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Speaker Dolma Tsering Tsering Teykhang to Visit Ladakh

Dharamshala: Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang is scheduled to visit Ladakh to attend the 91st birthday celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on 6 July 2026. The Speaker will leave from Dharamshala to Delhi via Amritsar on 3 July, and...

China Hollows Out Regional Ethnic Rights Behind a Facade of Autonomy

China’s constitution has long promised a degree of autonomy to its ethnic minority regions, including Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, through the framework of regional ethnic autonomy. The… The post China Hollows Out Regional Ethnic Rights Behind a Facade...

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Attends the Grand Commemorative Ceremony of Gratitude, Marking the 700th Birth Anniversary of the Lhodrak Drupchen Namkha Gyalts...

Dharamshala: The 700th birth anniversary of the revered Tibetan Buddhist master Lhodrak Drupchen Namkha Gyaltsen was commemorated at the auditorium of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) on 1 July 2026. The event was attended by the heads...

China’s ethnic assimilation law condemned in bipartisan draft US Senate resolution, also by legal and rights experts, multi-country lawmakers

(TibetanReview.net, Jul01’26) – China’s falsely titled law designed to assimilate its ethnic minorities – the so-called Law on Ethic Unity (or solidarity) and Progress – continues to be strongly condemned across the free world, including at the UN Human...

China’s New “Ethnic Unity” Regulations and the Future of Tibetan Identity: A Critical Examination of Cultural Assimilation, Language Policy, and State...

OPINION Gyaltsen Choedak* says China’s Regulations on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which came into force on Jul 1, symbolize an ongoing struggle over language, memory, culture, and identity, with China being bent on erasing them all in this...

TCHRD Workshop equips Tibetan youth with human rights knowledge and advocacy skills 

Twenty-one Tibetan college students and members of the Voluntary Tibet Advocacy Group (V-TAG) came together in Kochi, Kerala, from 24-25 June for a two-day workshop aimed at strengthening their understanding of human rights, the human rights situation in Tibet,...

32nd TVHA Governing Body Meeting Reviews Key Administrative and Development Matters

Dharamshala: The 32nd Governing Body Meeting of the Tibetan Voluntary Health Association (TVHA) was held on 30 June 2026 under the chairmanship of Pema Tso (Kalon), Chairperson of the Governing Body. The meeting commenced with a welcome address by...

U.S. Senators Introduce Resolution Condemning China’s Ethnic Unity Law

U.S. senators introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning China’s ethnic unity law and urging repeal, monitoring, and possible sanctions.

Tibetan Groups Protest China’s Ethnic Unity Law in Dharamshala

Tibetan activists in Dharamshala protested China’s ethnic unity law, warning it threatens Tibetan identity, language, and culture.

Newsletter: In Remembrance of the 37th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre

Growing up in China, the fourth of June was a blank space on the calendar. It was a date carefully scrubbed from our history books and silenced by the state. I spent the first 18 years of my life...

Exile Tibetans condemn China’s ‘Ethnic Unity Law’ as threat to Tibetan identity

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, July 1: Exiled Tibetans in Dharamshala joined a worldwide ‘Global Day of Action’ on Wednesday to denounce the implementation of China’s new “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress,” describing it as a state-backed legal framework...

Trio of bipartisan measures in U.S. Congress join the global backlash against China’s repressive new law

June 30, 2026 Global condemnation of China’s new Ethnic Unity and Progress Law (EUPL) is growing ahead of its July 1 entry into force, with U.S. lawmakers advancing three bipartisan congressional measures urging the repeal of the law and...

Global condemnation mounts as China accused of using ethnic unity law to erase Tibetan identity

The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has intensified its criticism of China's newly enacted Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, calling it a major step toward institutionalising the assimilation of Tibetans and other ethnic minorities, as reported by Phayul.

Tibetans Worldwide Protest China’s Ethnic Unity Law as It Takes Effect

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 1 July: Tibetans across the world staged coordinated protests on Wednesday as China’s Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress came into force, with a coalition of four Tibetan non-governmental organisations leading demonstrations in Dharamsala...

Tibetan activists protest China’s new ‘Ethnic Unity’ law

Tibetan NGOs launched a Global Day of Action protesting China's new "Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress." Activists warn that the 62-article framework, effective July 1, officially codifies the forced erasure of Tibetan language, culture, and traditions, transforming...

UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Tibet Condemns China’s ‘Ethnic Unity and Progress Law’ as an Instrument of Forced Assimilation

Dharamshala: The UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Tibet has strongly condemned the implementation of China’s so-called “Ethnic Unity and Progress Law”, warning that the legislation institutionalises the Chinese government’s policy of forced assimilation and poses serious threats to...

German Foreign Ministry Voices ‘Great Concern’ Over China’s Ethnic Unity Law and Risk of Transnational Repression

Berlin: The German Federal Foreign Office has expressed serious concern over a new Chinese law on “ethnic unity and progress” that takes effect on 1 July 2026, warning that it could further undermine the rights of ethnic and religious...

Tibetan political leader raises global alarm over China’s ‘Ethnic Unity Law’

As China’s controversial Ethnic Unity Law came into effect on Wednesday, the Tibetan political leader has urgently appealed to world leaders and human rights organisation to “oppose, reject and call for its repeal” stating that “the legislation could accelerate...

U.S. Senate Introduces Bipartisan Resolution on the “Ethnic Unity and Progress Law”

Washington, D.C.: On Wednesday, 24 June, a bipartisan resolution, S.Res. 791, was introduced in the United States Senate to condemn China’s “Ethnic Unity and Progress Law.” The resolution was submitted by Senator Jacky Rosen, along with Senators Jeff Merkley,...

Sikyong issues urgent global appeal over China’s new “Ethnic Unity and Progress Law”

The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) President Sikyong Penpa Tsering, on behalf of the Tibetan people and Central Tibetan Administration, on Tuesday issued an urgent appeal to governments, foreign ministries, parliamentarians, think tanks, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) worldwide through official...

China forcibly closes prominent private school that provided specialized education in Tibetan culture and language for past 17 years

Tibetan students at Hungkar Dorjee Vocational High School, which Chinese authorities forcibly shut down on June 24, 2026. Credit: Sources On June 24, 2026, the Chinese government forced the permanent shutdown of Hungkar Dorje Vocational High School, a prominent...

International opposition mounts against China’s new ethnic unity law as CTA urges coordinated action

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, June 30: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) President Penpa Tsering on June 26 issued a strong appeal to governments and civil society organisations worldwide, urging coordinated and concerted opposition to the People’s Republic of China’s newly...

Erasing Uyghur, Tibetan and Mongolian Languages and Cultures and Mandarin Supremacy

OPINION Since language is inseparable from cultural and religious identity to the Uyghur, Tibetan, and Mongolian communities, China’s requirement that they adopt Mandarin in school education and public institutions under its new law strikes at the very survival of...

Czech, Swiss Tibet support lawmakers condemn ethnic assimilation law Beijing defends as modernization drive

(TibetanReview.net, Jun30’26) – Tibet support groups in the Czech and Swiss parliaments have condemned China’s Law on Promoting Ethnic unity and Progress, which is set to come into force on Jul 1, seeing it as a coercive move to...

US China Committee Warns New Law Targets Critics Abroad

U.S. China Committee Chairman John Moolenaar warned China’s ethnic unity law could target critics abroad and legitimize abuses.