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International Campaign for Tibet Chairman Richard Gere honored with Human Rights First Inaugural Visionary Award

October 16, 2025 The International Campaign for Tibet’s (ICT) long-time Board Chairman, renowned philanthropist, humanitarian and actor Richard Gere, has been honored as the inaugural recipient of the Human Rights First (HRF) Visionary Award. HRF presented the award to...

Officials sacked after investigation find grassland damaged by controversial firework display in Shigatse

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 16: An official investigation following widespread public outcry by Shigatse authorities has found that the controversial fireworks display sponsored by Canadian outdoor brand Arc’teryx and designed by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang caused damage to more...

Tibetan actor Lobsang Chompel passes away at 68 in Lhasa

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 16: Tibetan actor Lobsang Chompel, best known for his award-winning performance in Xiuxiu: The Sent-Down Girl, reportedly passed away in Lhasa on October 10 at the age of 68. His role in the 1998 film earned...

UK delays deadline for decision on China ‘super embassy’ as spy row intensifies

The decision on whether to approve the ‘super embassy’ has been pushed back to December

China’s reckless space ambitions poison Tibet again as Chinese rocket debris sparks toxic disaster

Video clips circulating online show flaming debris crashing into open fields as dense orange fumes rise into the air, with Tibetan voices in the background expressing alarm. One person can be heard shouting, "Oh my God, rocket debris is...

Last surviving member of first team to conquer Everest dies aged 92

Kanchha Sherpa part of expedition that put Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary atop world’s highest peak in 1953Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that first conquered Mount Everest, has died at the age of...

China’s New Tibet Report Masks Forced Relocations of 93,000 Rural Tibetans

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 16 Oct: China has released a new think tank report portraying its rural development policies in occupied Tibet as “a harmonious blend of tradition and modernity,”  a model it contrasts with Western modernisation, which it...

Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel Arrives in Bylakuppe for Sera Jey Convocation and 11th Ngagyur Nyingma Seminar

Dharamshala: On 16 October 2025, Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel arrived at Serjey Yega Choeling Monastery in Bylakuppe, where he was warmly received in traditional Tibetan fashion by parliamentarian Konchok Yangphel, Local Tibetan Justice Commissioner Phuntsok Palden, Settlement Officer Gelek...

Peace Signed, War Declared: China’s Treachery Against India in 1962

India further sought to strengthen the ties with the PRC by signing of the Panchsheel Agreement in 1954 for peaceful coexistence. The post Peace Signed, War Declared: China’s Treachery Against India in 1962 appeared first on The Sunday Guardian.

You Can Only Do What You Can Do

A reflection and practice on generating loving-kindness and compassion when dealing with difficult people The post You Can Only Do What You Can Do appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

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