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Beijing Faces Fresh EU Scrutiny as Lawmakers Convene A Hearing To Examine Impact of China’s “Ethnic Unity Law” on Tibetans, Uyghurs and Other Targeted...

Brussels, 07 May: Merely a week following the European Parliament’s landmark resolution condemning China’s “Ethnic Unity Law” adopted with an overwhelming majority of 439 votes, the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and the Delegation for Relations with the People’s...

European Parliament Discusses Impact of China’s “Ethnic Unity Law” on Tibetans and Uyghurs

Brussels, 07 May: Merely a week following the European Parliament’s landmark resolution condemning China’s “Ethnic Unity Law” adopted with an overwhelming majority of 439 votes, the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and the Delegation for Relations with the People’s...

Report criticizes China’s linguistic ‘harmonizing’ of Tibetan children

(TibetanReview.net, May06’26) – China is giving the word “harmony” a bad name, using it as as means to obliterate the civilizational identity of Tibet, starting by Sincizing the upbringing of the territory’s pre-school children, according to a 72-page report...

Disenfranchised Choejor Tibetans in Kathmandu suing exile Tibetan election body

(TibetanReview.net, May06’26) – After reversing on May 1 its Apr 23 decision to annul the Choejor (Choeten-Boudha and Jorpati) polling station for the final poll for the Tibetan Parliament in Exile election, the Election Commission of the Central Tibetan...

Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming: report

Mumbai: Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems at 1.5-1.9°C of global warming if deforestation increases to roughly 22-28 percent of the Amazon, according to a new study from the Potsdam Institute...

HRW report warns China’s preschool policy accelerating erosion of Tibetan language and identity

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, May 6: A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) released on Monday has raised alarm over China’s early childhood education policies in Tibet, warning that recent reforms are rapidly eroding the linguistic and cultural foundations...

China’s “stability” norm entrepreneurship: Taking Tibet repression globally

May 6, 2026 For over seven decades, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has utilized Tibet as the foundational laboratory for scaling and innovating its internal security apparatus. What initially began as a military occupation has matured into a sophisticated...

China forcing Mandarin education on Tibetan preschoolers to accelerate assimilation, says Human Rights Watch report

The 72-page report, titled Start with the Youngest Children: China Uses Preschools to 'Integrate' Tibetans, outlines that a 2021 directive issued by China's Ministry of Education, known as the Children's Speech Harmonisation plan, requires the use of standard Mandarin...

Human Rights Watch: China Forces Mandarin on Tibetan Preschoolers

A Human Rights Watch report reveals China is erasing Tibetan language and culture by forcing Mandarin instruction and political indoctrination in preschools.

Entrance Exam Notification for Admission to Academic Session 2026-27 at  Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath

The Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS), Sarnath, Varanasi, a premier institution established through the collaborative vision of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and the Government of India, announces its Entrance Examination for admission to the academic...

Tibetan Spiritual Festival Organised at Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple in Tokyo

Tokyo: Tibet House Japan and the Save Tibet Network jointly organised a two-day Tibetan Spiritual Festival (May 2-3) at Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple in Tokyo. The Festival also featured a special Photo Exhibition of H.H. the Dalai Lama, showcasing his...

Herbertpur-Based Gongkar Tsedup Lhakhang Holds Mass Feeding Programme Under Ghoton Initiative

Herbertpur: On the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima (Vesak), the Herbertpur-Based Gongkar Tsedup Lhakhang in Dehradun organised a mass feeding programme for more than 3,000 local residents as part of the Ghoton initiative. According to the organisers, this modest...

Shipki-La in Himachal proposed as alternative route for Mt Kailash pilgrimage

(TibetanReview.net, May05’26) – Ahead of its Tibet-border trade reopening on Jun 1 after a gap of six years, the government of Himachal Pradesh has said it is actively pushing to operationalise the Kailash Mansarovar yatra (pilgrimage) through the strategic...

