Exile

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
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.