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News · 01 June, 2026

WORSE THAN HELL : A TIBETAN ACTIVIST TAKES HIS MESSAGE ACROSS FRANCE AND THE WORLD MUST LISTEN

Tibet Rights Collective | May 2026 Advocacy | Human Rights | Tibet Under Occupation When Sonam Dhundup set off from Grenoble on April 1st, 2026, he carried no weapon, no megaphone,…

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News · 5 Aug, 2025

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…

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News · 01 Dec, 2024

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…

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News · 28 Jun, 2024

China Restricts Religious Debate Event for Tibetan Monks

Chinese authorities in Sichuan province’s Tibetan-populated Sershul county have imposed stringent restrictions on a major Buddhist philosophical debate event, significantly s…

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News · 23 Apr, 2024

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,…

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News · 03 Jan

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…

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News · 21 Dec

Chinese Authorities Detain Four Tibetans for Organizing Mani Stone Exhibition, Sparking Religious Rights Concerns

A recent crackdown in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture has resulted in the arrest of four individuals connected to a Mani Stone Sculpture Exhibition held in Jyekundo. The ex…

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News · 24 Nov

Violent Clashes in San Francisco Amid APEC Summit Spark Police Inaction Concerns

Source: VOA In the wake of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to San Francisco for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, a series of violent clashes between pr…

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News · 09 Nov

Tibetan Buddhist Monk Detained by Chinese Authorities for Contacting People Outside the Region

A Tibetan Buddhist monk named Kunchok Dakpa has been arrested and detained by Chinese authorities in Gansu province for allegedly contacting people outside the far-western region. …

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News · 08 Nov

Tibetan Man Arrested and Detained for Initiating Buddhist Group without Registration

A Tibetan man from Shigatse, Tibet, has been arrested and detained by local police for allegedly initiating a Buddhist group on a social media platform without registration. The ma…

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News · 01 Nov

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…

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News · 27 Oct

U.S. Lawmakers Call on Biden Cabinet to Act Against Tibet DNA Collection and Family Separation

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China has issued a compelling call to action, urging three key members of the Biden administration's cabinet to address the critical i…

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News · 27 Oct

Tibetans detained for collecting donations for religious offerings in Darlak County, Police offer rewards for information

Darlak County police detained eight Tibetans on October 20, 2023, on charges of "creating a criminal organization," "picking quarrel and provoking trouble," and…

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News · 23 Oct

Former Tibetan Political Prisoner Wangchen Beaten and Hospitalized in Lhasa

Former Tibetan political prisoner Wangchen, who had recently been released from prison, found himself in a distressing situation in Lhasa, Occupied Tibet. He was reportedly beaten …

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News · 19 Oct

Canada issues Travel Advisory for Tibet and East Turkistan, Cautions Citizens about Security Risks

The Government of Canada has issued a travel advisory, urging its citizens to exercise caution when planning visits to Tibet and East Turkistan. This advisory comes amidst growing …

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News · 08 Sep

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…

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News · 21 august

Tibets beloved annual yogurt festival was spoiled by a heavy police presence RFA

According to sources in China's western region, this year's centuries-old yogurt celebration in Tibet has been ruined by a large police presence and harsh restrictions on T…

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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 · 07 Aug

Tibetan Buddhism College Graduation Highlights Chinese authorities Control and Manipulation in Religious Practice

In a recent event covered by China Daily , the so called Tibet College of Buddhism held a graduation ceremony in Lhasa, Tibet on July 27 for its students, monks, and nuns. While th…

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News · 03 Aug

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…

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News · 01 Aug 2023

China pressuring Uyghurs abroad to Spy on Human Rights Activists, using families as hostages

China is using intimidation tactics to pressure Uyghurs living abroad to spy on human rights campaigners by threatening their families back home, according to recent report by the …

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News · 24 July

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…

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News · 21 July

Chinese authorities cancel Major Buddhist Ceremony in Eastern Tibet, raising concerns over religious freedom

In the village of Samey-shi, located in Gumong Township, in the so-called Qinghai Province in Eastern Tibet, Chinese authorities took a oppressive decision to cancel a significant …

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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 · 03 June

CECC Announces Additional Nobel Peace Prize Nominations on 34th Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre

On 02 June, the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, the Chairs of the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), Representative Chris Smit…

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News · 26 May

Explained: Thermo Fisher Helping China Steal Mass DNA of Tibetans in Tibet

A worldwide campaign has been organized by a coalition of Tibetan activist groups to once again bring attention to the involvement of Thermo Fisher Scientific, a company based in M…

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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 · 29 Apr

Sister of Imprisoned Tibetan Businessman Arrested and Beaten for Protesting His Detention

The sister of a businessman who is serving a life sentence in Tibet has been arrested and beaten for protesting for her brother's release. Gonpo Kyi and her husband were remove…

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News · 25 Mar

Free Tibet petitions Thermo Fisher Scientific to end deadly DNA deal with China

Free Tibet, a human rights group, has filed a petition stating that China's repression of Tibet has taken a new, sinister turn. Police are now systematically taking DNA samples…

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News · 22 Mar

New report by US State Dept reveals China’s widespread torture and human rights abuses against Tibetans

Source: US State Dept In its latest report on human rights practices, the US State Department has raised concerns about the situation in Tibet, calling attention to the Chinese gov…

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Report · 24 May 2023

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…

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Report · 17 May 2023

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…

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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 · 24 February 2023

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…

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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 · 8 February 2023

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…

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Report · 6 February 2023

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…

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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 · 22 November 2022

Big Brother is Watching You: Surveillance in Tibet

By Jyotsna Jayaram, Tenzin Tsetan and Tenzin Samphel Lately, there has been a lot of discussion about the use of surveillance by China in occupied Tibet. Thanks to reports by Human…

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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 · 28 October 2022

Pah-Lak, a play we Tibetans must entertain to remember who we are

Tenzing Dhamdul, Research Associate FNVA, New Delhi The set-up: It was pouring cats and dogs in New Delhi but people came in scores including our Indian sisters and brothers who ma…

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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 · 21 September 2022

The Need to Discuss the Human Rights Situation in Tibet

Tenzin Tsetan and Lakshmi P The United Nations Human Rights Council is holding its fifty-first regular session from 12 September to 7 October at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. D…

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Report · 28 June 2022

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…

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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 · 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 · 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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