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News · 07 Jun, 2026

Tibet Cultural Identity Is Being Erased Through Education and the World Must Respond

A new generation of Tibetan children is being raised in schools that teach them who they are not. This is what systematic cultural erasure looks like in the modern era. The struggl…

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News · 21 Mar, 2026

China Expands Chengdu J 20 Presence in Tibet Raising Alarms Along India Border

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tibet Rights Collective TRC China has reportedly intensified its military footprint in Tibet with the deployment of advanced stealth fighter jets near the Ind…

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News · 08 Mar, 2026

Remembering the Tibetan National Uprising and the Unbroken Spirit of a Nation

Every year on March 10 , Tibetans across the world commemorate one of the most defining moments in their modern history the 1959 Tibetan Uprising . This day marks the courage of th…

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News · 27 Jan, 2026

UN Experts Sound Alarm Over Widespread Forced Labour of Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Other Minorities in China

Geneva - United Nations human rights experts have raised grave concerns over what they describe as a systematic, state-imposed regime of forced labour targeting Uyghurs, Tibetans, …

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News · 14 Jan, 2026

Venezuela Taiwan and Tibet How Trump Policies and Chinese Expansion Threaten the Global Order

Report by Tibet Rights Collective In 2026 President Donald Trumps military operation in Venezuela removing Nicolas Maduro and asserting United States control over the countrys oil …

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News · 08 Nov, 2025

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 …

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News · 29 Oct, 2025

Tibet’s Shapeshifting River Reveals Signs of Environmental Instability And Human Activity Behind It

A recent NASA Earth Observatory satellite photo, featured in Live Science (October 2025), has drawn global attention to a remarkable yet worrying phenomenon in Tibet. The Yarlung Z…

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News · 25 Oct, 2025

China Expands Missile Base in Tibet, Intensifying Regional Tensions and Threatening Asian Stability

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh), October 24 — New satellite imagery has revealed alarming construction activity near Golmud in the so-called Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Q…

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News · 22 Aug, 2025

China’s Duplicity Exposed: Navigating Global Tensions with Deceptive Diplomacy

In the volatile geopolitical landscape of 2025, China’s actions reveal a calculated strategy of duplicity, as it balances charm offensives with aggressive expansionism. While…

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News · 03 Jul, 2025

The Legacy of the Dalai Lamas: A Journey from the 1st to the 14th

The institution of the Dalai Lama, a cornerstone of Tibetan Buddhism, spans over six centuries and encompasses 14 recognized reincarnations, each believed to embody the Bodhisattva…

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News · 04 Jun, 2025

From Lhasa to Tiananmen: A Shared Struggle for Freedom

In the shadow of towering empires, where state propaganda seeks to erase memory and truth, there live stories too powerful to be silenced—stories of resistance, courage, and …

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News · 23 May, 2025

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…

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News · 18 May, 2024

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…

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News · 03 Apr, 2025

China Deploys Army Veterans in Tibetan Schools

China has begun deploying retired army veterans as “on-campus instructors” in Tibetan schools, subjecting children as young as six to military and political training. T…

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News · 09 Mar, 2025

The Tibetan Uprising of 1959: A Defiant Struggle for Freedom

Introduction March 10, 1959, remains a pivotal date in Tibetan history - a day that symbolizes the resilience of the Tibetan people in their fight against Chinese occupation. After…

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News · 29 Jan, 2025

Red Flag Over Tibet: How China is Militarizing Tibetan Schools

In a recent and deeply concerning development, China’s ruling authorities have intensified their campaign to indoctrinate Tibetan youth by extending military-style “nat…

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News · 29 Dec, 2024

China’s Military Deployment and Massive Crackdown at Larung Gar Buddhist Academy

China’s latest military deployment at the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, Serthar County, Karze, signifies yet another attempt to tighten control over Tibetan religious institut…

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News · 11 Dec, 2024

Chinese Geopolitical Buddhism: Real Panchen Lama is Captive, and the Fake is in Nepal

The upcoming visit of Gyaltsen Norbu, the Chinese-appointed 11th Panchen Lama, to Nepal has triggered significant debate over China’s strategic use of Tibetan Buddhism to exe…

