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Veteran Tibetan Activist Continues 6th Solo Cycle Rally from Dharamshala to Delhi

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA,  27 May: Veteran Tibetan activist Jamyang Tenzin departed from Dharamshala today to continue his sixth “Tibet awareness solo cycle rally” from Dehradun to Delhi via Dharamshala.

From Coercion to Resistance: Exiled Tibetans Denounce Forced 17-point Agreement on 74th Anniversary

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA,  23 May: Tibetans in exile resolutely opposed the imposition of the infamous ‘Seventeen-Point Agreement’ as they commemorated the 74th anniversary of the agreement signed under duress today at a panel discussion here in McLeod Ganj.

China’s Tibetan Proxy Leaders Have ‘Little to No Credibility’, Says ICT Report

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 22 May: China is facing a “credibility crisis” in cultivating loyal Tibetan leaders within occupied Tibet, as part of its efforts to gain the trust of the Tibetan people by proxies to legitimise its colonial...

Incumbent Dasa TSO Kunchok Migmar to be re-elected unopposed?

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 20 May: Exiled Tibetans residing in Dharamsala voted for their next Tibetan Settlement Officer (TSO) in the preliminary election today, at thirteen polling stations in the jurisdiction of the Dharamsala Tibetan settlement.

Tibet Museum Celebrates 48th International Museum Day with Journal Launch and Exhibition

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 16 May: The Tibet Museum of the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), Central Tibetan Administration celebrated the 48th International Museum day today, focusing on the future of museums in rapidly changing communities.

Mother of late Tulku Hungkar Dorjee passes away months after his suspicious death in Vietnam 

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 13 May: Grief has claimed the life of a prominent Tibetan religious figure, late Tulku Hungkar Dorjee’s mother, after her son died under suspicious circumstances in Vietnam while escaping Chinese persecution in late March. 

Earthquake hits Lhaze in Tibet, no casualties reported 

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 12 May: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck Lhaze County in Shigatse City in the traditional Tibetan province of U-Tsang at 2:41 AM on Monday, according to the China Earthquake Administration (CEA).

Sikyong Meets Key US Officials to Strengthen Tibet Advocacy Post USAID Cut

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 8 May: Subsequent to his meetings with the current and former Chairs of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee on 1 May, Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has engaged in further...

India Successfully Halts Sale of Sacred Buddha Relics in Hong Kong

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 7 May:  India has successfully stopped Sotheby’s auction of sacred Buddha relics, with the global giant auction house postponing the sale of the relics scheduled to be auctioned on Wednesday in Hong Kong. This last-minute...

All religious heads of Tibetan Buddhism to meet days ahead of Dalai lama’s 90th birthday

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 6 MAY: All religious heads of Tibetan Buddhism to meet for a conference from 2 to 4 July in Dharamsala, a few days ahead of the Tibetan spiritual leader's much-awaited 90th birthday on 6 July....

Sikyong Discusses Tibet Funding and Policy with US Foreign Affairs Chairs in First Visit Under Trump Administration

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 1 May: Sikyong Penpa Tsering, elected head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) also known as the Tibetan government in exile, has met with both the former and current Chairs of the House Foreign Affairs...

EU Parliamentarian Chairs Call on China and Vietnam for Investigation into Tulku Hungkar’s Mysterious Death 

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 1 May: A month-long campaign of advocacy, protest, and appeals by the exiled Tibetan community and rights groups has now prompted formal attention from the European Parliament. In a significant development, key EU officials have...

Caught in Bureaucracy: Bhandara Tibetans’ Appeals to Settlement Officer’s Transfer Fail 

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 29 April: The residents of Bhandara Tibetan settlement in Maharashtra’s collective effort to prevent their Settlement Officer(SO) from leaving the settlement after receiving his transfer order from the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) fails despite thier appeals...

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Universities bordering Tibet, set up to train new gen cadres to run Tibet for China, now ordered to escalate assimilation, promote Han Chinese racist chauvinism, cancel Tibetan identity, says Gabriel Lafitte, Gabriel Lafitte who is an environmental researcher, writer,...

‘Four River, Six Ranges’: Tibetan Film Bags JDIFF’s Best Soundtrack Award

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 28 April: Tibetan film ‘Four River Six Ranges’ written and directed by Tibetan filmmaker, Shenpen Khymsar, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Julien Dubuque International Film Festival’s best soundtrack award in a feature film on...

