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China’s 15th Five-Year Plan Accelerates Tibetan Assimilation, New Report Warns

A new International Campaign for Tibet report reveals China's 15th Five-Year Plan weaponizes economic development to accelerate forced Tibetan assimilation.

Urgent Plea as Imprisoned Tibetan Activists Face Critical Health Crisis

Tibetan political prisoners Gangkye Drukpa Kyab and Tsering Dolma face critical health crises after severe torture in Chinese custody. Families urge UN help.

Kalon Tharlam Dolma Changra Pays a Courtesy Call on New KVS Commissioner Vikas Gupta in Delhi

Delhi: Tharlma Dolma Changra, Education Kalon (Minister), and Jigme Namgyal, Education Secretary of the Central Tibetan Administration, paid a courtesy visit to Shri Vikas Gupta, the newly appointed Commissioner of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan under the Ministry of Education,...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Attend Offering of Long-life Prayers in Dharamshala

– dalailama.com Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama will attend an offering of Long-life Prayers by Dhasa Dhotoe Welfare Society and Lodrik Welfare Association in the morning of 22 April 2026 at the Main Tibetan Temple. For further information please...

Is Evident Reality Always Empirical?

6 Levels of Remedial Measures OPINION Following Tenzin Norsang’s article titled “The Stick Must Stop: Ending Corporal Punishment in Our Tibetan Schools” (tibetanreview.net, Apr 11, 2026), Tenzing Rapgyal* explains how he has effectively dealt with errant students in a...

Manipur’s football binding force in tatters as unrest grows

Manipur’s binding force in tatters

China’s crackdown tightens grip on Tibetan monks

Two Tibetan monks, Samten Gyatso and Jamyang Samten from Chu Khama Monastery in Machu County, were detained by Chinese authorities over a year ago and continue to remain in custody, with no official disclosure about their condition or legal...

Sikyong Penpa Tsering to Embark on Official Visit to Delhi and Bylakuppe; Will Attend 37th Birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery...

Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering will embark on an official visit to Delhi and Bylakuppe from 23 to 27 April 2026. Sikyong will depart Dharamshala for Delhi on 23 April and travel onward to Bengaluru on 24 April, before proceeding...

Chief Justice Commissioner Yeshi Wangmo to Visit Bylakuppe to Attend 37th Birth Anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama

Dharamshala: Chief Justice Commissioner of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission (CTA), Yeshi Wangmo, will officially visit Bylakuppe to attend the 37th birth anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama, Jetsun Tenzin Gedhun Yeshi Trinley Phuntsok Pal Sangpo, also known as...

Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel to Attend Panchen Lama’s 37th Birth Anniversary in Bylakuppe, Karnataka

  Dharamshala: Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, the Speaker of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, is scheduled to attend the 37th birth anniversary commemoration of the 11th Panchen Lama at the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery based in Karnataka’s Bylakuppe Tibetan settlement on 25...

India and China huddle for SCO bilateral consultations as bilateral ties improve

(TibetanReview.net, Apr19’26) – India and China held Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Bilateral Consultations in New Delhi over Apr 16-17 in what is seen as a thaw in their relations following their mid-2020 border clash in Ladakh. The two sides...

West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 | Paramilitary chiefs meet in Kolkata; Mamata Banerjee flags central agency misuse amid ED, I-T raids

Kolkata: The top brass of the central paramilitary forces held an unprecedented meeting in Kolkata on Sunday to discuss security arrangements for the assembly elections in West Bengal, where polling will be held in two phases on April 23...

Indian MP Sujeet Kumar Condemns Chinese Actions in Tibet, Urges Deeper Taiwan Ties

Indian MP Sujeet Kumar is urging a strategic balance in India's approach to Tibet and Taiwan, advocating for expanded economic ties and global accountability.

Indian MP Sujeet Kumar Condemns Chinese Actions in Tibet and Taiwan

Indian MP Sujeet Kumar is urging a strategic balance in India's approach to Tibet and Taiwan, advocating for expanded economic ties and global accountability.

China Pressures Nepal to Curb Tibetan and Taiwanese Activities

China is actively urging Nepal to suppress Tibetan and Taiwanese activities on its soil, pressing Kathmandu to uphold the One-China policy against separatists.

Black Hat March | Day 11 – 20 : From Rupnagar to Samalkha

Day 11: The march began early at around 5:00 AM as the marchers proceeded from Rupnagar to Kurali. The day started with prayers, followed by a briefing from the organizing committee outlining the day’s activities. At around 1:00 PM,...

China’s toponymy strategy in Arunachal

China’s sixth batch of standardized place names should be interpreted not as an isolated administrative measure, but as part of a broader strategy of incremental assertion in the India-China boundary dispute. The post China’s toponymy strategy in Arunachal appeared...

New textbooks introduced to inculcate Chinese students with party-state ideology

(TibetanReview.net, Apr18’26) – In China, the party is the state and the state the party. In order to drive this message home, the party-state has introduced new school textbooks even as existing teaching materials are already heavily saturated with...

CTA highlights case of Tibetan political prisoner Tsultrim Gyaltsen ahead of expected release in 2026

The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has spotlighted the case of Tibetan writer and political prisoner Tsultrim Gyaltsen, renewing attention on alleged human rights violations in Tibet.

DYSA Mundgod clinches GCM Gold Cup for third consecutive year

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 17: DYSA Mundgod cemented their legacy in exile Tibetan football history on Thursday, securing a narrow 1–0 victory over Shawa FC in the final of the 31st Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup (GCMGC) held in...

Two Tibetan monks held incommunicado for over a year amid crackdown 

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 17: Two Tibetan monks from Chu Khama Monastery in Machu County, identified as Samten Gyatso and Jamyang Samten, have remained in detention for more than a year following their arrest by Chinese authorities, with no...

Mandarin learning law already being actively implemented in Tibet’s monasteries

(TibetanReview.net, Apr17’26) – Following China’s adoption last month of its law on so-called promoting ethnic unity and progress, mandating the predominance of Mandarin learning and use across the PRC, monks in Tibet are now required to take time off...

Russia deports Tibetan Buddhist monks from India on baseless missionary work allegation

(TibetanReview.net, Apr17’26) – Russia, whose war of aggression against Ukraine is said to be sustained by China’s help, has caused the cancellation of a Buddhist festival in capital Moscow after it deported on Apr 8 a group of Tibetan...

Two Tibetan Monks Remain in Chinese Custody for Over a Year Without Charges

Two Tibetan monks from Chu Khama Monastery remain in Chinese custody after over a year without official charges, leaving their distressed families in the dark.

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Inaugurates Thangthong House, Addresses Infrastructure Challenges and Cultural Preservation at TIPA

Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering inaugurated the newly constructed ‘Thangthong House’ (student hostel and staff residential quarters) at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) on 17 April 2026. The inauguration programme was attended by Secretary Dhondul Dorjee of the...