Exile

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.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA 10 Nov: Tibetan activist Chemi Lhamo has been elected as the spokesperson of the World Liberty Congress (WLC)— an “alternate United Nations” representing countries under authoritarian regimes– at the organisation’s second General Assembly held in Berlin on Sunday.

By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 6 Nov: The Election Commission(EC) of the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) has extended the deadline for voter registration for the 2025 – 2026 Sikyong and the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile to 30th November 2025, from the initial deadline of 8th November, following numerous appeals from Tibetan settlements to the Election Commission.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 4 Nov: Monlam Melong, a pioneering Tibetan‑language AI developed by the Monlam Tibetan IT Research Centre and accessible at Melong.ai, now surpasses existing large language models such as Gemini, Claude and DeepSeek in the Tibetan‑language generation and comprehension, the centre declared aat the 2025 Monlam Manifest, Monlam’s annual flagship event.

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.