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Tibet Still Not Free New Report Confirms
By Tibet Rights Collective Introduction The 2026 Freedom in the World report by Freedom House presents a stark and deeply troubling picture of Tibet under Chinese rule. As a territ…
Read more →Contextualizing the Epstein Files: Why Mentions of the Dalai Lama Do Not Imply Wrongdoing
Recent media coverage surrounding newly released Jeffrey Epstein-related documents has generated widespread speculation, particularly regarding public figures whose names appear in…
Read more →Chinese Infrastructure Buildup Near India’s Northern Borders: The Eight-Year Surge Since Doklam
True to Mao Zedong’s aphorism that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun,” China’s rise as a global power has been backed by strategic military …
Read more →Education Kalon Tharlam Dolma Changra Strengthens Global Support for Tibetan Education During Germany Visit
By Tibet Rights Collective | October 9, 2025 Bavaria, Germany | October 7, 2025 — Education Kalon (Minister) Tharlam Dolma Changra of the Department of Education, Central Tib…
Read more →Candle March in Bodh Gaya as Tibetan Monks Raise Voice Against Chinese Atrocities
Bodh Gaya, Bihar – The sacred land of Bodh Gaya, revered as the seat of Buddha’s enlightenment, witnessed a powerful display of peace and resistance on Sunday. Hundreds…
Read more →Tibetans Vanish Without Trial: China’s Incommunicado Detention in Ngaba County Must End
Ngaba County in Sichuan Province (historical Amdo region of Tibet) continues to be a hotspot of repression, where Chinese authorities routinely detain Tibetans incommunicado &mdash…
Read more →A Day of Betrayal - How the Seventeen Point Agreement Betrayed Tibet
On 23rd May 1951, a document was signed under duress in Beijing — the infamous Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet. The Chinese government has sinc…
Read more →China and Bangladesh’s Coordinated Pressure on India: Echoes of Tibet in Arunachal and the Seven Sisters
As India navigates heightened tensions with Pakistan, a more insidious challenge emerges from its eastern flank. China, in a brazen act of cartographic aggression, has renamed 27 p…
Read more →Radio Free Asia Faces Uncertain Future: Implications for Tibetan Voices Worldwide
The Tibetan community faces a potential loss of one of its most vital global platforms, as Radio Free Asia (RFA) grapples with the termination of its federal grants under an execut…
Read more →China Jails Tibetan Activist for Exposing Environmental Destruction by Construction Giant
In yet another display of authoritarian control and disregard for the environment, China has sentenced 29-year-old Tibetan activist Tsongon Tsering to eight months in prison. His c…
Read more →Young Tibetan Courageously Challenges Illegal Mining in Tibet
In a recent move to counter growing global awareness of Tibet’s plight, China has deployed a propaganda delegation to Europe. According to a report by the International Campa…
Read more →India’s Hydroelectric Push in Arunachal Pradesh Irked China
China has reacted angrily to reports of India expediting the construction of hydroelectric power projects in the Himalayan region, where Beijing has made territorial claims. The Ch…
Read more →China Tightens Religious Regulations for Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Aiming to Sinicize Places of Worship: HRW
The Chinese government's latest move to tighten control over the religious practices of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region drew criticism from Human Rights Watch . Effective Februa…
Read more →Bharat Tibbat Sahyog Manch Organizes 12th Tawang Tirth Yatra, Advocating Tibet Support and Solidarity
The Bharat Tibbat Sahyog Manch's (BTSM) Assam Prant orchestrated the 12th Tawang Tirth Yatra, a profound spiritual pilgrimage signifying support and solidarity for Tibet, as pe…
Read more →Tibetan Activist Exposes Chinese Communist Regime`s Repression of Tibet at Oslo Freedom Forum in Taiwan
Chime Lhamo, a prominent Tibetan activist and community organizer hailing from Canada, delivered a compelling address at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Taipei on October 18, 2023, where…
Read more →China Expanding Mass Surveillance Network in Tibet: Concerns Over Increased Intrusion and Oppression
A major recent development inside Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) has been the development of a smart platform called “Smart Construction Sites” in housing and municipal …
Read more →UN Expert Mary Lawlor Discloses Confidential Letter to China Regarding Nine Tibetan Environmental Defenders, Letter Now Made Public
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, has made a confidential letter addressed to China concerning the plight of nine Tibetan environmental defenders public…
Read more →Top Afghan Diplomat to Attend Trans-Himalaya Forum in Occupied Tibet
Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister, Mawlavi Amir Khan Muttaqi, embarked on a journey to occupied Tibet on Tuesday to participate in the third meeting of the Trans-Himalayan …
Read more →CCP Utilizes Museums as Instruments of Influence in Tibet: Shaping Narratives and Impacting Cultural Heritage
Amid the increasing number of Tibetan museums and the flourishing preservation of plateau culture, China claims that these cultural institutions play a vital role in promoting educ…
Read more →Tibetan Community protests against Chinese Government at Majnu Ka Tilla ahead of G20 Summit
The Tibetan community staged a protest against the Chinese government at Majnu Ka Tilla in North Delhi, a day before the 18th G20 Summit commences in New Delhi. The protest, organi…
Read more →China`s Greenwashing Conceals Environmental Crisis and Cultural Displacement in Tibet`s Sanjiangyuan Area
In a concerning case of greenwashing, Chinese media has been touting the conservation efforts in the Sanjiangyuan area of Tibet while concealing the grim reality of ongoing ecosyst…
Read more →China`s Order Number 19 Sparks Global Outrage: Escalating Religious Repression in Tibet
The Department of Information & International Relations (DIIR) expresses deep concern over a new Chinese regulation set to take effect on September 1, 2023. This regulation, kn…
Read more →CCP using Museums as Tools Of Propaganda In Occupied Tibet: Distorting History and Suppressing Identity
Museums play a key role in the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage and help understand history better. However, the presence of museums & cultural institutions in o…
Read more →UN Experts demand China Transparency on Nine Imprisoned Tibetan Environmental Activists
The United Nations experts have called on the Chinese government to provide clarifications concerning the fate and well-being of nine Tibetan environmental human rights defenders c…
Read more →Tibetan Woman exposes Chinese Police brutality in Video Amidst wrongful imprisonment case
Gonpo Kyi, the courageous sister of wrongfully imprisoned Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi, has become a symbol of resistance against police brutality in Tibet. The shocking incide…
Read more →U.S. Representatives Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Tackle Imports Linked to Uyghur Forced Labor
U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Carlos A. Giménez (R-FL) have collaborated to introduce the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act, aimed at combating…
Read more →Chinese Authorities Erasing Records of Politically-Motivated Verdicts Against Tibetans, Concealing Repression
Chinese authorities have been systematically removing records of court verdicts involving Tibetans accused of "endangering state security" from publicly accessible databa…
Read more →Sikyong Penpa Tsering Highlights China`s Suppression of Tibet`s Identity and Calls for International Support
Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the democratically elected leader of Tibetans in exile, addressed a seminar in Delhi on Tuesday, June 27, shedding light on China's Tibet policy under Xi…
Read more →Museums used as tools of Propaganda in occupied Tibet
Museums play a key role in the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage and help understand history better. However, the presence of museums & cultural institutions in o…
Read more →CECC Highlights Enforced Disappearance of Panchen Lama, Urges China to End Restrictions
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) has drawn attention to the enforced disappearance of the Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima, shedding light on the ongoing hum…
Read more →We must continue our resistance, keep the Tibet issue alive: Tsering Passang on Tibetan Resistance Movement
Excerpts from our conversation with Tsering Passang la, Founder and Chair of Global Alliance for Tibet & Persecuted Minorities (GATPM), London, England. 1. Could you share the …
Read more →Indian interests are intertwined with the resolution of the Tibetan issue: RK Khrimey on role of CGTC I and importance of Tibet
Excerpts from our conversation with Shri R. K. Khrimey , National Convener of Core Group for Tibetan Cause and former Parliament member. 1. What are your thoughts on the CCP’…
Read more →Say Farewell to China, Say Yes to India-Tibet Border
The world is looking forward to the G20 New Delhi summit in September 2023 under India presidency with hope and anticipation of finding new ways in the direction of holistic develo…
Read more →World Tibet Day is a good example of the solidarity of international community: Sethu Das on Friends of Tibet and his journey
After graduating from the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, Sethu Das went to Srinagar for an assignment and accidentally reached Dharamshala, the seat of the Tibetan Govern…
Read more →Fighting for the Truth: Gonpo Kyi’s Relentless Fight for Dorje Tashi
Tibet, which was unlawfully occupied by China, is the least-free country on earth . According to a report released by freedom watchdog Freedom House, Tibet has a global freedom sco…
