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Tibetan Parliament’s Local Tibetan Assembly Workshop Begins in Hunsur

Hunsur: A five-day workshop titled “Strengthening Democracy at the Grass-Root Level,” organised by the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, began in Hunsur, Karnataka on 29 July 2024. The workshop is being led by parliamentarians Youdon Aukatsang and Khenpo Jamphal Tenzin. Participants include...

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Addresses Tibetan Communities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Chicago

Dharamshala: As part of the ongoing official engagements in the US, Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration attended celebrations extending gratitude to the US government for enacting the Resolve Tibet Act at various Tibetan community centres and...

UN Advocacy Officer of Tibet Bureau-Geneva Attends Commemoration of Swiss Regional Centre For Middle Way Initiative’s Founding Anniversary

Switzerland: Phuntsok Topgyal, the UN Advocacy Officer at the Tibet Bureau in Geneva, attended the event celebrating founding anniversary of the regional Centre For Middle Way Initiative of Switzerland at Tibet Institute Rikon, along with Abbot of the Tibet...

China reported building new border security village close to India’s Ladakh border

(TibetanReview.net, Jul29’24) – As it continues the border standoff across India’s eastern Ladakh, there is no let-up in China’s building of border security villages, referred to as Xiaokang villages, in occupied Tibet, of which 624 had reportedly been built...

China’s state employees to face forced three-child policy?

(TibetanReview.net, Jul29’24) – China is desperate as it fails to repeat the spectacular success of its decades-long one-child policy in implementing its current three-child policy. Burdened by economic hardship and for sundry other reasons, young people are simply refusing...

Panel Discussion on ‘Forced Closure of Ragya Sherig Norling Educational Institution: Causes and Impacts’

Dharamshala: The Tibet Policy Institute, a research center affiliated with the Central Tibetan Administration, hosted a panel discussion titled “Forced Closure of Ragya Sherig Norling Educational Institute: Causes and Impacts” this morning at 10 a.m. Held at the Tibet...

DC Reception for Resolve Tibet Act: CTA President Lauds Collaborative Efforts

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 29 July: A reception, marking the signing of "Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act" into law, was hosted in Washington DC, US on Thursday. Co-organised by the Office of Tibet North America and...

America’s Resolve Tibet Act and India as Third Polarity in Sino-Tibetan Negotiations

If negotiations take place, Tibetans should add India as a third polarity as in every case, India will remain Tibet’s neighbour -by Claude Arpi for Firstpost  It was an interesting coincidence that the book—Imperial Games in Tibet—of former ambassador,...

Kham Kathok Tibetan Settlement Celebrates Signing of Resolve Tibet Act by US Government

Kham Kathok, Sataun: The Tibetan Settlement Office of Kham Kathok, in collaboration with the regional Tibetan Co-operative Society, commenced an appreciation ceremony on 24 July 2024. An event was held to express gratitude to the US government for supporting...

Education Council Committee Member Nyima Dhondup Concludes Inspection Tour of Tibetan Schools around Dehradun

Dharamshala: The Education Council, Department of Education (CTA) member, Nyima Dhondup, former Principal of Palkhang Academy, successfully concluded an inspection tour of Tibetan schools around Dehradun on 27 July 2024. The Committee member, Nyima Dhondup, undertook a series of...

REPORT: Pro-Han bias, tension at India-borders hamper China’s new economic development policy in Tibet

(TibetanReview.net, Jul28’24) – The focus of China’s new development plans in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), which includes the establishment of New Economic and Technology Development Zones (ETDZs), are on pockets of the Han populated areas. Already, the Tibetan economy...

China destroys monastery to expand world’s tallest 3D-printed hydropower dam in Tibet

(TibetanReview.net, Jul27’24) – After brushing aside heartbreaking pleas, protests and what not, Chinese authorities in Tsolho (Chinese: Hainan) Prefecture of Qinghai province have completed the demolition of a 135-year-old Tibetan Buddhist monastery ahead of the planned completion later this...

Profiling Tibetan Political Prisoners – Monlam Gyatso

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Tibet Represented at the Opening Ceremony of Paris Olympic Games

Paris: Representative Rigzin Genkhang led a Tibetan delegation comprising Co-ordinator Thupten Tsering, Tibetan Community President Karma Rinchen and former President Ven. Penpa, as invited guests to the opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games along the Seine river, flowing...

Sikyong thanks US lawmakers for ‘Resolve Tibet Act’ at Capitol center reception

(TibetanReview.net, Jul26’24) – A reception was held at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC, on Jul 25, during which the Sikyong, Mr Penpa Tsering, of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) expressed gratitude to the lawmakers who had sponsored...

China alleged to destroy religious features on exteriors of Tibetan homes

(TibetanReview.net, Jul26’24) – China’s campaign to Sinicize the Tibetan culture appears to have reached the doorsteps of villagers in Ngaba (or Ngawa, Chinese: Aba) county in what is now part of Sichuan province where residents have reportedly been ordered...

Opinion: Hopes and Dangers of new Tibet-China dialogue- A friendly warning

By Vijay Kranti Beijing’s record of conducting dialogue and establishing contacts with others throughout its history has never been happy for the other side. Skeptics point out that whenever Beijing showed interest in a ‘dialogue’ with Dharamshala, the Chinese...

Department of Education Concludes Meeting to Review New Children’s Books

Dharamshala: The Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) successfully concluded a review meeting on four new children’s story books and two translated story books on 26 July 2024. The review meeting was attended by Gedun Dhonyoe, who serves...

CTA Intro and Presskit

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Education Department Announces Vacancy of TGT Science for Sambhota Tibetan Schools Society

Dharamshala: The Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration, announces vacancy of TGT Science for the Sambhota Tibetan Schools Society on contractual basis. Interested candidates are requested to submit their CV to stss1999@gmail.com by 23 August 2024. Access the detailed...

Darjeeling Tibetan Settlement Celebrates Adoption of “Resolve Tibet Act- S.138” by US Government

Darjeeling: The Tibetans in Darjeeling held a “Thank You USA” event coinciding with the (Lhakar) White Wednesday on 24 July 2024. More than 1500 attendees, including Tibetans across Darjeeling and other settlers under the jurisdiction of the Tibetan Settlement...

Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel To Visit Tokyo Japan

Dharamshala: Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, the Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, is officially visiting Tokyo, Japan from 27 July to 2 August 2024. The Speaker is scheduled to leave from Dharamshala via Delhi for Tokyo on 27th July, and will...

Sonada Tibetan Settlement Celebrates Enactment of Resolve Tibet Act into US Law

Sonada: Tashiling Tibetan Settlement in Sonada organised a celebration to thank the government of the United States of America for signing the ‘Resolve Tibet Act’ into Law. The event took place at Tashiling Tibetan Settlement’s Cooperative Society Hall on...

Parliamentarians Youdon Aukatsang and Khenpo Jamphal Tenzin to Conduct Local Tibetan Assembly Workshop in Hunsur Tibetan Settlement

Dharamshala: The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile is organising a five-day workshop on ‘Strengthening of Democracy at the Grass-root level ’ to the members of Local Tibetan Assembly and Settlement officers of Rabgyaling Tibetan Settlement of Hunsur, Dhondenling Tibetan Settlement of Kollegal,...

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Meets US Congress Members in Washington DC, Expresses Gratitude on Behalf of Tibetans

Washington DC: From 22 to 25 July, Sikyong Penpa Tsering visited Washington DC for a series of official engagements, during which he expressed gratitude to US legislators in person for their support of the “Resolve Tibet Act.” In addition...