Exile

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.

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.