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.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 6 Oct: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) has passed a resolution to hold its own Rangzen Conference in an effort to revive and sustain the Tibetan movement for the complete independence of Tibet from China’s colonial rule. This initiative is being launched while the International Rangzen Conference continues to be organised independently by Rangzen advocates on a voluntary basis.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 3 Oct: Human Rights First, a US-based human rights advocacy group, has announced that Oscar-nominated actor and longtime Tibet advocate Richard Gere will receive its inaugural Visionary Award. The honour recognises his lifelong commitment to defending the rights and dignity of oppressed people around the world.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSHALA, 2 Oct: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), commonly known as the Tibetan government-in-exile, today celebrated the 156th birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi by honouring his principles of non-violence and satyagraha, values that the exile polity upholds as guiding inspirations in its own struggle.
DHARAMSALA, 1 Oct: As Tibet remains under Chinese occupation and continues to be ranked as the least free place in the world, China marked the 76th founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China(PRC) today with a flag-raising ceremony held at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the capital of China. This was at the very square where 39 years ago today, the Chinese government violently cracked down on pro-democracy protesters on June 3–4, 1989. Unabated, China continues to remain a “global threat” to press freedom, with systematic repression in China and its occupied territories and its propaganda reaching worldwide through its transnational repression.
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