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Tibetans in India: Protected by Democracy, Persecuted in Chinese-Occupied Tibet
India — The Lifeline of the Tibetan Struggle When Chinese troops brutally crushed the Tibetan uprising in March 1959, the world largely looked away. But India did not. It ope…
Read more →His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama reinstates hope and freedom on his 90th birthday
His Holiness Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, the Great 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet is one of the most beloved and revered spiritual Gurus of the modern world. An ardent m…
Read more →A conversation with Amy Yee: The author of Far from the Rooftop of the World
Amy Yee is author of Far from the Rooftop of the World : Travels among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents with a Foreword by the Dalai Lama (University of North Carolina Press 202…
Read more →Tibetan Singer Golok Palden Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Singing Patriotic Song
Source: Tibet Times Tibetan singer Golok Palden has been sentenced to three years in prison by Chinese authorities in Pema County, Golok, for singing a Tibetan ‘patriotic son…
Read more →China`s interference in Dalai Lama`s reincarnation lacks legitimacy, affirms R.K Khrimey
Source: Arunachal Observer In a recent meeting of the Tibet Support Group of Arunachal Pradesh (TSGAP) at the Gonpa Guest House in Itanagar, prominent Tibetan activist and writer T…
Read more →Chinese authorities imposes stringent controls, censorship on Tibetan Publishing Houses in Tibet
Source: Tibet Times The Tibetan publishing industry faces an alarming clampdown, with the Chinese government imposing stringent regulations and censorship on independent publishing…
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 →Tibetans Mourn Loss of Pioneer Film Director Pema Tseden
Internationally acclaimed Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden passed away on May 8th, 2023, at the age of 53. Tseden was widely regarded as one of the most important Tibetan filmmakers o…
Read more →Serf Emancipation Day: Propaganda documentaries spread misinformation about Tibet
Tibetans in exile across the world observed the 64th Tibetan National Uprising Day on March 10th, 2023. Tibetans and allies held demonstrations to mark the day and called on the in…
Read more →Tibetans in Exile express solidarity with climate activist Sonam Wangchuk
Tibetans, Ladakhis, and local Indians gathered in Dharamshala's Mcleod Ganj Square to show their support for climate activist Sonam Wangchuk's ongoing fast for Climate Chan…
Read more →HRW World Report 2023 highlights situation in Occupied Tibet
Source: HRW Human Rights Watch highlighted Tibet in their annual report 2023 on human rights around the world. Chinese authorities in Tibetan areas continue to enforce severe restr…
Read more →US State Dept highlights Go Sherab Gyatso case in ‘Without Just Cause’ initiative
Source: US State Department The US Department of State launched the Without Just Cause Political Prisoners Campaign, which included the stories of 16 political prisoners who had be…
Read more →Tibetan writer missing since beginning of 2021 detained by Chinese police for discussing the Dalai Lama
A prominent Tibetan writer reported missing in Qinghai province's Malho (Chinese: Huangnan) prefecture since the beginning of 2021 has been found to have been abducted by Chine…
Read more →Seeing and Believing: China using Photo exhibitions on Tibet as tools of propaganda
Do you believe what you see? China thinks you do. Photo exhibitions are being organised inside and outside occupied Tibet to showcase the beauty of the region and the development t…
Read more →Dharamshala Int’l Film Festival 11th Edition kick off today in TIPA
Source: DIFF The much-awaited Dharamshala International Film Festival has started today, 03 Nov till 06 Nov at the Tibetan Institute for Performing Arts in McLeod Ganj. The co-foun…
Read more →Tibetan writers, activists convicted by CCP on accusations of ‘State Security’
Source: RFA Chinese authorities in Tibet sentenced six Tibetan writers and activists to prison terms from four to 14 years on charges of “inciting separatism” and &ldqu…
Read more →CCP spreading Propaganda in the form of Books that rewrite Tibetan history
From history books to books written by Xi Jinping himself, propaganda war using books is being deployed by Chinese Communist Party to justify its wrongful claims over Tibet and hum…
Read more →Tibetan man sentenced for helping his cousin to send money to India
Dharamshala: Lhamo's cousin, Tenzin Tharpa was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in 2020, but his conviction was only recently revealed, due to the crackdown on Tibet…
Read more →Blogger highlights the need to preserve old Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in West Bengal
Kolkata: According to blogger, photographer and travel writer Rangan Datta, Bhot Bagan, literally meaning the Tibetan Garden, presently located in the winding lanes of Ghusuri in H…
Read more →Chinese authorities arresting Tibetan thinkers for upholding their culture and rights: Report
Lhasa: According to reports, the Chinese authorities are arresting Tibetan thinkers, who have been speaking out in favour of their culture and rights which Beijing sees as an act o…
Read more →Under Secretary Uzra Zeya calls on China to release Tibetan Writer Thupten Lodoe
Washington DC: Under Secretary Uzra Zeya special coordinator for Tibetan issues called on China to release Tibetan young writer Thupten Lodoe and all other Tibetans wrongfully impr…
Read more →Tibetan writer and poet Bhuchung D. Sonam wins Ostana Prize for writing and translation
