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.
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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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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 9 Oct: Khadhok—a Tibetan artists’ collective based here in Dharamsala has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Rubin Museum Himalayan Art Prize, an unrestricted $30,000 cash award and the largest international prize supporting contemporary art related to the Himalayan region.
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DHARAMSALA, 9 Oct: The Tibet Policy Institute (TPI) of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile inaugurated the 7th Young Indian Scholars Conference on Tibetan Studies today at the Administrative and Welfare Society in Dharamshala. The conference brings together 30 participants, including four experts in Tibetan studies, 23 young Indian scholars, and three co-authors.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSHALA 7 October: The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration, commonly referred to as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, today announced the official schedule for the 2025-2026 Tibetan General Election. The Preliminary Election will take place on 1st February 2026, followed by the Final Election on 26th April 2026.