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New study sounds alarm over deepening ecological crisis in Tibet
The study warns that the Tibetan Plateau—often referred to as the “Third Pole”—is warming at more than twice the global average
UN rights experts have asked China, Vietnam to account for Tibetan abbot’s tragic transborder death
(TibetanReview.net, Oct09’25) – Four UN rights experts and expert groups have on Aug 8 asked China and Vietnam in separate joint communications to account for the questionable manner in which a locally prominent religious leader from Tibet was detained,...
UN slams China and Vietnam over the Tibetan Lama’s mysterious death
UN human rights experts have asked China and Vietnam to explain the arrest, disappearance, and suspicious death of Tibetan spiritual leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche in Ho Chi Minh City, warning that both governments may have violated international human...
Khadhok-Tibetan Artists’ Collective wins 2025 Rubin Museum Himalayan Art Prize
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 9: The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art has announced Wednesday that Khadhok – Tibetan Artists’ Collective, based in Dharamshala, India, as the recipient of the 2025 Rubin Museum Himalayan Art Prize, the world’s largest international award...
Tibetan voices at conference on PRC religious freedom
October 9, 2025 More than 200 activists, scholars, Congressional staff, and movement leaders gathered in Washington, DC on September 30 for “Faith Under Siege,” a conference on religious persecution and oppression in the People’s Republic of China. ICT President...
Tibetan Artists’ Collective Khadhok Bags 2025 Rubin Museum Himalayan Art Prize
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA 9 Oct: Khadhok—a Tibetan artists’ collective based here in Dharamsala has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Rubin Museum Himalayan Art Prize, an unrestricted $30,000 cash award and the largest international prize supporting...
China’s war on freedom escalates: Global alarm over widening human rights crisis
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has released its latest weekly brief, painting a grim picture of escalating repression under President Xi Jinping's rule, highlighting the Chinese Communist Party's tightening control over civil liberties, religious freedom, and dissent across the...
UN Experts Raise Alarm Over Death of Tibetan Lama Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche in Vietnamese Custody
Geneva, 8 October 2025: A group of United Nations human rights experts has expressed grave concern over the arrest, enforced disappearance, and subsequent death in custody of prominent Tibetan spiritual leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche, who reportedly died under...
Education Kalon Tharlam Dolma Changra Visits Germany, Engages with Sponsors and Education Institutions
Bavaria, Germany: Kalon (Minister) Tharlam Dolma Changra of the Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), began her official visit to Germany on 1 October 2025. The visit will continue until 13 October, after which she will return to...
TPI Holds 7th Young Indian Scholars Conference on Tibetan Studies
DHARAMSALA, 9 Oct: The Tibet Policy Institute (TPI) of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile inaugurated the 7th Young Indian Scholars Conference on Tibetan Studies today at the Administrative and Welfare Society in Dharamshala. The conference brings together 30 participants, including four...
Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile elections on Feb 1, April 26
Chandigarh: Elections for the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile and the President (Sikyong) of the Tibetan Govt-in-Exile will be held in two phases from Feb next year.
Exile Tibetans to vote on Feb 1, Apr 26 to elect new leaders for next five years
(TibetanReview.net, Oct08’25) – The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) announced at a press conference in Dharamshala, India, Oct 7 morning that voting for the election of the Sikyong, the executive head of the CTA, and the...
All blizzard-stranded hikers, guides and porters at Mt Everest, Qilian Mountains rescued
(TibetanReview.net, Oct08’25) – All the nearly 900 hikers and local hiking service personnel stranded by heavy snowfall in Tibet’s Mt Everest County of Dingri County, Shigatse City, emerged safely by Oct 7, reported China’s state news agency Xinhua Oct...
China expert urges policy-driven scholarship at 7th Young Indian Scholars’ Conference on Tibetan Studies
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 8: One of India’s leading China experts, Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli, speaking at the 7th Young Indian Scholars’ Conference on Tibetan Studies organised by the Tibet Policy Institute (TPI), stressed the importance of independent scholarship to counter Beijing’s...
UN demand clarity from Vietnam and China over the death of Tulku Hunkar Dorjee
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 8: United Nations human rights experts have pressed the governments of Vietnam and China to account for the detention, disappearance, and disputed death in custody of Tibetan spiritual leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche, who died earlier...
7th Young Indian Scholars’ Conference on Tibetan Studies Commences in Dharamshala
Dharamshala: The two-day 7th Young Indian Scholars’ Conference on Tibetan Studies commenced this morning, 8 October 2025, at the Administrative Tibetan Welfare Society (ATWS) Hall, in the presence of Sikyong Penpa Tsering as its Chief Guest. The opening ceremony...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Attends Offering of Long Life Prayers by Australian Tibetan National Association, Tibetan Communities Europe and Tibetan Y...
–dalailama.com Dharamshala: After several days of incessant rain, this morning the snow-cloaked mountains behind Dharamsala sparkled in the sunlight. Representatives of organisations offering prayers for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s long life — the Australian Tibetan National Association, Tibetan...
Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel Meets Delegation from International Campaign for Tibet
Dharamshala: On 8 October 2025, Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel met with a delegation from the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) during their visit to the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile earlier today. The delegation included Bhuchung Tsering (Head of Research & Monitoring),...
China uses Panchen Lama’s Kalachakra to legitimise control over Tibetans
Gyaltsen Norbu, the China-appointed Panchen Lama often dismissed by Tibetans as a "political imposter," is slated to lead the Kalachakra empowerment and teachings at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, the historic seat of the Panchen Lamas in Shigatse, Tibet, from October...
China Intensifies Pressure to Sinicize Tibetan Buddhism
Reported By Palden Edited By Pema Tso Translated by TenGyal This year, the Political Bureau of Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP Politburo) convened the so-called 22nd “collective study meeting” focused on the need to promote systematic...
Himachal: Tibetans pray for the Dalai Lama’s long life in Dharamshala
Over 4,000 Tibetans, including Buddhist monks, nuns, and foreign followers from different parts of the world, gathered at the temple to offer prayers for the Dalai Lama's long life.
Ahead of COP30, Stockholm paper raises alarm over lack of global climate diplomacy on environmental devastation in Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Oct07’25) – China has transformed the Tibetan Plateau, one of the world’s most fragile environments, into a zone of extreme ecological stress under its state‑centric model of infrastructure expansion, militarisation, and resource extraction, reported the IANS new service...
All Stranded Hikers Caught In Blizzard On Tibetan Slopes Of Mt Everest Rescued
About a dozen hikers were escorted to a meeting point with the help of local teams carrying food, medicine, heating and oxygen supplies.
Two-phase elections for exiled Tibetan govt on February 1, April 26
The Central election commission of Dharamshala-based Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on Tuesday announced the schedule for the upcoming 2025–2026 elections of the Sikyong and the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile
Tibet at the 60th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), held in Geneva from 8 September to 8 October 2025, the situation in Tibet was a focal point of concern among governments and civil society organizations commenting...