Author: Tibet Express Newsdesk

CTA President Launches Ghoton’s Special Bilingual websites

Days before the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday celebration, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) President Penpa Tsering unveiled bilingual (Tibetan and English) websites: www.ghoton.net and www.hhthedalailama90.net. The Tibetan spiritual leader will reach this milestone on 6 July 2025, and the CTA is observing the entire year as the ‘Year of Compassion’ in honour of the Dalai Lama’s ‘90th birthday.’

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Through Her Mother’s Ears: Tsering Wangmo Dhompa on Exile, Memory and Tibetan Stories

A trailblazer whose writing spans fluidly between poetry and prose, nonfiction and memoir, Tsering Wangmo Dhompa needs no introduction. 

Born in exile and having lived across multiple countries, she is a memory keeper. She says her mother is her “guiding star” and that she often “listens with her mother’s ears” as she explores themes of exile, diaspora, and cultural memory.

Currently, an Associate Professor at Villanova University,  her notable literary works include the poetry collections Rules of the House (2002), In the Absent Everyday (2005), My Rice Tastes Like the Lake (2011) and Revolute (2021). Beyond poetry, she has authored the nonfiction book A Home in Tibet (2014) and, more recently, The Politics of Sorrow: Unity and Allegiance Across Tibetan Exile.

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China violates own prison rules to block family, lawyer visits to Dorjee Tashi for fifth consecutive year, Tibet Watch reports  

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 10 June: Chinese prison authorities in occupied Tibet continue to deny family visits to imprisoned Tibetan businessman and philanthropist Dorjee Tashi, with the last recorded visit having taken place in 2019. According to a report by Tibet Watch, the research wing of the London-based advocacy group Free Tibet, the continued restrictions have heightened concerns for his well-being, especially given his documented history of severe torture while in custody.

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China Frowns While 142 MPs from 29 Countries at 9th WPCT Unite for Tibet Resolution Ahead of Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 4 June: China has strongly opposed recent remarks made by Tibetan parliamentarians in Japanese media, for asserting that the next Dalai Lama would reincarnate in the “free world” and sought to have other countries exert pressure on China at the 9th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet (WPCT).

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Tibetan Filmmakers Who Paid with Freedom Condemn Nepal Festival for Chinese Propaganda

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 30 May: Two Tibetan filmmakers, who served time in Chinese prisons for their documentary work, have condemned the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival(KIMFF) for what they described as complicity in China’s effort to politicise film festivals to rewrite Tibet’s history. They have demanded an immediate cancellation of a film segment titled “Xizang Panorama”, featuring six short films, declaring it an attempt to justify China’s occupation of Tibet.

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