Still Missing!
By Tenzin Samten / April 26, 2022
Gendun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama and the second most revered figure in Tibetan Buddhism, turned 33 on April 25. He has not been seen in public since his abduction from his home in Tibet by the Chinese authorities 27 years ago at the age of six. Tibetans and read more →
Dialogue for Our Future: A Call to Climate Action
By Phurbu Lhamo / April 25, 2022
An International climate conference Dialogue for Our Future: A Call to Climate Action was held in Dharamshala from April 21 to 23to mark Earth Day which falls on April 22. The three-day meeting was attended by scientists, activists, authors, environmentalists, academicians and researchers. The event was held both on- and read more →
UN Calls for Information on Tibetan Political Prisoners
By Tenzin Samten / April 22, 2022
Six United Nations experts have called on China to give more information about the arrest, detention and subsequent enforced disappearance of three Tibetans: writer Lobsang Dhondup (pen name: Dhi Lhaden); musician Lhundup Drakpa and teacher Rinchen Kyi, all arrested in connection with their cultural activities promoting the use of Tibetan read more →
Severe Repression in Tibet reports US State Department
By Tenzin Samten / April 19, 2022
The 2021 Report from the United States State Department on Human Rights Practices, focusing on China, reports significant human rights abuses faced by Tibetans living in Tibet under Chinese rule including torture, arbitrary arrest and detention, political prisoners, unlawful interference with privacy, restrictions on internet freedom, interference with the right read more →
Tenzin Tsundue’s Tibet speaking Tour of Europe
By Sarah Weber / April 18, 2022
Tenzin Tsundue, the well-known activist and author, is currently on a one-months peaking tour of Europe. His tour started in Geneva, Switzerland on April 4 with an appearance at the fourteenth annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy which took place from April 4-6. Tsundue posted on his Facebook read more →
Sikyong Tours Tibetan Settlements in South India
By Tenzin Samten / April 18, 2022
Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the newly elected President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) also known as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile is on his first visit as Sikyong to the various Tibetan settlements of Phuntsokling settlement in Odisha, Phendeling settlement in Mainpat, and Chhattisgarh and Norgyaling settlements in Bhandara, Maharashtra where he read more →
Ache Lhamo and Shoton Festival
By Tenzin Samten / April 8, 2022
The 25th Shoton (Yogurt) Festival, the festival of Tibetan Opera, began at the Tibetan Institute of Peforming Arts (TIPA) in Dharamshala on April 6 with participating opera troupes each performing short extracts of their stories on the inaugural day. Attending the opening ceremonies were chief guests Sikyong Pempa Tsering, read more →
Political Prisoner Released After 13 years
By Tenzin Samten / March 22, 2022
Kunchok Tsephel, 52, a prominent Tibetan writer, teacher and environmentalist who was sentenced to 15 years in 2009 by the Chinese authorities was released on March 18 after serving more than 13 years in prison, reports the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) based in Dharamshala. According to read more →
His Holiness Teaches after Two Years
By Tenzin Samten / March 21, 2022
His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a short teaching to more than a thousand people gathered in and around the courtyard of Tsuglakhang, the main temple in Mcleod Ganj, Dharamahala, on March 18. The teaching from the Jataka Tales, was followed by the ceremony for Generating the Awakening Mind [Tib:Semkye] read more →
Tsewang Norbu
By Tenzin Samten / March 21, 2022
Tsewang Norbu, 25, a popular contemporary Tibetan singer who attempted self-immolation in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa on February 25, has died, reports Radio Free Asia. Their initial report said that his attempt was thwarted by police, however their update has confirmed his deathal though there are no read more →