Exile

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 27 June:  On the 37th anniversary of the United Nations Convention Against Torture, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), in collaboration with Students for a Free Tibet, Tibetan Youth Congress and Tibetan Women’s Association held a commemorative tribute to “Tibetan human rights defenders, dissidents, and activists who have endured and continue to endure torture” under the Chinese rule in Tibet at Mcleod Ganj Tibetan Settlement Office hall yesterday. The absence of the Gu-Chu-Sum movement of Tibet, the organisation of and for the Tibetan political prisoners at the event is notably perplexing.

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 26 June: The McLeod Ganj post office has set a record for earnings in the country in 2023-2024,  for any post office in India in 2023-2024, earning a record Rs 1.81 crore, The Tribune reported citing Nitin Dixit, Postmaster of the hill stations’s post office on Tuesday.

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 25 June: The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the inauguration of a new campus of Nalanda University near Rajgir, Bihar. Expressing his commitment “to creating greater interest and awareness in ancient Indian knowledge,” the Nobel Peace laureate said, “It is wonderful that a new Nalanda University has been established in this historic location—may it prosper and thrive.”

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 7 May: Activists from Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) and the International Tibet Network (ITN)

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 4 May: Tibetans living in France and neighbouring European countries are gearing up to stage what the Student for a Free Tibet (SFT) stated will be “the biggest unwelcoming protest of Xi’s Europe trip” as China’s president is scheduled to arrive in France tomorrow.

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 29 April: Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the head of the Tibetan government in exile commonly known as

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 22 April: Namkyi, a former Tibetan political prisoner, testified during a press conference organised by the Central Tibetan Administration at Lhakpa Tsering Hall on 19 April, detailing her experiences, describing the events that led to her protest, recounting the hardships she endured while incarcerated in a Chinese prison, narrating her escape into exile after being released, and highlighting the critical situation in Tibet.

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 4 April: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed sadness over the loss of life and devastation caused by the earthquake that struck Taiwan yesterday morning.

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA 2 April: A two-day Tibet-Mongol Relations Conference, held at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, concluded today with Penpa Tsering, the President (Sikyong) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), attending as the chief guest of honour.

DHARAMSALA, 29 March: The 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPIE) concluded its 2024-2025 budget session today with the approval of a consolidated budget of Rs. 3,331,022,234 for the expenditure of the annual budget and Rs. 57,985,781 as an interim budget – not included in the consolidated fund – for the Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) seven departments, autonomous bodies, and offices of CTA for the coming financial year.