th anniversary of the 14th Dalai Lama’s assumption of both political and spiritual leadership over Tibet at the age...
Tibetan Activist Chemi Lhamo Elected Spokesperson of World Liberty Congress
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 10 Nov: Tibetan activist Chemi Lhamo has been elected as the spokesperson of the World Liberty Congress (WLC)— an “alternate United Nations” representing countries under authoritarian regimes– at the organisation’s second General Assembly held in...
EC Extends Voter Registration to 30 November
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 6 Nov: The Election Commission(EC) of the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) has extended the deadline for voter registration for the 2025 - 2026 Sikyong and the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile to 30th November 2025, from the initial...
At 2025 Monlam Manifest, Centre Declares Melong Outperforms Global AI in Tibetan
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 4 Nov: Monlam Melong, a pioneering Tibetan‑language AI developed by the Monlam Tibetan IT Research Centre and accessible at Melong.ai, now surpasses existing large language models such as Gemini, Claude and DeepSeek in the Tibetan‑language...
Swiss Light Show Removes Tibet Segment After “Too Political” Label
DHARAMSALA, 30 Oct: The annual “Rendez-vous Bundesplatz” light show in Bern, Switzerland — a 30-minute projection on the façade of the Federal Palace that takes spectators on a visual journey around the world — has removed its planned visual...
Founder of Monlam AI Honoured with Snow Lion Prize for Preserving Tibetan Language
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 27 Oct: Geshe Lobsang Monlam, founder and CEO of the Monlam AI, the pioneering Tibetan-language artificial intelligence initiative, was awarded the International Campaign for Tibet’s human rights prize, “Snow Lion”, for his trailblazing work in...
SFT France Protests Centre Pompidou Over Artist’s Fireworks Stunt in Occupied Tibet
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 23 Oct: A French contemporary art institution, the Centre Pompidou, faced protest from Tibetan activists in France on Thursday amid a fireworks performance by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, held to mark the museum’s temporary closure....
Tibetan Activist, 65, Resumes Solo Cycle Rally After Typhoid Setback
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 22 Oct: Veteran Tibetan activist Jamyang Tenzin, 65, resumed his 7th Tibet Awareness Solo Cycle Rally from Wani in Maharashtra on October 18, after recovering from a typhoid infection caused by contaminated rainwater during his...
Fear of China: French venues refuse to host Former CTA Sikyong
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSHALA 17 Oct: After months of rejections from dozens of venues, organisers in France were forced to hold a talk by Dr Lobsang Sangay on 15 October at an undisclosed location, highlighting the prevsasive influence of Chinese...
China’s New Tibet Report Masks Forced Relocations of 93,000 Rural Tibetans
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 16 Oct: China has released a new think tank report portraying its rural development policies in occupied Tibet as “a harmonious blend of tradition and modernity,” a model it contrasts with Western modernisation, which it...
Tulku Hungkar Dorjee Receives Posthumous Award After Transnational Execution
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 13 Oct: The late Tulku Hungkar Dorjee of Lung Ngon Monastery in Golog, occupied Tibet, has been posthumously awarded the 2025 Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Medal of Courage. This honor recognises his unwavering commitment to preserving...
Tibetan Artists’ Collective Khadhok Bags 2025 Rubin Museum Himalayan Art Prize
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 9 Oct: Khadhok—a Tibetan artists’ collective based here in Dharamsala has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Rubin Museum Himalayan Art Prize, an unrestricted $30,000 cash award and the largest international prize supporting...
TPI Holds 7th Young Indian Scholars Conference on Tibetan Studies
DHARAMSALA, 9 Oct: The Tibet Policy Institute (TPI) of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile inaugurated the 7th Young Indian Scholars Conference on Tibetan Studies today at the Administrative and Welfare Society in Dharamshala. The conference brings together 30 participants, including four...
Exiled Tibetans Gear Up for 2025-2026 General Election: EC Sets Preliminary Polls on February 1
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSHALA 7 October: The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration, commonly referred to as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, today announced the official schedule for the 2025-2026 Tibetan General Election. The Preliminary Election will take place on...
TYC to Host Own Rangzen Conference After Decade-Plus Absence
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 6 Oct: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) has passed a resolution to hold its own Rangzen Conference in an effort to revive and sustain the Tibetan movement for the complete independence of Tibet from China’s...
Richard Gere to Receive Inaugural Visionary Award for Tibet Advocacy
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 3 Oct: Human Rights First, a US-based human rights advocacy group, has announced that Oscar-nominated actor and longtime Tibet advocate Richard Gere will receive its inaugural Visionary Award. The honour recognises his lifelong commitment to...
CTA Celebrates Gandhi Jayanti with Tribute to Non-Violence Principles, Draws Parallels with Dussehra’s Victory of Truth
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSHALA, 2 Oct: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), commonly known as the Tibetan government-in-exile, today celebrated the 156th birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi by honouring his principles of non-violence and satyagraha, values that the exile...
Tibetan diaspora protests, Dharamsala stays conspicuously silent on PRC’s 76th founding anniversary
DHARAMSALA, 1 Oct: As Tibet remains under Chinese occupation and continues to be ranked as the least free places in the world, China marked the 76th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China(PRC) today with a flag-raising ceremony...
UN Experts Condemn French Museums for Erasing “Tibet” Name Under Chinese Pressure
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 30 Sept: UN experts have raised serious concerns over the erasure of the name “Tibet” in French museums, declaring that such actions contribute to the sinicization of Tibetan heritage by the Chinese government and undermine...
TYC Commences its 19th General Body Meeting
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 29 Sept: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), the largest Tibetan organisations in exile advocating for the full independence of Tibet, commenced its 19th General Body Meeting(GBM) today at the Lower TCV School hall, with around...

