EC revokes voting rights of Tibetans in Nepal’s Choejor again, faces legal challenge

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, May 5: The Central Tibetan Administration’s Election Commission (EC) has once again reversed its stance on the participation of voters from the Choejor Tibetan settlement in Nepal, ultimately revoking their voting rights despite earlier assurances that the final...

HRW Report Says China’s Preschool Policy Undermines Tibetan Language

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 5 April: A new Human Rights Watch report titled Start with the Youngest Children: China Uses Preschools to “Integrate” Tibetans says China’s “Children’s Speech Harmonisation Plan,” introduced in 2021 by the Ministry of Education, has...

Press freedom group raises alarm over deteriorating health of imprisoned journalist in China

Paris:  A leading international press freedom organisation expressed grave concerns over the deteriorating health condition of Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu, citing his family, who said that he was recently hospitalised and diagnosed with an unidentified tumour. Reporters Without Borders...

Dehradun Tibetan Settlement Officer Attends Buddha Purnima (Vesak) Mahotsav 2026

Dehradun: The Tibetan settlement officer of Dehradun, Dr. Tsewang Phuntsok attended a Buddha Purnima (Vesak) celebration organised by Jaya Siddhartha Hospital near Dekyiling Tibetan settlement as the chief guest on 1 May 2026. The event featured Tibetan cultural performances,...

Department of Education Reviews Five Children’s Storybooks and Five Illustrated Children’s Encyclopaedias

Dharamshala: On 29 April, the Education Council under the Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration, convened a meeting to review sets of five children’s storybooks and five illustrated children’s encyclopaedias at the department’s meeting room. As usual, once the...

China: ‘Harmonization Plan’ Erasing Tibetan Language

Policy for Kindergarten Children Imposes Chinese-Medium Environment, Indoctrination – By Human Rights Watch, 4 May 2026 A 2021 Ministry of Education directive—the Children’s Speech Harmonization plan—mandates the use of standard Mandarin Chinese for all preschool instruction and care, including...

Satire under surveillance in Tibet

IN TIBETAN, the word for satire is zurza (ཟུར་ཟ་), which literally means “eating from the sides”. It is an art of indirection, inversion and wit. In Satirical Tibet: The Politics of Humor in Contemporary Amdo, the scholar Timothy Thurston...

EU Stands Firm on the Succession of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Strongly Opposes Any State Interference

Brussels, 5 May: Following a decisive European Parliament debate on China’s “Ethnic Unity Law” on 29 April 2026, European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib delivered a powerful post-debate intervention reaffirming the European Union’s unwavering commitment to Tibetan religious freedom. “The EU...

Language, Lineage and the Survival of Tibetan Buddhism Under China’s Assimilationist Policies

OPINION Commenting on the subject of language, lineage and the survival of Tibetan Buddhism under China’s assimilationist policies, Saurabh Chauhan* explores the impact of Beijing’s new ethnic unity law on Tibetan language, Buddhist transmission, and cultural survival. There’s a...

US lawmakers urge State Dept. to press Nepal on Tibetan refugee rights 

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, May 7: The U.S. House Appropriations Committee, in its fiscal year 2027 report, has called on the U.S. Department of State to press the government of Nepal to safeguard the rights of Tibetan refugees. The committee...

India rejects Nepal’s Lipulekh claim ahead of this year’s Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage

(TibetanReview.net, May04’26) – India has on May 3 rejected Nepal’s objection to its plan, in agreement with China, to organize its Kailash Mansarovar Yatra (pilgrimage) in Tibet this year also for its citizens through the Lipulekh Pass. The pass...

Bangalore-Based Rignor Labs Marks Five Years of Bridging Tibetan Heritage with Modern Technology

By Tenzin Palkyi DHARAMSALA, 2 May: Rignor Labs, a Bangalore-based software firm founded by Lobsang Tashi and Tashi Choetso on 3 January 2021, marks five years since its establishment. It specialises in AI, web, and mobile solutions for businesses...