Dharamshala: Noted Tibetan poet and writer, Bhuchung D. Sonam, based in Dharamshala, has been awarded the Ostana Prize youth award for his writing, especially through his translati…
Read more →CCP sentences Tibetan language activist considered threat to prison
Lhasa: Chinese authorities sentenced a young Tibetan language activist arrested in October 2021 to four years and five months in prison, although his friends and family members rem…
Read more →Author Greg C Bruno to run London Marathon to highlight Tibet Relief Fund's work
London: Author Greg C Bruno, who also serves on the board of UK-based Tibet Relief Fund, will run in the next London Marathon in October 2022 to support Tibet Relief Fund's inc…
Read more →Chinese authorities arrest young Tibetan language activist, whereabouts unknown
Lhasa: Chinese authorities arrested a young Tibetan language activist six months ago, and his whereabouts remain unknown, even to his family, reported Radio Free Asia. Thupten Lodo…
Read more →64th Anniversary of Dokham Chushi Gangdruk commemorated
Gangtok: Parliamentarian Youdon Aukatsang of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile attended the commemoration of the 64th founding anniversary of Dokham Chushi Gangdrug held at Gangtok, …
Read more →Tsering Yangzom Lama's novel gets featured in 'Poets and Writers' Debut Fiction Roundup 2022
Florida: Tsering Yangzom Lama, author of the novel We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies, published in May 2022 by Bloomsbury was introduced by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, author of four…
Read more →Sangyal Kyab to embark on third Peace Walk for Tibet
Ottawa: Tibetan human rights activist Sangyal Kyab is set to embark on his third Peace Walk from the Chinese Consulate in Toronto to Chinese Embassy in capital Ottawa, and back to …
Read more →Jailed Tibetan monk not allowed to meet his family: Reports
Lhasa: A Tibetan monk serving a four-and-a-half-year prison term in China for working to “split the country” has been refused permission to meet with his family, with c…
Read more →China’s desperate steps to wipe out Tibetan identity inside occupied Tibet is testimony to Beijing’s failures: Experts
New Delhi: A group of experts on China, Tibet and Human Rights who discussed ‘Human Rights Situation Inside Tibet’ in a webinar on 07 June 2022. President Xi Jinping&rs…
Read more →Favourite Tibet Reads Of 2023
2023 is over. As the year draws to a close, we asked researchers, activists and journalists to name their favourite Tibet reads of 2023 that left an impression on them. Here are th…
Read more →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…
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 →Nothing much, but nothing less, about Pema Tsetan
By Tenzin Lhadon “Films are the medium of the new modern culture” -Pema Tsetan. I can vividly recall that it was a poster. It was just a poster that first introduced me…
Read more →The Urgent Need for Tibet to Feature on the G20 Summit 2023 Agenda: A Multi-Faceted Concern
The G20 summit is a global forum where leaders of the world's most influential economies come together to address pressing global issues. In 2023, there is an undeniable and ur…
Read more →Never lose hope and support one another: Sakina Batt on her journey so far
Sakina Batt is an experienced news anchor, Interview host, news writer, video producer, editor, scriptwriter and content creator. She leads the video series namely, "In Conver…
Read more →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…
Read more →HH the 14th Dalai Lama - A Bodhisattva of Compassion
By Novanita Sharma “May I become at all times, both now and forever, A protector for those without protection, A guide for those who have lost their way, A ship for those wit…
Read more →The Dalai Lama: Simple Monk or Incarnation of a Higher Being?
His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama, Buddhist spiritual master and symbolic leader of the people of Tibet, who currently lives in exile in Dharamsala, India, regularly says that he…
Read more →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…
Read more →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…
Read more →Issue of Tibet must be brought to the international level: Yoko Ishii on Free Tibet Fukuoka and Japanese support for Tibet cause
Yoko Ishi was born in Fukuoka, Japan. She is a political activist who has been working as a journalist and artist since 2012. She is the President and her husband Mr. Hidetoshi Ish…
Read more →I’ve learned to embrace my sensitivity as my strength: Tenzin Chodon on Waking up Closer to Tibet and interviewing HH the Dalai Lama
Our next guest in Conversations on Tibet with TRC is Ms. Tenzin Chodon . She is a two times TED speaker, talk show host, United Nations SDG ambassador, media trainer, and global so…
Read more →We want to help the Tibetan youth achieve their dreams: Kunsang Tsephel on Empowering the Vision Project and youth empowerment
Empowering the Vision Project (ENVISION) was set up in December 2007 as a Trust to strengthen the Tibetan community through youth empowerment. Its vision is to see genuinely self-r…
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 →Favourite Tibet Reads of 2022
2022 is almost over. As the year draws to a close, we asked researchers, activists and journalists to name their favourite Tibet reads of 2022 that left an impression on them. Here…
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 →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 →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…
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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