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Chinese embassy in Japan denounce the 9th World Parliamentarian Convention on Tibet in Tokyo
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, June 3: The Chinese Embassy in Japan has voiced strong opposition to the ongoing 9th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet (WPCT), currently being held in Tokyo with participation from 142 parliamentarians and representatives from 29 countries....
30th GCM Gold cup football tournament kicks off in Dharamshala
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, June 2: The Tibetan exile community’s most prestigious sporting event, the Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup’s 30th edition kicked off on Sunday at the Dharamshala Tibetan Children’s Village playground. The tournament honours Diki Tsering, the beloved mother...
Tibetan voices for independence will be “muted”, says China defender Victor Gao
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, June 2: Victor Gao, the former translator for Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping and current Vice President of the Center for China and Globalization, reiterated China’s uncompromising stance on Tibetan independence, stating that voices advocating for it...
Viral video exposes devastating toll of state-approved mining in Tibet
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, May 30: A viral video footage from Tibet circulating on Chinese social media in the second week of this month has exposed the devastating environmental toll of government-approved mining operations in Drongri village, Tsonga Township, Markham County,...
CTA President highlights rights abuses in Tokyo ahead of 9th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 30: President Penpa Tsering of the exile Tibetan government known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) drew attention to the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during an...
New report expose systemic abuse and identity erasure in China’s boarding schools in Tibet
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 29: A newly released report by the Tibet Action Institute (TAI), titled “When They Came to Take Our Children: China’s Colonial Boarding Schools and the Future of Tibet”, has brought to light the expanding system of Chinese...
An Open Letter to KIMFF from Tibetan Filmmakers Dhondup Wangchen and Golog Jigme
From Dhondup Wangchen and Golog Jigme: Tibetan filmmakers of Leaving Fear Behind We are writing to you today as Tibetan filmmakers from Tibet who paid with our freedom for telling the truth about our homeland by film. In 2008,...
CTA Health Department issues advisory on new COVID-19 omicron subvariants in India
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 28: In response to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in India driven by newly identified Omicron subvariants NB.1.8.1 and LF.7, the Department of Health of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), known also as the...
Kathmandu film festival under scrutiny for hosting Chinese propaganda segment ‘Xizang Panorama’
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 28: The 21st edition of the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF), set to run from May 29 to June 2, has come under heavy criticism for featuring a controversial film segment titled “Xizang Panorama,”...
Over 30,000 Tibetan farmers, herders relocated from ancestral land: TPI Report
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, May 28: In an alarmingrevelation, over 30,000 Tibetan farmers and herders in their ancestral lands in the high altitude regions of Tibet have been forcefully relocated between 2019 to 2022 under what is described as “population...











