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Chinese authorities force closure of Tibetan girls’ school in Amdo Golog
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 17: The Prairie Talent Girls’ School, also known as the Grassland Girls’ School or Snowland Grassland Girls’ School, was permanently closed on August 27, 2026, according to a post shared by the Sino-Tibet dialogue platform,...
"Tibetan Issue Will Remain Alive": Dalai Lama To NDTV
For most of the time, the Tibetan cause and the leader have been almost the same thing in the public mind. As he ages, the debate over what comes next has only grown louder
Narrow escape for Dalai Lama’s South Africa Representative in second nighttime arson attack in three months
(TibetanReview.net, Oct16’26) – The office and residence housing the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in South Africa’s capital Pretoria has been severely damaged in a life-threatening arson attack for the second time in three months on Oct...
ICT statement on the petrol-bomb attack on Office of Tibet in Pretoria
October 16, 2026 The International Campaign for Tibet strongly condemns the petrol-bomb attack on the Office of Tibet in Pretoria, South Africa. This violent assault, which targeted both the Office of Tibet’s workplace and residence, represents a dangerous escalation...
Stapled visa row prevents Arunachal weightlifter from crucial world championship meet in China
(TibetanReview.net, Oct16’26) – India has been forced to withdraw a weightlifter belonging to Arunachal Pradesh from the upcoming Senior World Weightlifting Championships to be held in Ningbo after Chinese authorities indicated that he would be issued a visa stapled...
International Campaign for Tibet launches rare new conversation series honoring the life and legacy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
October 16, 2026 Hosted by longtime Tibet advocate and ICT Chairman Richard Gere, Richard Gere In Conversation: Tibet and the Heart of Compassion is specially timed to commemorate the 19th anniversary of His Holiness receiving the Congressional Gold Medal,...
Department of Home Organises Eight-Day Capacity-Building Workshop for TSO Accountants
Dharamshala, 16 October 2026: The Department of Home, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), organised a TSO Accountants’ Capacity-Building Workshop for newly appointed and less-experienced accountants with fewer than five years of work experience from Tibetan Settlement Offices (TSOs) across India....
Department of Finance Holds 42nd Governing Body Meeting of Tibetan Administrations Welfare Society
Dharamshala: The 42nd Governing Body Meeting of the Tibetan Administration’s Welfare Society (TAWS) was held on 13 October 2026 at the Department of Finance, Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamsala. The meeting was chaired by Tsering Dhondup, Vice-Chairperson of the Society....
Education Kalon Urgyen Tenzin Visits Tibetan Schools in Bylakuppe, Underscores Importance of Preserving Tibetan Identity
Dharamshala: From 10 to 13 October, Kalon Urgen Tenzin, accompanied by Jamyang Wangyal, Head of the Modern Education and Counselling Section, from the Department of Education (CTA), visited Lugsum Samdrupling and Dekyi Larsoe Tibetan settlements in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, to...
Tibet Under Watch: China’s Expanding Surveillance State
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...
Dalai Lama’s representative in South Africa narrowly escapes death in second firebomb attack
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...
Tibetan Sikyong globally highlights Tibet issues while attending Forum 2000 meeting in Czech Republic
(TibetanReview.net, Oct15’26) – Visiting the Czech capital Prague for the 30th Forum 2000 Conference (Oct 11-13), Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the executive head of the Central Tibetan Administration, met with lawmakers and other leaders from several countries as well as...
Dalai Lama’s South Africa Office destroyed by firebomb attack, his representative escapes unharmed
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 15: Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s representative in South Africa, Dhundup Gyalpo, narrowly escaped a firebomb attack on his residence and office in Lyttelton Manor, Centurion, late Wednesday night, October 14, after the...
Dalai Lama’s birthday, politically sensitive events used to target Tibetans online, TibCERT warns.
Tenzin Nydon DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 15: Chinese state-linked cyber threat actors exploited the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 91st birthday celebrations and other politically sensitive Tibetan events to conduct espionage operations against the Tibetan diaspora, including through...
Tibetan Government-in-Exile Tells World: Prepare Now for Dalai Lama's Succession
Who gets to recognise Dalai Lama's his successor is now a sensitive issue between the exiles and Beijing.
Tibetan leader raises concerns over China’s religious interference, Dam projects at Prague Democracy Forum
Sikyong Penpa Tsering, head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), raised concerns over China’s alleged suppression of Tibetan identity, interference in Buddhist religious traditions and environmental policies during the 30th Forum 2000 Conference in Prague, according to a report...
Tibetan Population In India Shrinks as Fewer Refugees Arrive, Young People Leave
Tibetan Children's Villages (TCV) shows the scale of the change. The Dalai Lama founded the residential school network in 1960 to look after refugee children, and it grew as new groups arrived in India.
China’s Human Rights Mirage: Rule by Party, Not Rule of Law
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...
Sikyong Penpa Tsering Wraps Up Official Engagements in the Czech Republic with Media Outreach
Prague, Czech Republic: On 14 October 2026, the concluding day of his official engagements around the Forum 2000 Conference in Prague, Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration focused his outreach on prominent Czech national media to amplify...
Heavy Snow Forces Tibetan Peace Marcher to Turn Back Near Sershu
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...
Sikyong Engages Czech Parliamentary Leaders, Mozambican MP Ivone Soares, Czech Presidential Official Daniel Štech & Former Ambassador Eliška Žigová in...
Prague, Czech Republic: On 13 October 2026, the third day of the 30th Forum 2000 Conference, Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration engaged in a packed series of bilateral meetings, diplomatic discussions, and high-level parliamentary engagements in...
SARD Conducts Three-day Workshop on Enhancing Project Management Skills for CTA Officers
Dharamshala: The Social and Resource Development Fund (SARD), Department of Finance, Central Tibetan Administration, organised a three-day workshop on ‘Enhancing Project Management Skills’ from 12 to 14 October 2026 at Sarah College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Dharamshala. A total...
India reasserts sovereignty over Ladakh as China rejects naming of 28 strategic locations
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 14: India has reaffirmed that Ladakh, which shares a border with occupied Tibet, is an “integral and inalienable” part of the country after China objected to New Delhi’s decision to standardise the names of 28...
India reiterates border stability condition for normal ties as China rejects its Ladakh map assertions
(TibetanReview.net, Oct14’26) – India’s external affairs minister S Jaishankar has on Oct 13 made an emphatic reiteration of New Delhi’s position that if China wanted a normal bilateral relationship, the border between the two countries had to be stable....

























