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US tech enabled China’s surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price
By Tibet Rights Collective Introduction The white dome of Boudhanath rises above the crowded streets of Kathmandu as it has for generations. Crowned by a golden spire and marked wi…
Read more →October 7, 1950: The Day Tibet Lost Its Freedom — But Never Its Soul
By Tibet Rights Collective | October 7, 2025 “They crossed our borders with guns. But they could never conquer our spirit.” On October 7, 1950 , the stillness of Tibet&…
Read more →Global Resistance on China’s 76th National Day: Protests, Locations, and Digital Defiance
China marked its 76th National Day on October 1, 2025, commemorating the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949, the official celebrations in Beijing—complete with f…
Read more →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 …
Read more →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…
Read more →17th Anniversary of the Dalai Lama’s U.S. Congressional Gold Medal: Celebrating a Legacy of Peace and Compassion
On October 17, 2024, the world marks the 17th anniversary of a momentous occasion: the awarding of the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. In 2007, H…
Read more →World Tibet Day 2024
World Tibet Day (WTD), observed annually on July 6th, is a significant event designed to honor Tibetan culture and raise awareness about the Tibetan people’s struggle for fre…
Read more →Protest Disrupts Chinese Ambassador’s Speech at Harvard Conference
In an event that underscored the tensions surrounding China’s policies on Tibet, Hong Kong, East Turkestan, and Taiwan, the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Xie Feng,…
Read more →Chinese authorities detained Tibetan Woman for Social Media Posts
Tsering Tso, a 39-year-old Tibetan woman, was arrested in Drachen County within the Rangkyongjong Tibetan Autonomous Region on December 19, allegedly due to her online posts that w…
Read more →China-Appointed Panchen Lama Presides Over Ordination Ceremony Amidst Crackdown on Religious Freedom in Tibet
On November 4th, 2023, the China-appointed Panchen Lama Gyaltsen Norbu, known widely as the “Fake Panchen” presided over an ordination ceremony at Tashilunbu Temple in …
Read more →Monlam Tibetan IT Research Centre Unveils Pioneering AI Tool, A Historic Moment in Education Software Development
Monlam Tibetan IT Research Centre, a notable education software developer, marked a historic moment by unveiling its pioneering Monlam Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool at the Tibe…
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 →17 October 2007: 16th Anniversary of US Congressional Gold Medal Conferment to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
On October 17, 2007, the Tibetan freedom struggle achieved a significant milestone as His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the United States&#…
Read more →Here Are 10 Things You Need to Know About China`s Exploitative Use of Tourism in Occupied Tibet
On this World Tourism Day, it is crucial to recognize and address China's exploitation of tourism as a means to divert attention from human rights abuses and environmental dest…
Read more →China`s Tibet Forum on Consciousness of the Chinese National Community Raises Concerns on Tibetan Culture
On September 19, 2023, the first Tibet Forum on the Consciousness of the Chinese Community was inaugurated in Lhasa, Tibet, with the stated goal of "Casting the Chinese Soul a…
Read more →Chinese appointed Panchen Lama completes perfectly planned tour of Lhasa in Occupied Tibet
China’s appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, on Tuesday completed a nearly three-month tour of Buddhi…
Read more →China Asserts Historical Claims Over Tibet at UN Event Despite Contrary Historical Facts
Reports suggest that the China Society for Human Rights Studies organized a side event titled "China's Human Rights Philosophy and Practice" at the Palais des Nations…
Read more →China`s Appointed Panchen Lama Undertakes Tour of Tibet Capital, Lhasa
In occupied-Tibet, China-elected Panchen Lama Gyaltsen Norbu is busy orchestrating visits to monasteries, giving lectures on Tibetan Buddhism and meeting Tibetans and Chinese offic…
Read more →Tibet-Mongolia Academic Symposium to Shine Light on Centuries-Old Cultural Bond
This year marks a significant milestone in the history of Mongolia and Tibet, as it commemorates the 110th anniversary of the signing of the "Mongolia-Tibet Mutual Recognition…
Read more →China Exploits Tourism to Distract from Human Rights Violations in Occupied Tibet
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using tourism as a tool to divert attention from the grave human rights violations and environmental degradation taking place in occupied Tibet…
Read more →Prominent Tibetan Writer Bhuchung K. Tsering to receive Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom Award
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation has announced that Bhuchung K. Tsering will be presented with the prestigious Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom. Tsering, a prominent Tibe…
Read more →The Farce called Xizang Development Forum
The 2023 Xizang Development Forum , organized by the Chinese government, is currently underway in Beijing. This high-level international forum reportedly aims to "shed light o…
Read more →China Attempts to Block Uyghur Activist from Speaking at UN Human Rights Council
