Seventh Permanent Strategy Committee meeting convenes in Dharamshala
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, April 10: The 16th Cabinet of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also known as the exile Tibetan government convened its 7th Permanent Strategy Committee meeting on Wednesday at the Administrative Training Centre in Dharamshala. This three-day bi-annual meeting, scheduled from April 9 to 11, is set to evaluate the implementation of resolutions […]
China-linked spyware targeting communities deemed threat to CCP: Advisory by global cybersecurity agencies
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 10: Global cybersecurity agencies have issued a joint advisory warning about sophisticated spyware targeting individuals and communities connected to Tibet, Taiwan, East Turkestan and Falun Gong. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), in collaboration with cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and the United States, including the FBI and […]
US ambassador to China nominee pledges strong stand on Tibet at confirmation hearing
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 9: During the confirmation hearing of David Perdue, nominee for US Ambassador to China, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, Tibet emerged as a focal point in discussions surrounding human rights in China. Perdue faced questions from senators about ongoing rights violations, with particular emphasis on Tibet, East Turkestan, Taiwan and Hong […]
CTA condemns death of prominent Buddhist leader in Chinese custody in Vietnam
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, April 9: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the Tibetan government-in-exile, has strongly denounced the sudden and suspicious death of prominent Tibetan Buddhist figure Tulku Hungkar Dorje while in Chinese custody in Vietnam. The condemnation was issued during a press briefing held at the Department of Information and International Relations’ Lhakpa Tsering Hall […]
Two new Justice Commissioners, auditor general of CTA sworn into office
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, April 7: In a ceremony held on Monday at the Sikyong Hall, Chief Justice Commissioner Yeshi Wangmo formally administered the oath of office to three key appointees of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), marking a significant development in the exile Tibetan government’s judicial and oversight institutions. Former parliamentarian Dawa Phunkyi and former […]
Dalai Lama “moved” as march retrace his historic escape route from Tibet
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 7: In a message to the 300 participants of the recently concluded ‘Freedom Trail’, Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed deep emotion as trekkers retraced his six-day journey from from Khen-dza-mani on the border between Tibet and India to Pungteng-tse at Tawang in 1959. The trail, which ended Saturday at […]
CTA issues urgent appeal for disaster-struck Tibetan nomadic families in Ladakh
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, April 6: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also known as the Tibetan government-in-exile, has issued an urgent humanitarian appeal for emergency assistance following a devastating snowstorm that severely impacted Tibetan nomadic families in the Jangthang region of Ladakh, near the Indo-Tibetan border. The Sonamling Tibetan Settlement, which administers the Jangthang area—home to […]
Global webinar honours Dalai Lama’s legacy and envisions Tibet’s future
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 6: Ahead of Tibetan leader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) convened an international webinar titled “Celebrating the Dalai Lama’s Legacy and Tibet’s Future: Perspectives from Europe, South Asia, and China.” Hosted by FNF’s South Asia Regional Office in New Delhi, the event […]
Yeshi Wangmo sworn in as new Chief Justice Commissioner of apex Tibetan judicial body
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, April 5: Yeshi Wangmo was officially sworn in as the Chief Justice Commissioner of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission (TSJC), the highest judicial body of the exile Tibetan government known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), in a formal ceremony held at the Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE) hall on Friday. She […]
TCHRD releases alarming reports on Tibet, Driru abuses deemed crimes against humanity
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April, 5: Research and advocacy group,Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) released two major reports documenting extensive human rights abuses in Tibet, particularly in Driru County under Chinese illegal occupation, released on Friday in Dharamshala. The organisation’s annual report for 2024 revealed that Tibet received a Global Freedom Score of 0 […]