By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 10 Nov: Tibetan activist Chemi Lhamo has been elected as the spokesperson of the World Liberty Congress (WLC)— an “alternate United Nations” representing countries under authoritarian regimes– at the organisation’s second General Assembly held in Berlin on Sunday.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 6 Nov: The Election Commission(EC) of the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) has extended the deadline for voter registration for the 2025 – 2026 Sikyong and the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile to 30th November 2025, from the initial deadline of 8th November, following numerous appeals from Tibetan settlements to the Election Commission.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 4 Nov: Monlam Melong, a pioneering Tibetan‑language AI developed by the Monlam Tibetan IT Research Centre and accessible at Melong.ai, now surpasses existing large language models such as Gemini, Claude and DeepSeek in the Tibetan‑language generation and comprehension, the centre declared aat the 2025 Monlam Manifest, Monlam’s annual flagship event.
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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.
According to an article published on Nau.ch, a Swiss independent digital news platform on 27 October, the Tibet projection was removed after the Parliamentary Services, which manages the Federal Palace, deemed it politically sensitive and mandated that only projections without “politicial intentions” are allowed.
A spokesperson for the parliamentary administration explained that Tibet was considered politically sensitive, especially because the projection would have appeared on the highly symbolic façade of the Federal Palace.
Now, spectators are reportedly shown a Thai Buddha instead of Tibet during the ongoing light show, scheduled from 18 October to 22 November. China, which makes Tibet politically sensitive, will not be featured in the light show, a decision by the Swiss parliament that maintains a veneer of “neutrality”.
The removal has drawn criticism for the Swiss parliament’s complicity in China’s colonial project to erase the Tibetan identity and render Tibet invisible on the world stage.
Swiss National Councilor Fabian Molina, co-president of the Parliamentary Group for Tibet, described the removal as a bending of the parliament towards China.
China expert Ralph Weber said the revised storyboard of the night show was an anticipatory compliance towards Beijing, while the projections were originally intended only to showcase the scenic beauty of Tibet.
Kowtowing to China’s expansionist policies has increasingly become the convenient approach in many parts of the world, particularly in European countries. In recent years, the Tibetan community has witnessed pervasive Chinese influence in European public institutions like museums and universities, which actively support China’s colonial narrative of Tibet.
Despite relentless protests and a legal notice by Tibetan activists, the Musée Guimet in Paris has yet to accurately represent “Tibet” in its Nepal-Tibet exhibition, instead using the Chinese colonial term ‘Himalayan World,’ which blurs the distinct cultural and political identities in the region and effectively denies Tibet the agency to present itself as a separate nation.
Those in positions of power may claim neutrality, but true neutrality does not exist in a world without apolitical spaces. Those subjected to the power must understand that claiming neutrality is itself a political act. In an unequal conflict, neutrality is a mirage and to remain silent is to side with the oppressor.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 27 Oct: Geshe Lobsang Monlam, founder and CEO of the Monlam AI, the pioneering Tibetan-language artificial intelligence initiative, was awarded the International Campaign for Tibet’s human rights prize, “Snow Lion”, for his trailblazing work in IT to preserve the Tibetan language and culture.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 23 Oct: A French contemporary art institution, the Centre Pompidou, faced protest from Tibetan activists in France on Thursday amid a fireworks performance by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, held to mark the museum’s temporary closure. Cai continues to face global backlash for a controversial and pernicious fireworks art stunt carried out last month on a sacred mountain in Shigatse, in occupied Tibet.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 22 Oct: Veteran Tibetan activist Jamyang Tenzin, 65, resumed his 7th Tibet Awareness Solo Cycle Rally from Wani in Maharashtra on October 18, after recovering from a typhoid infection caused by contaminated rainwater during his stop in the town roughly two months earlier.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSHALA 17 Oct: After months of rejections from dozens of venues, organisers in France were forced to hold a talk by Dr Lobsang Sangay on 15 October at an undisclosed location, highlighting the prevsasive influence of Chinese soft power on French institutions.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 16 Oct: China has released a new think tank report portraying its rural development policies in occupied Tibet as “a harmonious blend of tradition and modernity,” a model it contrasts with Western modernisation, which it claims erodes culture and heritage at the expense of development. But for Tibetans, beneath this new packaging lies the old mechanism of assimilation, control, and the systematic remaking of a civilisation and its culture under the twin project of modernity and colonialism.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 13 Oct: The late Tulku Hungkar Dorjee of Lung Ngon Monastery in Golog, occupied Tibet, has been posthumously awarded the 2025 Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Medal of Courage. This honor recognises his unwavering commitment to preserving and advancing the freedom and rights of the Tibetan people under Chinese occupation, which ultimately cost him his life under a covert collaboration between the Chinese and Vietnamese governments.
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