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CTA condemns death of prominent Buddhist leader in Chinese custody in Vietnam

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 9: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the Tibetan government-in-exile, has strongly denounced the sudden and suspicious death of prominent Tibetan Buddhist figure Tulku Hungkar Dorje while in Chinese custody in Vietnam. The condemnation was issued...

Tibetan govt-in-exile demands probe into death of religious leader in Chinese custody

According to a statement released by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Hungkar Rinpoche had been living in hiding in Vietnam since September 2024 due to persistent harassment by Chinese authorities in Tibet

Humkar Dorje Rinpoche: Leading Tibetan Lama “Disappeared” and Possibly Killed

The abbot of Longen Monastery and principal of a large vocational school closed by the government in 2021 got in trouble after his cold welcome to the false Panchen Lama. The post Humkar Dorje Rinpoche: Leading Tibetan Lama “Disappeared”...

How Can Canada Tackle Foreign Interference Without a U.S. Ally?

In a piece for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, Emile Dirks and Diana Fu argue that the U.S.’s pull back from its liberal-minded engagements in China “poses an imminent challenge to Canada: how to curb Beijing’s foreign interference...

Ready to return to an autonomous Tibetan homeland

Shar Phak Khukta* argues that Tibetans remain ready to return to an autonomous homeland within the People’s Republic of China whereas the Chinese government keeps levelling false accusations and imposing impossible preconditions to prevent talks towards the realisation of...

Chinese scientists warn of more high-magnitude earthquakes in and around Tibetan Plateau region

(TibetanReview.net, Apr08’25) – A team of Chinese seismologists have published a study last month warning of a heightened risk of devastating earthquakes – like the one with magnitude 7.9 which struck Myanmar on Mar 28 – in and around...

Experts from India, Bhutan warn of risks from China’s proposed dam on Brahmaputra

Amid growing concerns over China's plans to construct the "world's largest dam" on Brahmaputra, experts from India and Bhutan have voiced serious reservations about the project, warning of environmental and geopolitical risks.

China’s mega dam will be ‘water bomb’: Arunachal MP

Experts expressed deep concern over the proposed Great Bend Dam on Yarlung Tsangpo, the Brahmaputra’s upstream in Tibet

Central Tibetan Administration Holds Press Conference to Address Suspicious Death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje

Dharamshala: This afternoon, on 8 April 2025, in response to recent reports of the suspicious death of Tibetan religious figure Ven Tulku Hungkar Dorje, the Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration, held a press conference at...

RFA radio transmissions to China, Tibet halted

Relay stations owned or leased by US government no longer carrying Radio Free Asia broadcasts