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ICT Urges UNESCO to List Potala Palace Ensemble as Endangered World Heritage Site

ICT urges UNESCO to list Potala Palace Ensemble as endangered, citing cultural destruction, sinicization, and religious suppression in Lhasa, Tibet.

China to Monitor School Curricula for Content Opposing CCP, Raising Concerns in Tibet

China to monitor school curricula for anti-CCP content, raising fears of deeper cultural control in Tibet and renewed restrictions on educational freedom.

‘The walk is shot through with melancholy and romance’: a new trail to the north face of the Eiger

The hike offers dramatic views of the Swiss Alps’ ‘murder wall’ – and poignant insights into the climbers who first braved it. For the son of one of those pioneers, it had a special resonanceA few years ago, my...

30th GCM Gold cup football tournament kicks off in Dharamshala

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, June 2: The Tibetan exile community’s most prestigious sporting event, the Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup’s 30th edition kicked off on Sunday at the Dharamshala Tibetan Children’s Village playground. The tournament honours Diki Tsering, the beloved mother...

ICT urges UNESCO to designate Potala Palace Ensemble as “World Heritage in Danger” amid cultural heritage violations in Tibet

June 2, 2025 The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) is calling on the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to designate the “Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace” in Lhasa, Tibet, as a World Heritage Site in Danger during its upcoming...

China cannot hold a white paper on Tibetan rights tainted by its bloody hands of repression

OPINION Palden Sonam* expresses outrage at the suspicious circumstance in which Tulku Rigzin Hungkar Dorje, a victim of China’s campaign to assimilate Tibet and transnational repression, died in Vietnam on March 28, and calls the outrageous manner in which...

Three dead, seven missing in Tibet landslide

A devastating landslide in Tibet's Qamdo city has resulted in three fatalities and seven missing individuals. The massive displacement of mud and rocks also left two people injured, prompting a large-scale rescue operation involving 500 personnel, sniffer dogs, and...

Dragon's Dilemma: If China Cuts Water To India, Pakistan And Bangladesh Will Dry Out Too

Two of the most important rivers originating in Tibet, the Sutlej and the Brahmaputra, flow not only into India but also onward into Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Tibetan voices for independence will be “muted”, says China defender Victor Gao

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, June 2: Victor Gao, the former translator for Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping and current Vice President of the Center for China and Globalization, reiterated China’s uncompromising stance on Tibetan independence, stating that voices advocating for it...

Tibetan children subject to abuse in Chinese government schools

The World June 2, 2025 Original link: https://theworld.org/segments/2025/06/02/tibetan-children-subject-to-abuse-in-chinese-government-schools A new report from Tibet Action Institute documents a pattern of physical abuse and neglect in Chinese-run boarding schools that many are forced to attend. The report alleges that the schools...