Exile

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 2 Dec: Khedroob Thondup, the Dalai Lama’s nephew and the son of the late Gyalo Thondup, has announced a decisive break from the Middle Way Approach- the official policy of the Central Tibetan Administration and the approach that he “once supported,” declaring that he will now “only accept complete independence for Tibet” from China’s colonial rule.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 1 Dec: The Chinese delegation at the United Nations (UN) 18th  Forum on Minority Issues, held from 27-28 November, sought to suppress the statement of the exiled Tibetan representative. The representative addressed the realities of China’s colonial residential school system in occupied Tibet and its broader campaign to assimilate Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongolians, and their histories into the dominant Han-Chinese narrative.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 25 Nov: The Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA), in collaboration with the Women Empowerment Desk of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), launched its campaign to end digital violence against women and girls today as part of the annual global observance of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The event took place at the main square in McLeod Ganj.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSHALA, 24 Nov: Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) France and the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress staged their 46th protest on Sunday in Paris, demonstrating in front of the Guimet Museum over its continued refusal to remove the Chinese colonial term “Himalayan World” from its Nepal–Tibet exhibition. Tibetan protesters argue that the museum’s 2024 nomenclature change is part of a broader pattern aligned with China’s ongoing colonial occupation of Tibet and its efforts to erase the name Tibet and its identity.

Debate Over Debates: Kaydor Calls for Debates Between Sikyong Candidates Ahead of 2026 Election

By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 20 Nov: Veteran Tibetan activist Jamyang Tenzin arrived in Dharamsala today, completing his seventh and final Tibet Awareness Solo Cycle Rally. Jamyang’s solo cycle rally, held under the slogan “No matter how happy life in a foreign land may be, one must never forget their homeland. Tibetans must stand united in solidarity,” was scheduled to conclude on 10 December, marking the anniversary of the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. However, due to security concerns following the recent blast in Delhi, Jamyang told Tibet Express that he was unable to campaign in many of the locations he had originally planned to visit.

DHARAMSALA, 19 Nov: Former Tibetan political prisoner Atsok Lukar Jam, based in Australia, says the way the Occupied Peoples Forum (OPF) was conducted and the activists’ courage, determination and continued commitment to resisting oppressive authoritarian regimes left a lasting impression on him after returning from the conference held in Auckland, New Zealand from 11-13 November. Lukar took a special liking to the simple, basic, non-luxurious setting that he says was exactly right for a conference of stateless peoples. 

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 19  Nov: Kelsang Dorjee Aukatsang (Kaydor) has announced his candidacy for the position of Sikyong, the political head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) in the 2026 Tibetan general election. The announcement, made through a video on YouTube, comes at a time when there is a noticeable lack of candidates for the Sikyong position within the Tibetan democratic polity.

By Tenzin Chokyi 

DHARAMSALA, 18 Nov: The International Campaign for Tibet’s (ICT) latest report urges global actors to confront China’s growing threat to international peace and security, an escalation the report attributes largely to China’s colonial occupation of Tibet, a region of immense geopolitical, economic, cultural, and military significance.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA 17 Nov:  The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also known as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, today celebrated the 75th anniversary of the 14th Dalai Lama’s assumption of both political and spiritual leadership over Tibet at the age of 15 on 17 November 1950. The celebration took place at the courtyard of Tsuglag-Khang, the main temple in McLeod Ganj.