DHARAMSALA, 29 March: China has made sweeping claims in its latest white paper on Tibet, declaring that “all-round and historic progress” has been made in human rights in Tibet, accusing the West of “misunderstandings” and “prejudices” about human rights conditions in Tibet.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 28 March: After a series of protests against the Guimet Museum for erasing the name “Tibet” in favour of colonial denominations such as the “Himalayan World” failed to elicit any meaningful response from the museum, Students for a Free Tibet-France(SFT) has served a legal notice to the Museum and the French Minister of Culture, demanding the museum reinstate Tibet in its rightful place in their collections of Tibetan art.
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DHARAMSALA, 26 March: Tibetan Youth from around the world will collectively offer a long-life prayer offering (Tenshug) to His Holiness the Dalai Lama later this year in September, Tibetan Youth Tenshug(TYT) has announced.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 25 March: From operating at a loss to generating surplus revenue, Men-Tsee-Khang, the Tibetan Medical and Astro. Institute, has substantially reduced its outstanding payment from 330 million Indian rupees to 70 million Indian rupees.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 22 March: Owing to illegal mining projects, Tibetans in Zhongri village in Markham, in the traditional Tibetan Province of Kham, continue to face significant challenges that threaten their lives, livestock and the ecology of the Tibetan plateau.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 19 March: The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), in its latest report, says China’s new “ethnic unity law,” introduced during the ‘Two Sessions’—the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) annual political meetings in Beijing—might lead to further erosion of the rights of Tibetans in occupied Tibet.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 17 March: The budget session for the financial year 2025-2026 of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile(TPIE) opened today, with the Central Tibetan Administration’s(CTA)Finance Minister declaring the USAID freeze not an “insurmountable challenge” but lacks a clear path forward.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 14 March: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been awarded the prestigious Gold Mercury Award for Peace and Visionary Governance 2025 to honour his life-long leadership in advancing a culture of peace, compassion and environmental stewardship by the Gold Mercury International, a global governance think tank based in London.
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by Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 13, March: China has reacted furiously by declaring the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who is in “political exile’, a “separatist” with “no right to represent the Tibetan people” following the release of the Dalai Lama’s new book, ‘Voice for the Voiceless’ on Tuesday,, which clearly indicated the next Dalai Lama will be born outside of China.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 12 March: Tibetans and supporters of the Tibetan cause took out a protest march in Mcleodganj today to commemorate the 66th Tibetan women’s uprising day and to pay homage to the Tibetan women, who rose against the Chinese occupation of Tibet on March 12, 1959, two days after the Tibetan National uprising day.
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