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News · 22 Oct, 2024

Inspired by Tibetan Wildlife: Eco-tales from Tibet

Which one is your spirit animal? By Michael Buckley Ten years ago, I was invited to a meeting of the Elephant Society in Hong Kong. This conservation group, supported by well-heele…

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News · 09 Jan

China Allocates $11.3 Billion for occupied Tibet Infrastructure amid Dual-Use Concerns

The Chinese government has announced plans to allocate $11.3 billion for infrastructure development in Tibet this year, according to reports from Xinhua. It has claimed that &ldquo…

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News · 27 Dec

Controversy Surrounds Opening of Mao Zedong Statue Museum in Tibet

While the recent inauguration of the Chairman Mao Statue Museum in Tibet commemorated Mao Zedong's 130th birth anniversary, it has triggered controversy due to the revisionist …

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News · 04 Dec

Tibet`s Railway Network Surges: White Paper Reveals Expansion Amid Strategic Concerns

Tibet's railway infrastructure has experienced a remarkable surge, expanding from 701 km in 2012 to 1,359 km in 2022, as unveiled in a recent white paper from China's State…

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News · 17 Nov

Tibet Advocacy Group Expresses Concern Over Absence of Tibet Discussion in Biden-Xi Meeting

In a statement released post the summit, the International Campaign for Tibet urges direct dialogue between the US and Tibetan representatives, citing ongoing human rights abuses i…

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News · 02 Nov

Global Parliamentarians and Uyghur Advocates Convene in Tokyo to Address Uyghur Rights and Human Rights Abuses

The "International Uyghur Forum: Global Parliamentarian Convention" took place in Tokyo, Japan, from October 30 to 31, 2023, bringing together parliamentarians, Uyghur ri…

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News · 19 Oct

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 …

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News · 12 Oct

China conducts Military Training for students at Tibet University for Nationalities

Reports indicate that students at Tibet University for Nationalities, have been subjected to military-style training activities, including drills and exercises to “build a so…

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News · 05 Oct

China`s completion of Longest Tunnel in Occupied Tibet Raises Concerns

China recently celebrated the completion of the longest tunnel on the Lhasa-Shigatse Expressway project in occupied Tibet. The project, which is being undertaken in occupied Tibet,…

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News · 03 Oct

China to host 3rd Trans-Himalaya Forum Amid Border Tensions near Tibet`s Sensitive Border

China is preparing to host the 3rd Trans-Himalaya Forum for International Cooperation in Nyingchi, Tibet, and Pakistan's acting foreign minister, Jalil Abbas Jilani, is slated …

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News · 10 Aug

Nepal`s decision to receive Drones from China raises concerns over Sovereignty and Security

Nepal's recent decision to acquire 21 drones from China has sparked discussions about the implications for the nation's security and sovereignty. While the move is presente…

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News · 11 July

Chinese Authorities Intensify Efforts to Influence Tibetan Kindergarten Children through Military Education and Ideological Imposition

The Chamdo Military Division has organized an immersive national defense education program specifically tailored for Tibetan kindergarten children. This program involved 50 teacher…

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Report · 07 Feb, 2026

China’s Transnational Grip: The Battle for the Tibetan Narrative

The People's Republic of China and dissent - never a happy marriage. On a domestic level, the relationship could easily be called toxic, oppressive, even violent. For the econo…

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Report · 11 December 2023

Freedom for Tibet is Justice for Tibet: An interview with Sri. Soumyadeep Datta

Many Indian leaders apart from the Indian people have supported the cause of Tibetan freedom movement, against the unjust Chinese regime of oppression and violence in Tibet. The Ti…

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Report · 14 Nov

DIFF (Dharamshala International Film Festival) 2023

Founded by filmmakers and artists Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin, DIFF welcomed its 12th edition from 4th to 7th November in Upper Tibetan Children Village School, Dal lake, Dharamsh…

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Report · 04 September 2023

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…

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Report · 3 august 2023

The Dalai Lamas Journey to Ladakh: Tracing His Visits and Teachings in the Region

