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Milarepa (2025): Beautiful, Confusing, and Sometimes Just Baffling
A reflective Tibetan perspective on Louis Nero’s reimagining of Milarepa — a visually beautiful yet culturally unsettling film that blends creativity with controversy. By Tsering Passang Louis Nero’s Milarepa (2025) arrives as an ambitious, visually striking reimagining of one...
Chinese Authorities Burn Religious Prayer Flags Under Pretext of Fire Hazard Concerns
Reported By Palden Edited by Pema Tso Translated By TenGyal The Chinese government’s environmental and fire safety departments, citing fire hazards during the dry winter season, have burned large numbers of Mani prayer flags and other religious items on...
Chief Election Commissioner Lobsang Yeshi Concludes Election Awareness Tour in Australia
Brisbane, Australia: Chief Election Commissioner Lobsang Yeshi concluded his tour in Australia to raise awareness about the upcoming Tibetan general election on 27 November 2025 after delivering a talk on the electoral rules to the Tibetan community and Regional...
China’s New Residential Surveillance Rules: Reform or Consolidation of an Abusive System?
The new regulations institutionalize a system known for its abuses and often used against religious dissidents. The post China’s New Residential Surveillance Rules: Reform or Consolidation of an Abusive System? first appeared on Bitter Winter.
Global religious freedom body reaffirms Tibetan right to choose their next Dalai Lama
(TibetanReview.net, Nov27’25) – The fifth anniversary conference of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA), held over Nov 12-13, 2025, in the Prague Castle, Czech Republic, concluded with a Prague declaration that included a reaffirmation of the Tibetan...
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...
Prague declaration reaffirms Tibetans’ right to choose next Dalai Lama without state interference
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 27: The Prague Declaration on Freedom of Religion or Belief 2025 has explicitly reaffirmed the Tibetan Buddhist community’s inherent right to select the successor of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama without any form of...
China’s influence accused as Paris museum erases ‘Tibet’ from exhibition
The demonstration organised by Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) France and the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress denounced the museum's decision to remove the word "Tibet" from its artefact labels and rename its long-running "Nepal-Tibet" gallery as "Himalayan World,"...
Sikyong Penpa Tsering Successfully Concludes His Six-day Official Engagements in Assam and Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh: On the morning of 25 November 2025, following a meeting with Shri Prabhunarayan Yadav, Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Sakaldiha constituency in Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh, Sikyong Penpa Tsering attended a breakfast reception hosted in...
Prague Declaration Reaffirms Tibetan People’s Right to Choose the Next Dalai Lama Following Sikyong’s Appeal
Prague, Czech Republic: The Prague Declaration on Freedom of Religion or Belief 2025 reaffirms the Tibetan Buddhist community’s right to select the successor of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama without state interference — a position that directly echoed an...















