30th GCM Gold cup football tournament kicks off in Dharamshala
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, June 2: The Tibetan exile community’s most prestigious sporting event, the Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup’s 30th edition kicked off on Sunday at the Dharamshala Tibetan Children’s Village playground. The tournament honours Diki Tsering, the beloved mother of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader. This year’s tournament carries special significance […]
Tibetan voices for independence will be “muted”, says China defender Victor Gao
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, June 2: Victor Gao, the former translator for Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping and current Vice President of the Center for China and Globalization, reiterated China’s uncompromising stance on Tibetan independence, stating that voices advocating for it both within and outside China will be “muted.” Speaking during UNAPOLOGETIC, a Middle East Eye program hosted […]
Viral video exposes devastating toll of state-approved mining in Tibet
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, May 30: A viral video footage from Tibet circulating on Chinese social media in the second week of this month has exposed the devastating environmental toll of government-approved mining operations in Drongri village, Tsonga Township, Markham County, Chamdo City. According to the London-based Tibetan human rights monitoring outlet Tibet Watch, the footage documents […]
CTA President highlights rights abuses in Tokyo ahead of 9th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 30: President Penpa Tsering of the exile Tibetan government known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) drew attention to the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during an official visit to Tokyo ahead of the 9th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet (WPCT), scheduled for […]
New report expose systemic abuse and identity erasure in China’s boarding schools in Tibet
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 29: A newly released report by the Tibet Action Institute (TAI), titled “When They Came to Take Our Children: China’s Colonial Boarding Schools and the Future of Tibet”, has brought to light the expanding system of Chinese government-run boarding schools in Tibet, where Tibetan children are subjected to abuse, negligence, political indoctrination, and […]
An Open Letter to KIMFF from Tibetan Filmmakers Dhondup Wangchen and Golog Jigme
From Dhondup Wangchen and Golog Jigme: Tibetan filmmakers of ‘Leaving Fear Behind’. We are writing to you today as Tibetan filmmakers from Tibet who paid with our freedom for telling the truth about our homeland by film. In 2008, we made a documentary called Leaving Fear Behind featuring everyday Tibetans speaking openly about their lives […]
CTA Health Department issues advisory on new COVID-19 omicron subvariants in India
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 28: In response to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in India driven by newly identified Omicron subvariants NB.1.8.1 and LF.7, the Department of Health of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), known also as the exile Tibetan government, has issued an urgent advisory urging caution and preventive measures within Tibetan settlements […]
Kathmandu film festival under scrutiny for hosting Chinese propaganda segment ‘Xizang Panorama’
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 28: The 21st edition of the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF), set to run from May 29 to June 2, has come under heavy criticism for featuring a controversial film segment titled “Xizang Panorama,” a curated selection of six Chinese-produced films on Tibet. The segment, part of the festival’s celebration […]
Over 30,000 Tibetan farmers, herders relocated from ancestral land: TPI Report
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, May 28: In an alarmingrevelation, over 30,000 Tibetan farmers and herders in their ancestral lands in the high altitude regions of Tibet have been forcefully relocated between 2019 to 2022 under what is described as “population colonisation policy” by Chinese authorities, according to a report released by a think-tank under the exile […]
China’s first national security White Paper labels Tibet and East Turkestan as ‘security concerns’
By Tsering Dhundup Dharamshala, May 27: The Chinese government has released its first-ever National Security White Paper, marking a significant shift in the framing of national security by positioning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as the central pillar of the country’s security strategy. Issued on May 12 through the State Council, the document underscores the […]