Exile

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. 

By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 23 March: A Tibetan-Swiss singer, Dechen Shak-Dagsay’s speech delivered at a seminar sponsored by the China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS) held at the University of Geneva on 18 March has drawn sharp criticism and condemnation from the exiled Tibetan diaspora.

By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 20 March: The deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet continued throughout the last year, with China escalating its crackdown on Tibetans’ freedom of expression, religion, and belief, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) declared in its 2023 Annual Report on the “Human Rights Situation in Tibet.” Presiding over the release this morning at their office in Dharamsala were Tenzin Dawa, TCHRD executive director, Phurbu Dolma, legal officer, and researcher Ngawang Lungtok.

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 13 March: The remaining business of the 6th Session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPIE) reconvened today to discuss the work reports of the seven departments of the Central Tibetan Administration after it was adjourned and postponed due to a shortage of the required quorum in September 2023.