China has attempted to block Uyghur activist Dolkun Isa from speaking at the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thurday, where he demanded urgent action be taken over allegatio…
Read more →Explained: Shoton Opera Festival
On March 19th, the 26th Shoton Festival took place in Mundgod with Kundeling Tatsak Rinpoche serving as the main guest. The 10-day opera festival featured 11 troupes and was attend…
Read more →China interrupts Tibetan Speaker at UN while highlighting cultural rights violations in Tibet
Source: Tibet.net In a shocking incident at the 52nd UN Human Rights Council Session on March 15th, Representative Thinlay Chukki, Tibetan Speaker, was repeatedly interrupted by th…
Read more →Tibetan filmmaker and political prisoner Dhondup Wangchen visits Canadian parliament to advocate human rights in Tibet
In a historic moment, Dhondup Wangchen, a Tibetan filmmaker and political prisoner, was invited to speak at the Canadian Parliament on Monday, March 13th. The event was organized b…
Read more →CCP’s latest propaganda tool to interfere in Tibetan Buddhism and reincarnation: TV shows
In its attempts to interfere in the reincarnation debates of His Holiness the 14th Dalai lama and further Sinicize Tibetan Buddhism, Chinese Communist Party has started propaganda …
Read more →Will actively contribute to aligning Tibetan Buddhism to Chinese context, says China-appointed Panchen Lama
In a meeting with Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Shi Taifeng, China elected Panchen Lama has said “he would firmly bear in mind the earnest instructions issue…
Read more →Tibetans in Toronto celebrate 110th anniversary of Tibetan Independence Day
On February 12th, Tibetans in Toronto marked a milestone history by commemorating the 110th anniversary of Tibetan Independence Day. In a show of solidarity, a car rally was organi…
Read more →China's new cybersecurity law: a calculated move to separate Tibetans living in Tibet from those in exile
Source: RFA Accoring to Radio Free Asia, the Chinese government has imposed a new cyber law in Tibet on February 01, 2023, Wednesday, with the government announcing harsher punishm…
Read more →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…
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 →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…
Read more →China’s Sinicization programme erasing the country’s fragile cultural diversity
Earlier this year, state-sanctioned Christian bodies in Qingdao city of eastern China established a first-of-its-kind committee to promote “sinicization of Christianity&rdquo…
Read more →I will keep speaking out about Tibet: Senator Rice
By Senator Janet Rice Imagine your country being violently invaded. Tens of thousands of people killed as they defended your country. Imagine your invaders telling you that your co…
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 →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 →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 →20th CCP Congress & Tibet: What are the Implications?
By Tenzin Samphel The 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is underway in Beijing. Ahead of the event, China had started reinforcing its tight control over occu…
Read more →The Book Xi Jinping doesn’t want you to read: Benedict Rogers on his new book, Tibet issue and how Dalai Lama has influenced him
Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer. He is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hong Kong Watch, Senior Analyst for East Asia at the international human rights o…
Read more →Tracking and Decoding China-appointed Panchen Lama Gyaltsen Norbu’s visits to Tibet
Tenzin Tseten and Lakshmi P His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, during his visit to Ladakh, was accorded a hero’s welcome. Hundreds gathered to welcome him as he reached Ladakh…
Read more →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…
Read more →China’s push for ‘Buddhism with Chinese Characteristics’ explained
By Tenzin Tseten and Lakshmi P The United Nations General Assembly has designated 22nd August as the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religi…
Read more →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…
Read more →Ancient Wisdom In A Modern World: HH The Dalai Lama And His Teachings
By Shri Sujeet Kumar, Honourable Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha This 6th of July marked the 87th birthday of His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. Birth anniversarie…
Read more →What Chinese Media Coverage of Michelle Bachelet’s China Visit Tells Us
The visit of the United Nations Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet to China was a golden chance to probe the human rights situation in areas like Xinjiang and Tibet and to hold it acco…
Read more →President Xi’s Odyssey from Savior to Satan towards Buddhism in Tibet & Tibetans Worldwide
By Tenzing Dhamdul Introduction President Xi Jinping coming to power in China brought much optimism especially among many Tibetans and the larger Buddhist community in China becaus…
Read more →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…
Read more →The Luminescence of the Moon Captured by Beijing, The Panchen Lama Conundrum
By T enzing Dhamdul Key Words Panchen Lama: The second highest lama in Tibet especially in the Gelugpa tradition. Gelugpa: One of the major sects in Tibetan Buddhism with its found…
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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