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Chinese Authorities Reportedly Carrying Out Demolition Drive at Historic Dza Sershul Monastery in Eastern Tibet

Dharamshala, 27 October 2026: Chinese authorities may have begun, or may be in the process of carrying out, a large-scale demolition drive targeting more than 200 residential homes belonging to monks at the historic Dza Sershul Monastery (མདོ་ཁམས་རྫ་སེར་ཤུལ་དགོན་ཐེག་ཆེན་དར་རྒྱས་གླིང) in...

Switzerland Raises Tibet Human Rights Concerns in 19th Round of Bilateral Dialogue with China

Geneva, Switzerland, 26 October 2026: The Tibet Bureau in Geneva welcomes and expresses its sincere appreciation to the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) for raising concerns about the human rights situation in Tibet during the 19th round...

Mbappe dropped by Chinese brands for ‘offending national sentiments’ after alleged Mao joke

Kylian Mbappe was dropped Tuesday by two major brands in China after a video circulated online in which the French football superstar apparently joked about former leader Mao Zedong. In China jokes about Mao, the country’s founding leader who died...

China’s Panchen presides over a symposium on promoting ‘ethnic unity’ in Ngari Prefecture

(TibetanReview.net, Oct26’26) – Gyaltsen Norbu, the “11th Panchen Lama” appointed by China to replace Gedhun Choekyi Nyima – who was kidnapped by it days after being recognized by the Dalai Lama in 1995 – has on Oct 17 presided...

Geluk monks seeking CTA elective political offices required to leave monastery

(TibetanReview.net, Oct26’26) – Top leaders of the Geluk order of Tibetan Buddhism, including the Gaden Throne-holder, have adopted a resolution this month which requires its monastic members to fully disaffiliate from their monasteries if they wish to contest for...

India says Chinese troops patrolling deviations disturb LAC after Arunachal face-offs

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 26: India on Friday said the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is periodically disturbed when Chinese forces deviate from established patrolling patterns, following an announcement by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) chief...

Dharamshala RTWA inaugurates statue honouring late Tibetan independence activist Lobga Rangzen  

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 26: The Dharamshala Regional Tibetan Women’s Association (RTWA) on Monday inaugurated a 6.5-foot statue of the late Tibetan independence activist Lobga Rangzen at Lhagyal Ri, alongside memorials to fellow Tibetan martyrs Thupten Ngodup and Jamphel...

Gelug International Foundation bars monks from contesting presidential, parliamentary elections

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 26: Gelug International Foundation, the highest organisational body of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, one of the five recognised religious sects, has unanimously passed a resolution to bar monks belonging to its affiliated monasteries...

China calls border patrols ‘normal’ amid India’s charge of deviations

China on Monday defended its border patrols as “normal” activities to safeguard its territorial sovereignty, urging India to work with it to maintain peace along the disputed boundary amid differences over patrolling patterns. “China strictly abides by the relevant...

Tibetan community in Japan welcomes new board, reaffirms cooperation with Office of Tibet

The Tibetan Community Japan (TCJ) has formally transitioned to a new board following a handover ceremony presided over by Lobsang Choedak, Representative of the Office of Tibet Japan and East Asia, at the Tibet House office on Sunday, according...

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