A UNIQUE PHOTO-EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS SOME INTERESTING ASPECTS OF HISTORY OF BUDDHISM IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR

By Vijay Kranti THE HISTORIC BUDDHIST SITE AT AKHNOOR NEAR JAMMU WHICH WON INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION DUE TO VISIT OF H.H. DALAI LAMA

“China, Where is Tibet’s Panchen Lama?” CTA Demands Answers on His 36th Birthday

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 25 April: As the exiled Tibetans commemorated the 36th birthday anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama Gendun Choekyi Nyima in absentia, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), commonly known as the Tibetan government in exile, has...

In Mourning and Solidarity: Tibetans Honour Kashmir Terrorist Attack Victims

*Tibetans in Dharamsala mourn the fatalities of the deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir. *In Solidarity: Dharamsala Tibetans Close Businesses

Exiled Tibetan Leadership condoles demise of Pope Francis 

DHARAMSALA, 22 April: The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Central Tibetan Administration’s President Penpa Tsering, and the Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile, Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, have all expressed heartfelt condolences to the Roman...

Arunachal: Deputy CM Inaugurates maiden Global Buddhist Conclave

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 22 April: In a first, the government of India has organised a two-day international Buddhist conclave in Arunachal Pradesh(AP), its bordering state with China-occupied Tibet, to highlight the spread and impact of Buddhism in India’s...

Tibetan NGOs Condemn China for Suspicious Death and Hasty Cremation of Tulku Hungkar, Demand International Investigation 

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 21 April: A coalition of five Tibetan Political NGOs today condemned the Chinese government for the cremation of Tulku Hungkar Dorjee without his family's consent and reiterated demands for an international investigation into the suspicious...

Ragya School Gets Partial Reprieve: China Permits Only Vocational Training to Resume

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 17 April: Almost a year after its forced closure, Ragya Jigme Gyaltsen Nationalities Vocational High School, a prominent Tibetan educational institute in Golok, occupied Tibet, has been granted permission to reopen by the Chinese government...

Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science: 25 Years of “Science for Monks and Nuns

Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science: 25 Years of "Science for Monks and Nuns

Vietnam receives Xi despite China’s alleged assassination of Tulku Hungkar in Vietnam

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 14 April: Students for a Free Tibet(SFT) Toronto staged a protest outside the Chinese consulate in Toronto today, demanding an investigation into the suspicious death of Tulku Hungkar Dorjee while in Chinese custody in Vietnam.

Global Cybersecurity Coalition Warns of Chinese Spyware Targeting Tibet, Uyghur and Taiwan Activists

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 10 April:  A coalition of global Cybersecurity agencies has issued a joint advisory warning against Two Chinese spyware variants aimed at monitoring and intimidating individuals connected to topics including occupied Tibet, East Turkestan, Taiwan, democracy...

India Introduces New Curriculum for  Monasteries Bordering China-occupied Tibet to Counter Chinese Influence

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 9 April: India is preparing to introduce its first-ever school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries in the contested Himalayan region bordering China-occupied Tibet to unify education programs and foster patriotism to insulate religious learning from China’s...

“State of Stateless”: Tibetan Anthology Film to Screen at Dharamsala Gold Cinema

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 8 April: The first ever Tibetan-language anthology film “State of Stateless: Tales from the Tibetan Diaspora” presented by Drung Tibetan Filmmakers’ collective, will be screening at Gold Cinema, Dharamsala on 18 and 19th April at...

TCHRD Launches Annual Report of Human Rights in Tibet, Special Report on Kham Driru

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 4 April: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) declared that Kham Driru in occupied Tibet has “turned into one of the most tightly-controlled regions in Tibet” with harsh security clampdown, amounting to crimes...

Tulku Hungkar Dorjee Declared Dead by Chinese Authorities, Circumstances Remain Unknown

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 3 April: After disappearing without a trace for 8 months, Tulku Hungkar Dorjee of Lung Ngon Monastery in Golok, in the traditional Tibetan Province of Amdo, has been announced dead without further details by the...

Tawang’s Freedom Trail Trek Commemorates Dalai Lama’s 1959 Historic Journey to India

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 1 April: “Freedom Trail,” a six-day trekking programme retracing the historic route taken by the Dalai Lama during his escape to India on March 31 1959, following the Chinese occupation of Tibet, commenced in Tawang on...