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Over 700 Tibetans Gather in Zurich Candlelight March to Honor Pawo Lobga Rangzen

Over 700 Tibetans joined a Zurich march to honor self-immolator Pawo Lobga Rangzen, urging the United Nations to act and support Tibetan culture and freedom.

India, China hold fresh border talks; New Delhi raises concerns over mega dam project

New Delhi has raised concerns over Beijing’s plan to build what would be the world’s largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung Zangbo river in Tibet, known as the Brahmaputra in India. China has said the project will not adversely...

Beyond the warrior code, a K-9 helps forge bonds among 21 nations at Australia combat drill

Beyond the camaraderie and bonhomie that builds among fighter pilots over the risks and thrills of high intensity operations and professional excellence, it was a lovable black Labrador that came in as a stress buster and added an emotional...

China Turning Tibet Into Military Buffer Against India? Intel Flags 'Twin Strategy' Along LAC

China is pursuing a two-pronged strategy in Tibet—systematically erasing the region’s Tibetan Buddhist identity while simultaneously building dual-use infrastructure that could strengthen the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) operational capabilities along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), top Indian intelligence...

The Reluctant Empire: Why China Will Not Easily Relinquish Tibet

By Khedroob Thondup For sixty-seven years, Tibet has remained under Chinese occupation—a reality that has reshaped the Himalayan plateau and reverberated across the world. To imagine Beijing voluntarily loosening its grip on Tibet without seismic shifts inside China itself...

Anguish and hope: why a Tibetan set himself on fire in New York

No one knew what Lobga Rangzen was planning. Not the monk who was his friend of 30 years, not his niece in New York.

TYC’s Chain hunger strike reaches Day-19, exile parliamentarians join protest against China

The chain hunger strike initiated by the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) entered its 19th day on Thursday.

Preserving Tibet’s language and customs in the face of China’s ‘ethnic unity’ law

Kalsang Lhamo traces a series of vertical strokes, slow but firm, practicing Tibetan calligraphy. A 73-year-old retired nurse, she has spoken Tibetan all her life but never learned to write it. Now, i...

Tibetan Women’s Association holds silent protest condeming China’s Ethnic Unity Law

The Tibetan Women's Association (TWA) on Thursday held a silent protest in McLeodganj, Dharamshala, condemning China's Ethnic Unity Law and urging the United Nations to respond to what it described as the cultural assimilation of Tibetans.

Solidarity actions sweep Dharamshala to honour late martyr Lobga Rangzen 

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 6: A series of coordinated activism unfolded in Dharamshala on Thursday as Tibetan non-governmental organisations and individuals intensified calls for Tibetan independence and renewed international attention to China’s policies in Tibet, with initiatives paying tribute...

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