(ANNOUNCEMENT) The Kashag Designates Tibetan Identity Preservation Week: A Collective Stand Against Cultural Erasure

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Dharamshala: In accordance with the official decisions of the Kashag (Cabinet) of the Central Tibetan Administration, dated 21 August 2026, the fourth week of every September will be observed as Tibetan Identity Preservation Week, dedicated to preserving and strengthening the unique linguistic, cultural, and religious heritage of the Tibetan people.

This initiative is launched in response to the PRC’s “Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress Law,” which fundamentally seeks to Sinicise the country’s 55 officially recognised “ethnic minority groups”—particularly those with distinct religious, cultural, and linguistic identities, ...

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