Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 21: Chinese authorities are continuing to suppress online advocacy and restrict prison visits concerning Tibetan businessman and philanthropist Dorjee Tashi, who has been imprisoned since 2008 and is serving a life sentence in Lhasa’s Drapchi...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 21: With a black backpack on his shoulders and the Tibetan National flag carried alongside the Indian flag, Tibetan activist Lhodrak Tharchin set out on a lone Rangzen march or Azad Yatra from Dharamshala’s Police Ground to...

US Ambassador Sergio Gor visited Ladakh’s iconic Thiksey Monastery after his Srinagar engagements, adding a cultural and strategic dimension to his first trip to the Union Territory.

Canberra: Senator Dean Smith, Co-Chair of the Australian Parliamentary Group for Tibet, raised concerns in the Senate on 20 September 2026 about China’s new “Ethnic Unity and Progress Law” and its potential impact on Tibetans living in Australia. Senator...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 21 August: China is cultivating a new generation of leaders in Tibet who are expected to enforce Beijing’s assimilation policies, with political loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) taking precedence over meaningful Tibetan representation,...

Dharamshala: On 20 August 2026, commemorating the 49th day since the self-immolation of Lobga Rangzen in front of the United Nations, Kalon (Minister) of the Department of Religion and Culture, Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi, attended a special prayer offering and...

Dharamshala:  On 19 August 2026, on the third day of his official visit, Kalon (Minister) of the Department of Religion and Culture (DoRC), Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi, visited Ganden  Lachi, Ganden Shartse Monastery, Ganden Jangtse Thoesam Norling Monastery, Nyingma (Dorje...

By Khedroob Thondup Since 1950, Tibet has endured Beijing’s heavy hand, but under Xi Jinping the repression has metastasised into something far more sinister. Xi has not merely continued the policies of his predecessors—he has elevated them into a...

US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor visited the 15th-century Thiksey Monastery in Ladakh on Friday. Situated 19 km from Leh, the hilltop site overlooks the Indus River. The visit follows engagements across Jammu and Kashmir and highlights strengthening India-US...

Around 70 Tibetans from the Dalhousie settlement participated in a peaceful bike rally from Dalhousie to Chamba, expressing solidarity with Lobga Rangzen, who reportedly died following self-immolation in July earlier this year outside the UN headquarters.