By Khedroob Thondup For decades, Beijing has tried to erase Tibet from the global stage. Xi Jinping’s government has passed laws designed to suffocate Tibetan culture, restrict religious practice, and criminalize dissent. Yet despite these efforts, the Tibetan issue...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 25 Sept: More than 2,000 Tibetans from across North America, along with Uyghurs, Southern Mongolians, Hong Kongers, Taiwanese and Chinese democracy activists, took to the streets of Washington, D.C., on Thursday to protest Chinese President...

By Khedroob Thondup China’s governance of Tibet has always been marked by a deep mistrust of Tibetans themselves. The appointment of Hu Changsheng as Party Secretary in Tibet is yet another reminder of this reality. Hu does not speak...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 24 Sept: Tibetan activists staged multiple demonstrations in Washington, DC, on Wednesday against Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the US, with pro-China demonstrators attempting to block Tibetan banners and flags along his motorcade route...

Tibetan NGOs Condemn China for Suspicious Death and Hasty Cremation of Tulku Hungkar, Demand International Investigation

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 23 Sept: Tibetan educational sociologist and Tibet specialist Dr Gyal Lo has been awarded the 2026 Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Medal of Courage in recognition of his research and advocacy on China’s boarding-school system for Tibetan...

By Khedroob Thondup The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) United Front Work Department (UFWD) has been actively engaging with the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, in a bid to influence Tibetan Buddhism and assert control over its spiritual leadership. This...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 23 Sept: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on Wednesday launched the first observance of Tibetan National Identity Preservation Week, an initiative established in response to China’s Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which came...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 22 Sept: The whereabouts and well-being of prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader and educator Choktrul Dorje Ten remain unknown more than nine months after his arbitrary detention by Chinese authorities, despite seven formal appeals submitted by...

An extraordinary display of political amnesia- that was my immediate thought while watching the house stretch, pull and twist Article 56 of the Charter of the Tibetans in exile on 18th September. The episode followed the Sikyong (President) of...