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Documentary on Tibet wins FPA Media Award for Arts & Culture Story of the Year

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 3: The investigative documentary “Inside China: Battle for Tibet,” produced by ITV in collaboration with PBS FRONTLINE, has won the Foreign Press Association (FPA) Media Awards 2025 in the Arts and Culture Story of the...

Opinion: Tibetan Buddhism isn’t in crisis, Our journalism might be.

By Tsunma Karma Rangrig Dolma, a Tibetan Buddhist nun A critique of Sonia’s Feleiro’s “The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait,’” published by the Guardian on November 26th, 2025 and why it misses the mark. There...

Dalai Lama offers condolences to victims amid catastrophic storms across Asia

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA,  Dec. 2: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed profound sadness over the devastating impact of recent torrential rains and storms that have swept across several Asian countries, including Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam,...

Tibetans in Britain to stage two major protests against Chinese mega embassy plan as UK final decision looms

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 1: With the UK government expected to issue a final verdict on December 10 regarding the proposed construction of a massive new Chinese embassy complex, the Youth Coordinator of the Tibetan Community in Britain Council...

Tibet activist at UN Forum exposes China’s colonial boarding schools, urges immediate shutdown

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 1: In a deeply personal address at the United Nations’ 18th Forum on Minority Issues, Tibet Action Institute’s Senior Researcher and Strategist, Tenzin Dorjee, delivered one of the most forceful interventions of the session, using...

Tashi Topgyal announces third consecutive bid for presidential office

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 29: Tashi Topgyal, who previously contested the 2016 and 2021 presidential elections, formally announced his candidacy for the 2026 Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) presidential race on Saturday during a press meet at the Tibetan Welfare...

Dear Guardian News & Media (GNM) Internal Ombudsman,

I write today to make a formal complaint about The Long Read article published by you yesterday: As an inveterate reader of your publication, during the thirteen years of my residing at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and...

Tibetans in Canberra protest CCP official Zhao Leji’s visit, call on FM Penny Wong to raise Tibet

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 28: Members of the Canberra Tibetan community staged a protest on Monday as Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, arrived in the Australian capital. Demonstrators called on...

15 nations issue rebuke of China’s human rights record at UN General Assembly

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 28: 15 countries delivered a joint statement at the 80th United Nations General Assembly’s Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee) on Wednesday, calling out what they described as China’s “serious, ongoing, and systematic” human rights violations...

OPINION: The Himalayan Pincer: The China-Pakistan Nexus Vis-à-Vis Northeast India and the Strategic Centrality of Tibet

Tenzin Topdhen Abstract Northeast India, geographically isolated and connected to the mainland by the tenuous Siliguri Corridor, faces a formidable challenge from the deepening strategic nexus between China and Pakistan. This article analyzes the collusive threat posed by this...