“Down on the plains there’s so much cloud and rain, I missed the blue sky. So, I flew up to Ladakh and the clear blue sky became visible again”. Thousands of peop…

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Report · 5 July 2023

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…

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Report · 6 May 2023

“For Tibet, I must continue walking”: 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…

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Report · 6 April 2023

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…

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Report · 13 February 2023

110th Anniversary of the 13th Dalai Lama’s Tibetan Declaration of Independence

Today - February 13, 2023 – marks the 110th anniversary of the historic Declaration of Independence; Tibet’s leader, the 13th Dalai Lama proclaimed in 1913 that his cou…

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Report · 12 January 2023

Humanity should not be a dead species! Panchen Lama: A Life in Prison

By Tenzin Jampa A Life In Prison 17 May 1995. It was like any other day for him. He was happy. He was content. After all, for the whole afternoon, he had been running around the gr…

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Report · 7 December 2022

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…

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Report · 11 November 2022

Tibetans and Football: An Affair to Remember

By Tenzin Samphel “In order to be a real country, you need a beer, an airline, and a football team.”: Frank Zappa Every Friday, Tenzin Sonam (name changed) rushes to Ch…

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Report · 26 October 2022

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 …

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Report · 9 September 2022

Significance of the Dalai Lama’s visit to Ladakh

By Tenzin Samphel His Holiness the Dalai Lama chose the remote Himalayan region of Ladakh for his first visit outside Dharamshala since the outbreak of COVID19 in 2019. This is not…

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Report · 2 September 2022

Sovereignty in Settler Colonial Times: Kinship and Education in the Tibetan Exile Community

By Dawa Lokyitsang (This article was originally published on The American Ethnologist and Lhakar Diaries ) When the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, along with his administration and more th…

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Report · 15 August 2022

Happy 75th Independence Day to India!

By Youdon Aukatsang, Member, 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile I am a second generation Tibetan born and educated in India, raised with a deep sense of connection to an imagined Tib…

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Report · 4 August 2022

Sound and Fury: Analysing Chinese Response to Anything that has Tibet in it

By Lakshmi P & Jyotsna Jayaram United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is currently on an Asia tour. The mere rumours of Pelosi including Taiwan- a self-ruled island that Chin…

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Report · 17 July 2022

The Cries of Self-Immolation by Tibetans Echo Repression and Oppression by Beijing

By Tenzing Dhamdul Research Associate, FNVA Prologue: We humans are capable of great things, when we work together. However not all phenomenon leads to a morally good conclusion in…

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Report · 8 July 2022

Analysing Japan’s Approach To The Tibetan Question

Note: This article was originally published in The Global Order on March 8, 2022 and is being republished on July 8, 2022 in light of Shinzo Abe’s assassination. On February …

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Report · 20 June 2022

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…

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Report · 9 June 2022

Bedding with Authoritarian Regimes: Is the West losing its Core Principles over Trade and short-term Gains?

By Tsering Passang(Founder and Chairman of Global Alliance for Tibet & Persecuted Minorities) The rugged mountains of remote Mustang, near the Nepal-Tibet border, was a perfect…

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Report · 12 May 2022

The Dalai Lama, Buddhism & Peace: Drawing Parallels from History

The words Dalai Lama, Buddhism, and peace have become synonymous these days. In a popular television series called “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”, a British-Ameri…

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Report · 11 April 2022

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…

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Report · 10 March, 2022

Education in Tibet: An Indoctrination Tool of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

Introduction In the month of July 2021, without giving any official reason, the Chinese authorities in Golog, eastern Tibet, ordered [1] to shut down a private Tibetan school, Seng…

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Report · 10 March 2022

The 17 point Agreement- A guide to Beijing’s Wolf Warrior Diplomacy

Introduction When the communist government came to power, they called upon reclaiming all the territories under the former Qing dynasty, ironically the dynasty regime was so despis…

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Report · 1 February 2022

The Spirit of the Panchsheel Agreement & the Need for Its Revival

India was among the first countries to recognize the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as an authorized government. The tone of the relationship between the two sides has vari…

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Report · 1 January 2022

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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