By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMASALA, 10 April: Yeshe Sangpo, a 58-year-old Tibetan man from occupied Tibet, was released by Chinese authorities on March 25 after serving 18 years in prison. Reports indicate that he is in extremely poor health following his long period of detention.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 9 April: Battle for Tibet, PBS FRONTLINE’s investigative documentary directed by Gesbeen Mohammad, has been nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Hard News Report: Long Form category at the 47th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The winners will be announced at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City, with news categories on May 27 and documentary awards on May 28, 2026
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 9 April: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also known as the Tibetan government in exile, has rejected China’s critique of the first phase of the 2026 Tibetan general election, emphasising that the criticism overlooks ongoing repression in Tibet and the historical context of Chinese occupation.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 8 April: Tibetans in New York and New Jersey are staging a 90-hour chain hunger strike in front of the United Nations(UN) headquarters, calling for an end to China’s systematic eradication of Tibetan identity. The protest comes in response to China’s latest “ethnic unity” law, which critics warn is an attempt to assimilate marginalised and occupied groups into a single, homogenised Chinese identity.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 3 April: The Tibet Museum of the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) today launched a temporary exhibition titled “Frontier Diplomacy: Britain, Tibet and Sir Basil Gould.”
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 2 April: Twenty years after fleeing Tibet, Sonam Dhondup has not seen his parents once — and he may never again. The Tibetan activist, based in France, began cycling on Wednesday to make sure the world knows why.
Dhondup launched a solo three-month cycling rally to raise awareness about the Tibetan freedom movement and its opposition to China’s colonial rule. He said the rally aims to dispel the misconception among the international community that all Tibetans in exile are willing to remain under Chinese rule. Instead, he emphasised that Tibetans aspire to restore Tibet as a historically sovereign and self-governing nation and secure their right to self-rule.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 31 March: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), one of the largest pro-independence Tibetan NGOs, today commenced its “Black Hat March” from McLeod Ganj, a journey that is scheduled to culminate at the United Nations office in Delhi on 25 April. The march primarily calls for the repeal of China’s recently enacted law on “Ethnic Unity and Progress”, which the organisation describes as a deliberate attempt to accelerate the sinicisation and erasure of Tibetan identity under the guise of promoting unity.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 30 March: Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained and tortured a Tibetan monk during the first-anniversary memorial ceremony for Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche at Lung Ngon Monastery in Gade County, Golok, Amdo — a Tibetan Tulku whose death under mysterious circumstances last year continues to alarm communities worldwide, according to a report by Tibet Times.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 26 March: In a significant step toward expanding educational opportunities for Tibetan students in India, the Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education in Bangalore, on Wednesday, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Taiwan to enhance Mandarin language teaching in Tibetan schools.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 24 March: The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning China’s new law on “Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress,” adopted on 12 March during the Chinese Communist Party’s 14th National People’s Congress.
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