The United Nations human rights experts have sent a joint communication (AL CHN 15/2025) to the Chinese government, demanding accountability over the death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, abbot of the Lung Ngon Thubten Choekor Ling monastery in Gade (Ch:...

A group of UN human rights experts issued a joint communication (AL VNM 4/2025) to the Vietnamese government demanding clarity and accountability over the detention, disappearance, and subsequent death in custody of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a prominent Tibetan spiritual...

The Central Election Commission announced the 2026 Tibetan election schedule, voter registration dates, and a new 14-point Election Code of Conduct.

The elections of the Sikyong (political leader) and the Tibetan parliament in exile will be held in two phases. The first phase of the elections will be held on February 1, 2026, and the second phase is scheduled for...

Dharamshala: On the morning of 7 October 2025, the Central Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration convened a press conference to officially announce the schedule for the upcoming 2025–2026 elections of the Sikyong and the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile,...

Early-season snowfalls have stranded hikers in two mountainous areas in western China, including several hundred at the base of Mount Everest

OPINION China’s Oct 7, 1950, start of the invasion of Tibet changed the geopolitics of Asia and Beijing has now turned the territory into a living laboratory of surveillance while seeking to raise an entire generation of Tibetans who...

A 31-year-old hiker died on Mount Nama after removing his safety rope to take photos. He tripped and fell hundreds of meters. He was not using an ice axe, had no permits, and his group hadn't filed a climbing...

South Korean hiker, 46, dies while ascending Merak Peak in eastern side of Nepal

Reuters reports hundreds rescued after a blizzard trapped nearly 1,000 trekkers on Tibet’s Mount Everest slope during China’s National Day holiday.