As part of the ongoing Tibet advocacy efforts organised by the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, a delegation of parliamentarians, including Geshe Lharampa Gowo Lobsang Phende and Wangdue Dorjee, continued their European outreach in Latvia on 13 November 2024. The delegation met...

Dharamshala, 14 November 2024: As schools across India celebrate Children’s Day today, Kalon (Minister) Tharlam Dolma Changra of the Department of Education, CTA, extended her heartfelt greetings to all Tibetan students, encouraging them to uphold the values of His...

Chinese authorities in Tibet are holding Mandarin speech competitions, aiming to undermine Tibetan language and culture, analysts say. On Nov. 9-10, 33 Tibetans participated in Lhasa’s National Common Language Speech Contest. Such events, frequently held in monasteries and schools, pressure young Tibetans to adopt Mandarin over their native language.

Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk was detained for 15 days in Qinghai province, China, on charges of “disrupting social order” and allegedly spreading false information online. His detention underscores China’s intensified policies against Tibetan language and culture. Released on Nov. 4, Wangchuk remains under strict surveillance.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov13’24) –Chinese police have roughed up well-known Tibetan language education right activist Mr Tashi Wangchuk in a 15-day period of detention and interrogation over Oct-Nov 2024 in his hometown of Kyegudo in Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai province, reported the...

(TibetanReview.net, Nov13’24) –As China continues a grim, so far futile effort to boost its population growth by encouraging more marriages and births, the China Statistical Yearbook 2024 recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics, shows that the country’s...

Dharamshala: Under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) hosted the First Asian Buddhist Summit 2024, themed “Role of Buddhism in Strengthening Asia”. The two-day summit was held at the Ashok...

China is accelerating dam building on the upper reaches of the Machu or Yellow River despite evidence from Chinese scientists of the risks of geological disasters and serious environmental problems. Source

Sikyong hints at 17th Karmapa’s possible return to India as legal hurdles ease, raising hopes among Tibetans in Sikkim for his arrival at Rumtek Monastery.

-by The Record, 13 November 2024 A China-linked state hacker group has compromised Tibetan media and university websites in a new espionage campaign, researchers have found — part of a series of attacks targeting the Tibetan community in order...