Two Tibetan teenagers who are believed to be close to 16-year-old, Gendun Gyatso and Choekyi Gyatso, have self-immolated in Ngaba county in protest of China’s oppression in Ti
The DIIR Information Secretary (Equivalent) Ms Dhardhon Sharling has resigned from her post, drawing much speculation in the exiled Tibetan Diaspor
After receiving support from the US State Department last week, Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act (H.R. 1872) gets passed in the US Senate by unanimous consent on Dece
In a new development in the case no. 20 between former North America Representative Penpa Tsering and the Tibetan President Lobsang Sangay, the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission (SJC) instructed Sangay to edit out the arguments not relevant to
A video claiming to be that of an uncle of a Tibetan youth who died reportedly by setting himself ablaze on November 4 has surfaced, indicating that the youth, Dhorbe, died of burns caus
Tibetans in Dharamshala braved the dipping temperature to celebrate the 29th anniversary of the conferment of Nobel Peace Prize upon His Holiness the Dalai Lama in
A Tibetan youth named Dugkho has set himself ablaze in Ngaba's Soruma township on Saturday. It is no
Tibetan exiles and activists in Dharamshala, the seat of Tibetan government-in-exile, expressed common outrage towards a full page advertorial on the national newspaper Ind
China has deployed military grade drones capable of carrying high tech weapons near the border regions of occupied Tibet and Xinjiang region in a bid to monitor mountainous terrai
A bill that promotes access for United States’ politicians and members of the civil society has received the support of one of the country’s key organs that represents the cou
The Establishments of Upper Dharamshala Hotels and Restaurants Association (UDHRA) saw a sliver of hope with the new high court order that the hotels and guesthouses closed since last year will be considered for operation provided they adhere to th
After years of ban on international governments and civil society representatives to visit occupied Tibet, a German official for human rights is set to visit the region on Wednes
Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has urged participants of the ongoing Conference of the Parties (COP24) to contemplate “serious action” to combat deteriora
The leaders of the Tibetan Community Australia NSW Inc. has cancelled the annual commemorative gathering of Tibetans in Sydney, Australia on December 10, the anniversary of the Dalai Lama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, citing fears of infighting amo
His Holiness the Dalai Lama took an early flight from Dharamsala to Delhi on Sunday and then on to Farrukhabad in western UP. Members of the Youth Buddhist Society of India (YBSI) and official
The longest serving Tibetan legislator Pema Jungney was sworn in as the new Speaker of the 16th Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE) here at the T-building of the Central Tibetan Adminis
Former political prisoner and well known spokesperson for torture practices by China in occupied Tibet, Palden Gyatso, died this morning at Delek
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy organized a public event at hotel Tibet, Dharamshala this morning to mark the 30th year since the sentencing of the “Group of Ten” Drepung monks for translating, printing and distributing Universal Declaration of Hu
In the summer of 2005, the Indian writer Pankaj Mishra and a few of us went to see monk Palden Gyatso at his room near Kirti Monastery in Dharamsala. Pankaj was writing a piece on Tibet for th
Congratulations on the CPJ 2012 International Press Freedom Award that you managed to collect in person last week. How does it feel to be recognized by an esteemed organization l
