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Tibetan activists protest against Chinese FM Wang Yi’s visit to India

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 18: Tibetan activists staged a series of protests in the Indian capital on Monday against the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who arrived in New Delhi for a two-day trip from August 18...

Chinese FM Wang Yi to visit India for 24th round of border talks

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 17: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to arrive in New Delhi on Monday for a two-day visit, during which he will hold the 24th round of Special Representatives (SR) talks on the India-China...

China intensified its crackdown across Tibet ahead of Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday: CTA report

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 16: Chinese authorities reportedly tightened security across Tibet around the time of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday, ramping up surveillance, monitoring Tibetans’ daily activities and communications—particularly with those in exile—and carrying out arrests...

CTA President urges self-reliance, lauds India’s support at 79th Independence Day in Ludhiana

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug 16: President Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) delivered the keynote address at a special program in Ludhiana marking His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday and India’s 79th Independence Day on Friday....

US State Dept. flags China’s arbitrary detention, transnational repression, and cyber surveillance against Tibetans

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 14: The latest US State Department’s 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on China, published on Tuesday, has documented severe and systematic violations of fundamental freedoms in China, including arbitrary detention, transnational repression, and cyber surveillance...

Victorian Parliament marks Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday with special celebration

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 14: The Victorian Parliamentary Friends of Tibet, in partnership with The Tibetan Community in Victoria and the Australia Voluntary Tibet Advocacy Group (V-TAG), hosted a special celebration at the Victorian Parliament on Wednesday to honour...

China cuts ties with Czech President Petr Pavel over meeting with Dalai Lama

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 13: China announced on Tuesday that it has suspended all engagement with Czech President Petr Pavel following his recent private meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, on July 27 in...

Abbot of Hortsang Kirti Monastery secretly detained, whereabouts unknown

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 13: Geshe Lharampa Kunchok Chodak, the abbot and teaching instructor at Hortsang Kirti Monastery in Sangchu County, Gansu Province, was reportedly forcibly taken away by Chinese security personnel in a night raid in December 2024,...

2026 Tibetan Presidential and Parliamentary electoral process to begin from October

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 13: The Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) announced that the electoral process for the 2026 Presidential and Tibetan Parliamentary elections will formally commence on October 1 with the appointment of...

UK’s Deputy PM demands transparency on China’s redacted designs for ‘super-embassy’ in London

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 12: United Kingdom’s Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has formally called on the Chinese government to explain why parts of its architectural designs for a proposed “super-embassy” in central London have been...