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On UN Torture Victims Day, TCHRD Says: Systematic Torture Continues in Tibet Despite China’s Claims

DHARAMSALA, 26 June: On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) stated that “Torture in Tibet is not just a method of punishment; it is a deliberate approach...

Tibetan Monastery Leader in Critical Condition After Torture in Chinese Prison

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 24 June: The head of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery is now in critical condition after being imprisoned and brutally tortured by Chinese authorities following a peaceful protest last year against the construction of a mega...

CTA President Launches Ghoton’s Special Bilingual websites

Days before the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday celebration, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) President Penpa Tsering unveiled bilingual (Tibetan and English) websites: www.ghoton.net and www.hhthedalailama90.net. The Tibetan spiritual leader will reach this milestone on 6 July 2025, and the CTA...

Bipartisan US Congressional Resolution Proposes ‘Day of Compassion’ to Mark Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 17 June: As His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama approaches his 90th birthday, a wave of support is building in the US Congress, with a new bipartisan resolution introduced to honour the Tibetan spiritual leader...

EU Demands China End Interference in Religious Leader Selection, Including Dalai Lama

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 16 June: Amid growing international pressure on China over its interference in the succession plan for the next Dalai Lama, the European Union has strongly criticised Beijing for violating religious freedom and exerting state control...

Tibet Coalition Urges G7 to Stop China’s Interference in Reincarnation, Human Rights Violations

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 13 June: Ahead of the upcoming G7 summit in Canada, a coalition of over 147 Tibet-related rights groups has urged the G7 governments to call for an end to China’s interference in the selection of...

Through Her Mother’s Ears: Tsering Wangmo Dhompa on Exile, Memory and Tibetan Stories

A trailblazer whose writing spans fluidly between poetry and prose, nonfiction and memoir, Tsering Wangmo Dhompa needs no introduction.  Born in exile and having lived across multiple countries, she is a memory keeper. She says her mother is her...

China violates own prison rules to block family, lawyer visits to Dorjee Tashi for fifth consecutive year, Tibet Watch reports  

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 10 June: Chinese prison authorities in occupied Tibet continue to deny family visits to imprisoned Tibetan businessman and philanthropist Dorjee Tashi, with the last recorded visit having taken place in 2019. According to a report...

Kanwal Krishna’s 1940 Dalai Lama Enthronement Portrait Sells for a Record £152,800 in London

Kanwal Krishna’s 1940 Dalai Lama Enthronement Portrait Sells for a Record £152,800 in London

China Frowns While 142 MPs from 29 Countries at 9th WPCT Unite for Tibet Resolution Ahead of Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 4 June: China has strongly opposed recent remarks made by Tibetan parliamentarians in Japanese media, for asserting that the next Dalai Lama would reincarnate in the “free world" and sought to have other countries exert...