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UN Experts Raise Alarm Over Death of Tibetan Lama Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche in Vietnamese Custody

Geneva, 8 October 2025: A group of United Nations human rights experts has expressed grave concern over the arrest, enforced disappearance, and subsequent death in custody of prominent Tibetan spiritual leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche, who reportedly died under...

Education Kalon Tharlam Dolma Changra Visits Germany, Engages with Sponsors and Education Institutions

Bavaria, Germany: Kalon (Minister) Tharlam Dolma Changra of the Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), began her official visit to Germany on 1 October 2025. The visit will continue until 13 October, after which she will return to...

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...

Uyghur Scholar-Activist Faces Charges in France for Criticizing Beijing

On October 13, a court outside Paris will put on trial Dr. Dilnur Reyhan, a prominent French-Uyghur scholar and activist, and the president of the European Uyghur Institute, for the criminal offense of “degradation of property belonging to others.”

Notes from Central Taiwan: The US makes an offer Taiwan can’t refuse

In recent weeks the Trump Administration has been demanding ...

Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile elections on Feb 1, April 26

Chandigarh: Elections for the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile and the President (Sikyong) of the Tibetan Govt-in-Exile will be held in two phases from Feb next year.

Exile Tibetans to vote on Feb 1, Apr 26 to elect new leaders for next five years

(TibetanReview.net, Oct08’25) – The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) announced at a press conference in Dharamshala, India, Oct 7 morning that voting for the election of the Sikyong, the executive head of the CTA, and the...

All blizzard-stranded hikers, guides and porters at Mt Everest, Qilian Mountains rescued

(TibetanReview.net, Oct08’25) – All the nearly 900 hikers and local hiking service personnel stranded by heavy snowfall in Tibet’s Mt Everest County of Dingri County, Shigatse City, emerged safely by Oct 7, reported China’s state news agency Xinhua Oct...

China expert urges policy-driven scholarship at 7th Young Indian Scholars’ Conference on Tibetan Studies

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 8: One of India’s leading China experts, Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli, speaking at the 7th Young Indian Scholars’ Conference on Tibetan Studies organised by the Tibet Policy Institute (TPI), stressed the importance of independent scholarship to counter Beijing’s...

UN demand clarity from Vietnam and China over the death of Tulku Hunkar Dorjee

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 8: United Nations human rights experts have pressed the governments of Vietnam and China to account for the detention, disappearance, and disputed death in custody of Tibetan spiritual leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche, who died earlier...