By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 2 Sept: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on Wednesday marked the 66th anniversary of Tibetan democracy in exile, commemorating the establishment of the Tibetan People’s Deputies — the precursor to today’s Tibetan Parliament in Exile...

Today is a uniquely important day in the calendar of the exile Tibetan people: it is the 66th anniversary of the day on which His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the indispensable leader of the Tibetan people, out deep sense...

On the 66th anniversary of Tibetan democracy in exile, we offer our deepest gratitude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His Holiness' visionary leadership established a democratic system and inspired Tibetans to embrace democracy. We also express our heartfelt...

By Khedroob Thondup For sixty-seven years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has occupied Tibet, attempting to transform a nation with its own language, culture, and spiritual traditions into a compliant appendage of Beijing. Today, the CCP has reached a...

By Khedroob Thondup China’s proposed mega-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River, located approximately 50 miles from the Indian border, represents one of the most consequential hydropower projects in the Himalayas. While Beijing frames the dam as a renewable energy...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 31 August: The toll from last week’s devastating floods in Tibet’s Kyirong region appears to be significantly higher than figures released by Chinese authorities, according to new information gathered by the International Campaign for Tibet...

By Khedroob Thondup When a glacier avalanche struck Tibet recently, the devastation was immediate and profound. Entire communities were left in shock, families torn apart, and countless lives disrupted. Yet what stands out most is not the natural disaster...

By Khedroob Thondup When a glacier high above the Langtang Lirung peak sheared away and plummeted more than two kilometres into the valley below, the earth itself shuddered. The ice avalanche released seismic energy equivalent to a 5.2 magnitude...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, August 27: A catastrophic flood along the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday devastated Tibetan communities on both sides of the frontier, washing away homes and entire settlement clusters in Nepal while hundreds remain missing across the...

By Khedroob Thondup The Tibetan Plateau is often called the “Third Pole” for its vast reserves of freshwater locked in glaciers and rivers. Yet beneath this image of abundance lies a fragile geological reality: active fault lines, frequent earthquakes,...