By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSHALA 17 Oct: After months of rejections from dozens of venues, organisers in France were forced to hold a talk by Dr Lobsang Sangay on 15 October at an undisclosed location, highlighting the prevsasive influence of Chinese...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 16 Oct: China has released a new think tank report portraying its rural development policies in occupied Tibet as “a harmonious blend of tradition and modernity,”  a model it contrasts with Western modernisation, which it...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 13 Oct: The late Tulku Hungkar Dorjee of Lung Ngon Monastery in Golog, occupied Tibet, has been posthumously awarded the 2025 Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Medal of Courage. This honor recognises his unwavering commitment to preserving...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 9 Oct: Khadhok—a Tibetan artists’ collective based here in Dharamsala has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Rubin Museum Himalayan Art Prize, an unrestricted $30,000 cash award and the largest international prize supporting...

DHARAMSALA, 9 Oct: The Tibet Policy Institute (TPI) of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile inaugurated the 7th Young Indian Scholars Conference on Tibetan Studies today at the Administrative and Welfare Society in Dharamshala. The conference brings together 30 participants, including four...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSHALA 7 October: The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration, commonly referred to as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, today announced the official schedule for the 2025-2026 Tibetan General Election. The Preliminary Election will take place on...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA  6 Oct: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) has passed a resolution to hold its own Rangzen Conference in an effort to revive and sustain the Tibetan movement for the complete independence of Tibet from China’s...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 3 Oct: Human Rights First, a US-based human rights advocacy group, has announced that Oscar-nominated actor and longtime Tibet advocate Richard Gere will receive its inaugural Visionary Award. The honour recognises his lifelong commitment to...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSHALA, 2 Oct: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), commonly known as the Tibetan government-in-exile, today celebrated the 156th birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi by honouring his principles of non-violence and satyagraha, values that the exile...

DHARAMSALA, 1 Oct: As Tibet remains under Chinese occupation and continues to be ranked as the least free places in the world, China marked the 76th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China(PRC) today with a flag-raising ceremony...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 30 Sept: UN experts have raised serious concerns over the erasure of the name “Tibet” in French museums, declaring that such actions contribute to the sinicization of Tibetan heritage by the Chinese government and undermine...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 29 Sept: ​​The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), the largest  Tibetan organisations in exile advocating for the full independence of Tibet, commenced its 19th General Body Meeting(GBM) today at the Lower TCV School hall, with around...

y Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 24 Sept: The Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC), Dharamsala, today strongly condemned Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang and the outdoor clothing brand Arc’teryx, owned by Chinese sportswear giant Anta Sports, for their reckless and insensitive “Ascending...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 23 Sept: Four Pemakopa (Pad-ma dkod pa) youths from the Tibetan community in Canada have launched the 6th Peace Rally Marathon for Tibet on Monday, running from Ottawa to Toronto. The initiative calls on the...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSHALA 22 Sept: Canadian outdoor brand Arc'teryx, owned by Chinese company Anta and renowned Chinese pyrotechnic artist Cai Guo-Qiang issued public apologies on Sunday after facing fierce backlash for staging a high altitude fireworks display at...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 19 September: The Centre for Middle Way Initiative commemorated the official adoption of the Middle way policy  by the Tibetan parliament in exile on 18 September 1997 in pursuit of a negotiated solution to the...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 19 Sept: The Chief Representative Office (CRO) of Ladakh in the Sonamling Settlement today hosted over 40 trainers from Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) at the CRO Hall for an awareness programme on the life and...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 18 September: Former MP Tsering Youdon and former Education Department Secretary Nangsa Choedon were elected as the two Additional Election Commissioners on the final day of the 10th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, setting the stage for the...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 18 Sept: The Tibet Policy Institute (TPI), the research wing of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), today launched a Tibetan version of a book titled “A Comprehensive History of Tibetan Population Growth and Decline” authored...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 17 Sept: Beijing is advancing its settler-colonial agenda in occupied Tibet through militarised education by placing army veterans as “on-campus instructors” in schools, including kindergartens, to instil loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party over Tibetan...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 16 September: Tibetan MPs accused Sikyong Penpa Tsering of “distorting and misinterpreting Tibet’s history” on the sixth day of the 10th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, following his remarks in Tezu settlement suggesting that “should Tibetans pursue full...

DHARAMSALA 15, Sept: UN human rights experts have publicaly condemned China’s planned interference in the succession of the Dalai Lama, emphasising that the 14th Dalai Lama should have the authority to determine his succession according to Tibetan traditions, free...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 13 Sept: What is the Cabinet’s view when a policy advisor to the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) questions the very viability of the Middle Way policy? asked MP Dawa Tsering, as the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile posed a...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 12 Sept: The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPIE) unanimously passed a five-point resolution expressing gratitude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his lifelong service to the Tibetan people, including his leadership in preserving Tibetan culture, unifying...

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...

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...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 9 Sept: The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, has expressed deep sadness and solidarity with the people of Himachal Pradesh following the devastation caused by this year’s monsoon floods in the state,...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 5 Sept: Ven Sonam Lama, Sikkim’s minister for ecclesiastical affairs, public health engineering (PHE), and water resources, has said he will officially meet the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, spiritual head of the Karma...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA,  4 Sept: Tulku Palden Wangyal, the Head Lama of Choegyal Monasteries in Gonjo in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham, has died in Chinese custody after prolonged torture.

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 3 Sept: Amid growing international trends of oversimplifying and essentialising the Himalayan region, participants from the region and scholars specialised in its study have come together at the Tibet-Himalaya Relations Conference to reclaim their agency...