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UNHRC’s Volker Turk raises alarm on global human rights crisis as Tibet faces deepening repression

At the UNHRC, High Commissioner Volker Turk warned that human rights face global threats, citing conflicts, shrinking freedoms, and discrimination. Despite some progress, Tibetans endure repression, cultural assimilation, and arbitrary detentions. He urged urgent international action to protect peace,...

Tenth Session of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Begins

Dharamshala, 10 September 2025: The tenth session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, scheduled to be held from 10 to 18 September 2025, officially began today at 9:30 AM with the Speaker’s announcement of session commencement. Present at the session...

17th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile commences its 10th session

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 10 Sept: The Tibet issue is intrinsically international and not merely an internal affair of China, the Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, said today in his session commencement address as the 17th...

Deputy Speaker Meets European Youth Delegation from Denmark

Dharamshala: On 10 September 2025, the Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang met with Danish participants of the European Youth Delegation at the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile earlier today. During the meeting, the Deputy Speaker provided an overview of the Tibetan democratic...

Sikyong Warns Tibetan Refugees to Exercise Caution Amid Gen Z Protests

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 10 Sept: Sikyong Penpa Tsering,  the political head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) today urged Tibetan refugees in Nepal to exercise caution amid the student-led Gen Z protests against widespread corruption, nepotism and unemployment...

UNHRC 60th Session: High Commissioner Volker Türk Emphasises Rights of Uyghurs, Other Muslim Minorities, and Tibetans in China

Geneva, 8 September 2025: At the opening of the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, High Commissioner Volker Türk issued a stark warning: human rights, the foundation of peace, justice, and human dignity, face unprecedented global...

Five of family killed in house collapse due to landslide in Kullu

Eight members of the family were buried in the debris of whom five died and three were rescued by villagers during the accident that happened at 1.30 am, the police said

Tibetan woman in China resembles Korean star Song Hye-kyo, draws visitors to eatery

A Chinese woman of Tibetan ethnicity has gone viral because of her resemblance to the South Korean actress Song Hye-kyo. Her online popularity has attracted tourists from around China and abroad to visit her. The 27-year-old, known by two...

Sanctions on Seki are an attack on democracy

In an alarming escalation of diplomatic coercion, the Chinese government has imposed sanctions on Hei Seki, a naturalized Japanese citizen, member of the Japanese House of Councilors and an outspok...

Coordinated campaign in Dalai Lama birthday year targets influential monks, Buddhist monasteries

A series of incidents across Tibet over recent months reveals an increasingly coordinated campaign of surveillance and suppression targeting Tibetan Buddhist institutions and leaders.