Advocates say China razes monks’ homes to restrict religious freedom and further ethnic unity law’s reach in Tibet.

By Jayanta Bhattacharya NEW DELHI-Afghanistan has seen an apparent “increase” in India’s pragmatic engagement with the Taliban authorities in recent months, as the regime marks five years of rule in Kabul this month. India’s diplomatic ties with Afghanistan have...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 18: The son of imprisoned Chinese pro-democracy activist Zhang Yi has questioned the legal basis of the “inciting separatism” charge brought against his father, saying he cannot understand how the simple act of showing a photograph of...

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The ongoing "Peace Walk for Free Tibet" in the United States reached Milton, Wisconsin, on Friday, with members of the local Tibetan community, including Kunga Norbu, nephew of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, and Jigme Jungney, former Representative...

August 18, 2026 Seventh-generation leadership in Tibet will be shaped by two guiding principles that institutionalize centralized Party control and accelerate Beijing's forced assimilation of Tibetans: the Ethnic Unity and Progress Law and Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building....

August 18, 2026 As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) prepares for its 21st Party Congress in 2027, developments in 2025–2026 indicate that Beijing is cultivating a more repressive leadership in Tibet to deepen political control and accelerate its policies...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 18 August: Chinese authorities in Chengdu are reportedly extending their scrutiny of religious belief into public institutions, with a public hospital requiring all employees to disclose their religious affiliations and schools collecting information on the...

In a post on X, Shivakumar said, "Shri Chophel Thupten, Member of the Tibetan Parliament, called upon me today."

By Khedroob Thondup For more than six decades, Beijing has clung to Tibet with a grip that is both suffocating and self-defeating. Six million Tibetans live under policies of suppression, surveillance, and cultural erasure. Yet when one strips away...