By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA 23 Dec: ​​Tashi Topgyal, a Sikyong candidate in the 2026 Tibetan general election, has been disqualified by the Tibetan Election Commission (EC) from contesting the election and from exercising his voting rights for five years, effective today, after the EC declared he breached several provisions of the Tibetan Charter and electoral rules during his campaign.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 16 Dec: Chinese authorities reportedly detained around 80 Tibetans in Kashi Nomadic Village, located in the Zachuka in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham in occupied Tibet, on 6 November, following a protest by the local Tibetans against a gold mining project. The project, led by a Chinese business group, had reportedly begun operations without the knowledge or consent of the local Tibetan community.

DHARAMSALA, 30 Oct: The annual “Rendez-vous Bundesplatz” light show in Bern, Switzerland — a 30-minute projection on the façade of the Federal Palace that takes spectators on a visual journey around the world — has removed its planned visual stop in Tibet, citing that the segment was “too political” to be displayed on the symbolically significant parliament building.

Universities bordering Tibet, set up to train new gen cadres to run Tibet for China, now ordered to escalate assimilation, promote Han Chinese racist chauvinism, cancel Tibetan identity, says Gabriel Lafitte, Gabriel Lafitte who is an environmental researcher, writer, and activist who has specialised in Tibet and China-Tibet relations