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Tibetan Children’s Paintings Celebrate Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday in Dharamshala
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh), August 18 (ANI/Tibet Rights Collective) – Ninety vibrant paintings created by Tibetan children from across the globe are currently on display …
Read more →Nepal`s Himalaya Airlines Initiates Historic Flight Route to Lhasa, Tibet
Source: Radio Free Asia Nepal's Himalaya Airlines has made history by becoming the first foreign airline to commence regular flights to Lhasa, the regional capital of Tibet. Th…
Read more →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…
Read more →Tibet`s Winter Tourism Promotion raises Concerns Over Chinese Propaganda
The Chinese government has announced a comprehensive winter tourism promotion strategy that includes free access to iconic tourist destinations like the Potala Palace in Lhasa. Thi…
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 →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 →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 →Chinese Authorities Disrespect Religious Sites in Tibet and East Turkistan, Prioritizing Tourist Access over Spiritual Rights
Chinese authorities are showing a shocking disregard for the religious rights and cultural heritage of Tibetans and Uyghurs in East Turkistan (Xinjiang). Reports indicate that reli…
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 →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 →Chinese Authorities Foster National Identity Among Tibetan Children with Education Tours
Chinese authorities are continuing their efforts to foster a sense of national identity among Tibetan children. Recently, 27 students from 10 schools in Lhasa's Chengguan Distr…
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 →Avalanche kills at least eight people on Tibet highway
Source: BBC On Tuesday night, January 17, an avalanche struck a tunnel exit near the south-eastern Tibetan city of Nyingchi, killing at least eight people. Nyingchi is a popular to…
Read more →Chinese authorities denying the right of Tibetans in exile to return to their families in Tibet: Reports
Source: The Tibet Post The Chinese authorities in Tibet are using various methods to deceive Tibetans in exile to return to Tibet, where they are imprisoned even if they have famil…
Read more →Tibet Museum successfully completes travelling exhibition program at Bodh Gaya
Source : Tibet.net The Tibet Museum, Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) has successfully completed its 10-day travelling exhibition programme, the Tibet M…
Read more →China starts Winter Tourism Campaign in occupied Tibet
Despite raging Covid-19 infections, China has announced that the "iconic Potala Palace" in Tibet's capital Lhasa will reopen for tourism after being closed for more t…
Read more →US Experts downplay Chinese achievements in Tibet: China
Despite what it calls “a smear campaign against China by Western rights groups such as the U.S.-controlled Human Rights Watch (HRW)”, a growing number of countries cont…
Read more →Tibetans in exile celebrate 62nd anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day in Dharamshala
Dharamshala: Tibetans in exile celebrated the 62nd anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day on Friday, September 2, organized by the Central Tibetan Administration. It was on this day,…
Read more →COVID19: Wang Junzheng visits Lhasa to 'supervise epidemic prevention work'
Lhasa: According to Chinese media reports , Wang Junzheng, party secretary of the Tibet autonomous region, paid a visit to Lhasa to “direct, supervise and inspect the epidemi…
Read more →China's development narrative fails to hide its invasion of Tibet
Lhasa: Continuing the narrative that Chinese Communist Party brought ‘development’ to an erstwhile undeveloped, poor Tibet, a Xinhua report has claimed that Tibet&rsquo…
Read more →China says trains from Tibet bringing COVID19 to Beijing
Lhasa: At least 29 passengers aboard a train that set off from Lhasa in the Tibet autonomous region on Monday and arrived in Beijing on Wednesday had tested positive for COVID-19 b…
Read more →The Covid pandemic strikes Tibet during the busiest travel season
Reports state that the current COVID-19 outbreak in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) happened during the region's peak tourist season, leaving a huge number of visitors stuck and …
Read more →COVID19: Makeshift hospitals being built in Tibet
Lhasa: Reports suggest that China has erected three makeshift hospitals in Tibet, which is seeing its first cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic. As of Aug 9 evening, …
Read more →COVID19 Cases increase in Tibet: Chinese authorities close Potala Palace
Lhasa: Chinese authorities have closed Tibet’s famed Potala Palace after a minor outbreak of COVID-19 was reported in the Himalayan region, reported Associated Press. A notic…
Read more →Buddhist Novice Nuns Deported Back to Tibet for 'Reeducation': Reports
Lhasa: Bitter Winter has reported that Yachen Gar Buddhist Novice Nuns have been reported back to Tibet for "Reeducation". Yarchen Gar used to be the largest monastery in…
Read more →Tibet tourism boom, 3D mural villages and & Disneyfication of Tibet
Lhasa : Tourism is booming in Tibet and this is posing risks to the region's fragile environment and historic sites. The latest in the list includes a new 3D mural village; Chi…
Read more →China tightens restrictions in Lhasa ahead of Dalai Lama’s birthday
Dharamshala: According to London-based Free Tibet, Chinese authorities have tightened restrictions in the capital city of Lhasa ahead of the exiled spiritual leader His Holiness th…
Read more →Chinese authorities sentence Tibetan student to 3 years for contacting Tibetan in exiles
Lhasa: According to Radio Free Asia , Chinese authorities this month sentenced a university student to three years in prison for contacting Tibetan exiles, the latest in a series o…
Read more →Police surveillance of Tibetans in Nepal remained high in 2021: US Report
Kathmandu: The US government’s international religious freedom report 2021 by The Office of International Religious Freedom has stated that police surveillance of Tibetan ref…
Read more →China's Repressive Policies in Tibet Aim to Sinicize Culture & Linguistic Heritage: Report
Lhasa: The year 2021 has witnessed a further deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) with a targeted crackdown and severely limited freedom of …
Read more →An Open Letter to World Leaders
Dear world leaders, As you know, China is celebrating the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1st. While the Chinese Communist Party celebrates with pomp an…
Read more →China`s National Day: Examining Tibet`s Ongoing Struggles Under CCP Control
As China celebrates its National Day, it's crucial to shed light on the persisting issues faced by Tibetans, particularly the Tibetan Autonomous Region, under the rule of the C…
Read more →Significance of Sikkim for Buddhism and His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Introduction Tibetan Spiritual Leader, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to visit Sikkim from October 10 to 14 this year. Sikkim's Chief Minister, Prem Singh Tamang, has officia…
Read more →On National Parks in Tibet
By Gabriel Laffitte For China, the elaborate creation of a national parks “system”, mostly in Tibet, is not an end in itself, but a means to other ends. The formal desi…
Read more →Running for Unity and Transformation: Embracing Love, Peace, and Forgiveness
On 13th May 2023, 150 runners from Darjeeling and Sikkim ran from Darjeeling to Kurseong in West Bengal to show their solidarity with the His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In a remarkab…
Read more →We Choose to Resist
10 March 2023 marked the sixty-fourth anniversary of a pivotal moment in Tibet's history. Thousands of people from the Kham countryside to the streets of Lhasa mobilized to pro…
Read more →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…
Read more →Looking Back at the Outgoing UN Rights Chief’s Uncertain Tibet Legacy
By Tenzin Samphel and Lakshmi P Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and head of the office is set to step down after her term ends on August 31…
Read more →What’s behind China’s obsession with museums in Tibet?
By Lakshmi P Since last week, some Chinese state affiliated media handles and news reports have been celebrating the reopening of the renovated “Tibet Museum” in Lhasa …
Read more →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…
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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