Trinley, from the village of Meruma (Mai’erma) in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba), Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo) was released before the end of a five-year jail term, but is being kept under close surveillance and has not been allowed...

Ngari Rinpoche devoted his life to serving His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people. He worked for many years in the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama as well as in the Tibetan Department of Security....

Public signage newly displayed at Tibetan Buddhist monasteries confirms a Chinese government policy that forbids children under 18 from entering monasteries or receiving classes from monks. Source

Prominent Tibetan environmental defender and community leader A-nya Sengdra has been released from Mianyang prison after an extended seven year prison sentence. Source

There have been mass detentions in eastern Tibet following a rare protest against a mining operation in pastureland vital to local nomadic livelihoods. Source

Political theatre of Chinese Panchen ceremony demonstrates China’s priorities in counter-influence campaign against the Dalai Lama. Source

A prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader and educator from Amdo has been detained and ‘disappeared’, and his vocational school abruptly closed, with families instructed to collect their children immediately. Source

As family visits blocked, new evidence of coordinated violence against high-profile prisoner Source

On 9-12 October, Gyaltsen Norbu, Beijing's appointed 11th Panchen Lama, led a four-day Kalachakra empowerment - one of the most sacred initiations in Tibetan Buddhist practice - at Tashi Lhunpo monastery in Shigatse. Source

UN raises concerns over the torture of Gonpo Tsering, and asks China to account for imprisonment and maltreatment of teenage protester Namkyi. Source

Special rapporteurs have raised serious concerns about increasing transnational repression against Tibetans, and call for a full investigation. Source

Zhang Yadi (known online as Tara @Tara.Freesoul), has been incommunicado for 50 days inside China, and is feared to have been detained by state security authorities. Source

The statement follows the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday in July, and further calls on the Chinese government to provide updates on Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama. Source

China has launched a new pilot programme deploying Chinese military veterans in state-run boarding schools to indoctrinate Tibetan children as young as four with military training and political education. Source

A series of incidents across Tibet over recent months reveals an increasingly coordinated campaign of surveillance and suppression targeting Tibetan Buddhist institutions and leaders.

The costs of protecting Tibet's environment: as one environmental campaigner has their sentence extended another is subjected to strict surveillance. Source

Fifty-two year old Shersang Gyatso died at his monastery in Ba County, following an intensive crackdown. Source

Dorje Tashi’s siblings targeted in Lhasa as Xi Jinping arrives for political anniversary. Source

As thousands of Tibetans and supporters gathered across the globe on July 6 to celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday, Chinese authorities dramatically escalated security operations throughout Tibet... Source

Tsiha hydropower dam to be built on the upper reaches of Yellow River. Source

Gonpo Tsering jailed after peaceful appeals revealed in viral footage. Source

Nepalese artists, Tibetan film makers and Tibet supporters protest the decision by the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival’s decision last month to programme a series of Chinese propaganda films. Source

New report highlights Dorje Tashi's treatment in prison, and his family's attempts to seek justice. Source

Prison authorities in Tibet have again denied family members access to imprisoned businessman Dorje Tashi, blocking a scheduled visit at Chushur (Qushui) prison in Lhasa last month in apparent violation of Chinese regulations. The continued restrictions have intensified concerns...

This report examines how the pervasive securitisation of – and securitisation through – digital networks affects Tibetans’ psychological well-being and societal cohesion, and draws comparative parallels with similar tactics used against other diaspora groups.  Source

Chinese authorities of Gade County declared the death of Rigzin Hungkar Dorje, a prominent Tibetan abbot of Lung Ngon Monastery in Golog,  who had been missing since August last year. Source

Video footage from Tibet circulating on Chinese social media in the second week of this month exposes rampant ecological damage caused by government-approved mining in Drongri village (གྲོང་རི་གྲོང་ཚོ།), in Tsonga Township (མཚོ་རྔ་ཤང་།), Markam County, Chamdo City.  Source

This policy brief, based on Gabriel Lafitte’s blog ‘Future of Tibet’, is aimed at understanding China's Tibet policies as a coherent whole rather than as isolated initiatives, enabling more effective strategic responses to China's comprehensive approach. It is intended...

Around 1,000 monks and nuns were expelled from Larung Gar Buddhist Academy late last year. Source