Read more →“For Tibet, I must continue walkingâ€: TYC President Gonpo Dhundup on Tibet Matters March
We spoke to Gonpo Dhundup la, President of Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), the largest non-governmental Tibetan organization based in Dharamshala, India, who is currently leading a m…
Read more →An Anguish, an Everlasting Trauma: The Dalai Lama is a leader of the world
By Tenzing Dhamdul, FNVA “Someone who has little knowledge, Will find fault with those who understand. All look with awe on expensive belongings, But who would notice a piece…
Read more →Life and Legacy of 10th Panchen Lama
25th April 2023, marked the 34th birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama Gedun Choekyi Nyima, who has remained till now, missing for 28 years, after the Chinese government kidnapped him …
Read more →Tibetans protest misrepresentations of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
English Translation By Dhardon Sharling This is an English translation of an article published this morning in DERSTANDARD (The Standard), a widely-read German-language newspaper b…
Read more →Free Tibet, Go Back China
By Novanita Sharma This is in response to the reports of the unauthorized renaming of 11 places situated inside Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh by the Chinese government rece…
Read more →Tibet & Losar 2023 : Looking Back and Ahead
The events of 2022 tested Tibet and Tibetans more than any other sovereign nations. China’s continued aggressive policy, coupled with Xi Jinping assertive control over the po…
Read more →Every Tibetan born after 1959 is born as an activist: Chemi Lhamo on her love for the Land of Snow, No Beijing 2022 protests and Tibetan Resilience
A human rights activist and community organiser, Chemi Lhamo is recognized in Canada’s national current affairs and news magazine Maclean’s Top 50 Power List of 2022. L…
Read more →Mass Protest Rally by pan-Europe Tibetans in Rome this March
By Tenzin Kunga, Advocacy Officer, Free Tibet Large contingents of Tibetans living across Europe will gather in Italy’s historic capital city on 10th March to mark the 64th a…
Read more →Favourite Tibet Reads of 2022
2022 is almost over. As the year draws to a close, we asked researchers, activists and journalists to name their favourite Tibet reads of 2022 that left an impression on them. Here…
Read more →Chinese officials in Tibet who killed Tibetans and schemed the Galwan incident sanctioned
Introduction This International Human Rights Day, we Tibetans and all those who suffer and continue to suffer under the strict authoritarian Chinese Communist regime were given fur…
Read more →On the occasion of Human Rights Day, why should we discuss Tibet?
By Tenzin Samphel An 81-year-old Tibetan named Taphun set himself on fire on March 27, 2022; it was the last known case of a person on a long list of Tibetans who have self-immolat…
Read more →Jiang Zemin & his tainted Tibet Legacy
By Team TRC China has been rocked by widespread protests against its irrational, absurd and brutal Zero-COVID policy and unscientific lockdowns since the last few weeks. Referred t…
Read more →No End in Sight: Tracking Three months of Zero-COVID repression & Lockdown in Tibet
“We just want to go home.” Han migrant workers in Tibet’s capital Lhasa protesting against the extended lockdown and Chinese Communist Party’s Zero-COVID po…
Read more →Tibetans in Occupied Tibet: Second-Class Citizens in their own Land
By Tenzin Tsephel On October 8 2022, a Chinese woman named Liu posted a racist video on WeChat, where she talked about wiping out Tibetans from Lhasa and called for the Chinese to …
Read more →On World Refugee Day, Don't Forget Tibet
By Benedict Rogers (Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Hong Kong Watch) As we mark World Refugee Day today, there are many parts of the world which require our attention. We think m…
Read more →What Does Sikyong Penpa Tsering’s Washington Tour Entail for the Tibetan Movement?
By Lakshmi P Central Tibetan Administration’s Sikyong, Penpa Tsering, is currently on a 5-day tour to the United States which is set to conclude on April 29, 2022. Reports ha…
Read more →China’s Policy of Preemption in Tibet: An Ominous Future?
Xi Jinping’s centennial goal of building a modern and socialist China, based on the ideas of national rejuvenation and national unity, has Tibet as its core driver in more wa…
Read more →The Return & the Rise of Self-Immolations: China’s Failed Policies & Propaganda in Tibet
“Someone who was a poster boy of assimilating with the Chinese system took his life in this overtly political protest. This makes Norbu’s self-immolation even more powe…
Read more →Tibet Brief 2021
Introduction “My message for the Chinese government is Free Tibet. Tibet belongs to Tibetans.” Enes Kanter Freedom is perhaps the one significant voice in 2021 that mad…
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