By Khedroob Thondup Tibet today is one of the most monitored societies on earth. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has transformed the plateau into a laboratory of surveillance, combining military presence, digital monitoring, and intrusive policing. What Beijing calls...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 15 Oct: Dhundup Gyalpo, the Dalai Lama’s representative in South Africa, said he narrowly escaped death after petrol bombs set his residence and office ablaze on Wednesday night, marking the second such attack on the...

By Khedroob Thondup China’s ruling Communist Party does not believe in universal human rights or the rule of law as understood internationally. Instead, it substitutes “development rights” and Party supremacy for individual freedoms, while systematically repressing dissent, minorities, and...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 15 Oct: Tibetan peace marcher Kalsang Tharchin was stopped by Himachal Pradesh police about four kilometres from Sershu on Thursday while making his way towards Baralacha La Pass amid heavy snowfall, citing concerns for his...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 14 Oct:  A Taiwanese nurse who travelled to Tibet said Chinese state security personnel questioned him about his military background, political views and personal history, according to Taiwanese media reports, offering a glimpse into the...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 13 Oct: The executive committee of the 15th Regional Tibetan Women’s Association (RTWA) in Dharamsala has suspended all official operations and returned its uniforms and local office keys to the Central Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA),...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 12 Oct: Lobsang Choedak, former Secretary of the Central Tibetan Administration’s Election Commission, has assumed office as the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Japan and East Asia, succeeding Dr Tsewang Gyalpo Arya...

By Khedroob Thondup Exile is sustained not only by resilience but also by the compassion of nations willing to shoulder the burdens of the displaced. For Tibetans, that nation has been India. In 1959, as tens of thousands of...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 12 Oct: The New York and New Jersey chapter of the Tibetan National Congress marched from the Chinese Consulate to Times Square on 10 October, marking 100 days since its former president, Pawo (Martyr) Lobga...

By Khedroob Thondup History often turns on moments when warnings are dismissed. In 1952, Gyalo Thondup—brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama—visited Tibet and returned with a stark message: China’s intentions were not benign. He warned the Tibetan Government...