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.
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DHARAMSALA, 23 Dec: A minor accident has temporarily sidelined Lodoe Palden, one of two veteran activists conducting a three-month motorcycle rally across India to raise awareness about Tibet’s struggle under Chinese occupation. In his absence, Kalimpong-based activist Tenzin Jamphel joined Palden’s partner Jamyang Tenzin to continue the bike rally.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 19 Dec: A coalition of five Tibetan NGOs in exile condemned China’s illegal gold mining project in Kashi Nomadic Village, located in the Kham Zachuka area of occupied Tibet. The project has reportedly led to the arbitrary detention and torture of more than 80 Tibetans, indigenous to the land, for appealing to authorities to halt mining operations they believe are destructive to the environment and threaten their identity as Tibetan nomads who have lived on the land since time immemorial.
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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.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 12 December: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), one of the largest Tibetan NGOs in exile advocating for the complete independence of Tibet, today strongly rejected and condemned the recent remarks by the Chinese-appointed Panchen Lama asserting that the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation must comply with Chinese laws and traditions and be endorsed by the Chinese government without any interference from outside.
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DHARAMSALA, 10 Dec: ”At a time when our world is shrouded in the darkness of conflict, hatred, and fear, the
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Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 10 Dec: Veteran Tibetan activist Jamyang Tenzin, now 65, along with his comrade Lodoe Palden, a former member of the Special Frontier Force (SFF), launched a nationwide Tibet awareness motorcycle rally from Mcleod Ganj today, as Tibetans across the world celebrate the 36th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 9 Dec: Days ahead of the 2025 International Human Rights Day, the International Tibet Network (ITN), a coalition of 148 global Tibet related NGOs, has called on UN High Commissioner Volker Türk to “break his silence” on China’s colonial boarding schools for Tibetan children in occupied Tibet. The coalition argues that these institutions are designed to separate Tibetan children from their families and identities in order to assimilate them into the dominant Han culture.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 5 Dec: The Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) today commemorated the 30th anniversary of the ‘Silent Protest’ staged in Beijing by a delegation of exiled Tibetan women during the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995. The commemorative event was held at the Tibetan Settlement Hall in McLeod Ganj.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 4 Dec: The Education Department of the Central Tibetan Administration, commonly referred to as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, will use its corpus fund to provide scholarships for Tibetan students “next week,” as the USAID grant of 3 crore rupees for 400 students faces delays—possibly extending into next year—due to the recent US government shutdown.
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