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News · 23 Dec, 2025

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…

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News · 12 Apr, 2025

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…

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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 · 28 Aug, 2024

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Returns to Dharamsala: A Warm and Joyful Homecoming

In a heartwarming homecoming, His Holiness the Dalai Lama returned to Dharamsala today after a two-month journey that included medical treatment for his knees in New York. His arri…

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News · 04 Nov

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…

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News · 17 Oct

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&#…

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News · 14 Aug

Chinese Surveillance Cameras Equipped with Skin Color Analytics Raise Alarming Concerns, Reveals Report

China's surveillance equipment manufacturer Dahua has come under scrutiny for offering cameras with a feature labeled as "skin color analytics," raising serious human…

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News · 11 Aug

Tibetan NGOs Illuminate Candlelight Vigil in Protest of China`s Treatment of Political Prisoners on International Prisoners Justice Day

On International Prisoners Justice Day, several Tibetan non-governmental organizations (NGOs) united in a poignant display of solidarity and advocacy, as they organized a candlelig…

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News · 05 July

Eight Tibetan Students Attempt to Flee to India, Four Arrested and Four Missing Amid reports of Interrogation and Ransom Demands

Four Tibetan students from Second Middle School in Chuchen (Ch: Jinchuan) County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, were arrested while attempting to flee to India, wh…

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News · 29 May

Tibetan Cancer Society Launches Meals for Invisible Food Drive During Saka Dawa

In a heartwarming initiative aimed at bringing compassion and kindness to underprivileged communities, the Tibetan Cancer Society has launched "Meals for Invisible" food …

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News · 15 May

Tibetan Women Association Organizes Peaceful Protest, Demands Release of 11th Panchen Lama

The Tibetan Women Association (TWA) has announced plans to organize a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on 17 May 2023, demanding the immediate release of the 11th Panchen La…

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News · 02 May

Tibetan Youth Congress Launches Month-Long March for Human Rights and Sino-Tibet Conflict International Attention

The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) has launched a month-long "Tibet Matters March" from Gangtok (Sikkim) to Tezpur (Assam), India on April 29, 2023. The march involves over…

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News · 06 Feb

Explained: Why are Tibetans protesting against ThermoFisher?

Tibetan activists and advocate groups from around the world have joined forces and protested against Thermo Fisher to stop selling DNA kits to the Chinese government, which steals …

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News · 23 Sep 2022

Chinese Hacker groups targeting Tibetans in exile to gather Intelligence: Reports

Source: Bloomberg Alleged Chinese state-sponsored hackers are behind a barrage of emails that aim to collect intelligence from a range of targets in Tibet, including pro-independen…

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News · 15 June 2022

Why China’s national park building spree in Tibet is raising concerns

Lhasa: China will set up a new batch of national parks this year on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and in the basins of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, according to the Nationa…

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News · 10 June 2022

Xi Jinping meets top brass of PLA stationed at Chengdu, the 'nerve centre for PLA activities targeted at Tibet'

Chengdu : Reports suggest that Chinese President Xi Jinping, who was on an inspection tour of Sichuan Province held a meeting with the representatives of military officers statione…

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News · 06 June 2022

Tibetan Women’s Association holds awareness program on World Environment Day

Dharamshala: On the occasion of World Environment Day, the women association of the Tibet community has organized an awareness programmed in Dharamshala to highlight Tibet’s …

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News · 04-May-22

Tibetan couple arrested for communicating with exiled relatives: Tibet Watch

Tibet Watch reported that two Tibetans have been arrested in Gyalser County, accused of communicating with exiled family members. On 17 April 2022, a Tibetan man suspected of conta…

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News · 19-Apr-22

A book on Kriti Rinpoche named “Three Lives in One Lifetime” in Tibetan launched

Dharamshala: Tibetan translation of the biography of Kirti Rinpoche by Jianglin Li titled ‘Three Lives in One Lifetime’ was launched at Library of Tibetan Works and Arc…

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News · 19-Apr-22

During the launch of Rinpoche’s biography, speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel extends gratitude to Kyabje Kriti Rinpoche.

Dharamsala : Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, along with Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration, and Geshe Lhakdor, Director o…

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News · 04-Apr-22

CTA Hosts Senior Indian Officials of the Kangra District

Dharamshala: Kangra District senior officials including DC Dr. Nipun Jindal, SP Dr. Kushal Chand Sharma, ADC Rahul Kumar, ADM RohitRathour and AC to DC Dr. Madan Kumar, visited the…

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Report · 9 august 2023

What was Worth a Watch! -Tibetan Film Edition.

Was it during the scorching, sweat dripping hot summer afternoon period in the video lab laughing at Thanu being chased by Anu or was it way before that when I first watched a Tibe…

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Report · 31 March 2023

Book Excerpt: Tibet exerted a huge religious and cultural influence on the Himalayan regions

This excerpt (Pages: 27-30) from Nirupama Rao’s ‘ The Fractured Himalaya: India China Tibet 1949-1962 ’ has been published with permission from Penguin Random Hou…

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Report · 3 November 2022

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…

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Report · 19 October 2022

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…

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Report · 23 September 2022

An Open Letter to World Leaders: Help raise the issue of Tibet Climate Crisis

By Tenzin Tseten "I often joke that the moon and stars look beautiful, but if any of us tried to live on them, we would be miserable. This planet of ours is a delightful habit…

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Report · 7 May 2022

The Chinese Communist Party’s Long-Standing Attempt to Erase Tibetan Language and Why They Will Not Succeed

In 2017, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that the Chinese government must respect Tibetan culture and language . Speaking with the Times of India, His Holiness described how narro…

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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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