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Exile seat of Panchen Lama celebrates 36th birthday of disappeared Buddhist leader

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 25: In a solemn yet resolute observance, Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, in Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement, South India, the spiritual and cultural seat of the Panchen Lama in exile, commemorated the 36th birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun...

Tibet Fund launches Peppa Pig series dubbed in Tibetan language

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 25: In a move to preserve and promote the Tibetan language and culture among younger generations, the New York-based non-profit organisation, the Tibet Fund, launched the Tibetan-dubbed version of the popular British animated children’s series, Peppa...

CTA Holds Prayer Service for Pahalgam Terror Attack Victims

CTA holds prayer service in Dharamshala for Pahalgam terror victims, expressing solidarity with India and prayers for the injured and bereaved families.

Memebrs of European Parliament Urges China to Free Panchen Lama

Several members of European Parliament demands China reveal the fate of Tibet's 11th Panchen Lama, missing since 1995, on his 36th birthday.

“China, Where is Tibet’s Panchen Lama?” CTA Demands Answers on His 36th Birthday

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 25 April: As the exiled Tibetans commemorated the 36th birthday anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama Gendun Choekyi Nyima in absentia, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), commonly known as the Tibetan government in exile, has...

Central Tibetan Administration Holds Prayer Ceremony in Solidarity with Pahalgam Victims

Dharamshala: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) convened a special prayer service at Sikyong Hall at 3:00 PM today, held to honour the victims and express solidarity with their families following the recent tragic terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu &...

European Parliament Calls for the Release of the 11th Panchen Lama

Brussels: On today’s occasion of the 36th birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet, members of the European Parliament have reiterated their unwavering support for his release and demanded that the Chinese government immediately disclose...

Manufacturing Faith: China’s Abduction of the 11th Panchen Lama and the Assault on Tibetan Religious Freedom

Tsering Passang On 25th April 1989, a boy named Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was born – a birth that would later carry profound spiritual significance for millions of Tibetans. Recognised in 1995 by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama as...

Peppa Pig Now Available in Tibetan to Support Language Preservation

Peppa Pig is now in Tibetan, launched by Tibet Fund to promote language learning and cultural preservation among young Tibetan children.

Panchen Lama turns 36 under China’s continued detention

ICT urges China to release the Panchen Lama on his 36th birthday, marking 30 years of enforced disappearance and religious repression in Tibet.

Sikyong Seeks Indian Government Support for Tibetan Medicine

Sikyong Penpa Tsering urges Indian AYUSH Minister to support Tibetan medicine under TRP 2014, aiming to strengthen Sowa-Rigpa tradition.

Tibetans in Dharamshala join rally, observe day-long market shutdown in solidarity with Pahalgam terror victims

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 24: Tibetans joined a rally in McLeod Ganj alongside local Indians today condemning the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir and shut down their shops in the main market area for the entire...

Rare art collection documenting the 14th Dalai Lama’s enthronement heads for auction

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 24: A collection documenting the 1940 enthronement of the 14th Dalai Lama will go under the hammer at Bonhams auction house in London on June 4, 2025. The Collection and Archive of Sir Basil Gould, the...

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Voices Solidarity with India Following Terror Attack in Jammu and Kashmir

Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration has expressed deep sorrow over the recent terrorist attack in Jammu & Kashmir, which claimed lives and left many injured. In an official statement shared on the X platform (formerly...

Judge halts shutdown of VOA, RFA etc in a decision condemned by White House

(TibetanReview.net, Apr24’25) – After a temporary block on his March order by a New York judge, a federal district judge in Washington, DC, has on Apr 23 ordered the Trump administration to restore all jobs and funding for the...

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Calls on AYUSH Minister, Seeks Support for Traditional Tibetan Medicine Under TRP 2014

New Delhi: On 23 April 2025, Sikyong Penpa Tsering, as the incumbent Kalon (Minister) of the Department of Health, Central Tibetan Administration, paid a courtesy call to honourable Minister of AYUSH (Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha...

In Mourning and Solidarity: Tibetans Honour Kashmir Terrorist Attack Victims

*Tibetans in Dharamsala mourn the fatalities of the deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir. *In Solidarity: Dharamsala Tibetans Close Businesses

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Participates in a Virtual Book Discussion Held by Foundation for Non-Violent Alternatives

Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering on Wednesday, 23 April 2025, participated in an online book discussion on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s recent book, Voice for the Voiceless, alongside Dr Thupten Jinpa, the editor of the book and chief English...

Tibetan Buddhist leader cremated in Vietnam under tight control points to Chinese transnational repression

April 23, 2025 The body of 57-year-old Tibetan Buddhist leader Hungkar Dorje (aka Trulku Hungkar Dorje, Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche) was cremated under darkness at 1am on April 20, 2025, in a highly secretive and tightly controlled ceremony in Ho...

Opinion: Vietnam’s Transnational Religious Repression Mirrors China’s Playbook

By Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh – Human rights activist living in exile in the United States and 2017 International Women of Courage Awardee (IWOC). April 22, 2025 The shocking case of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a renowned Tibetan lama, who...

White House reinforces theory of COVID-19 originating from a lab in Wuhan, China

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 23: In a shift in the United States federal government’s public position on the origins of COVID-19 virus, the Trump administration has replaced the content of official pandemic information websites with materials supporting the lab leak...

US federal judge orders funding restoration of Voice of America

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April, 23: U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth has ordered the immediate funding restoration of Voice of America (VOA) and related government-funded news services, ruling that recent drastic cuts likely violated both federal law and the Constitution....

Government-organized Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrimage to Tibet to resume Jun 30

(TibetanReview.net, Apr23’25) – Starting Jun 30, Indian devotees will finally be able to undertake government-organized pilgrimage to Mt Kailash and Lake Mansarovar in eastern Tibet’s Purang County, Ngari Prefecture, after a gap of some five years, according Indian media...

ICT statement on the Panchen Lama’s 36th birthday

April 23, 2025 April 25, 2025 marks the 36th birthday of the Panchen Lama, who has remained under continued detention by Chinese authorities since 1995, only for being recognized by the Dalai Lama as a prominent Tibetan Buddhist master....

Dalai Lama, Tibetan leaders express condolences on death of Pope Francis

Shimla: The Dalai Lama and leaders of the Tibetan govt-in-exile in Dharamshala have expressed their condolences over the death of Pope Francis.