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Minnesota Tibetans to Begin 400-Mile Peace March Honouring Pawo Lobga Rangzen

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 5 August: Four Tibetans, including an 82-year-old man, are set to begin a more than 400-mile

China’s United Front Work Department and the Tibetan Diaspora

By Khedroob Thondup Executive Summary. The United Front Work Department (UFWD) is a central organ of the Chinese Communist Party

Lobga Rangzen, the Tibetan Activist Who Set Himself on Fire in Manhattan

No one doubted the intensity of Lobga Rangzen’s commitment to a Tibet free of Chinese control. But they were not prepared for what he did next.

Mountain flower from China joins the world’s carnivorous plant club

For most insects, a flowering alpine plant might seem an unlikely predator. But researchers have discovered that a delicate wildflower that grows in rocky mountain crevices in southwestern China lures prey onto sticky hairs, digests their bodies and absorbs...

In Tibet, some embrace their native language even under China's sweeping new 'ethnic unity' law

A 73-year-old retired nurse spoke her native Tibetan all her life but never learned to write it — until now

At Times Square tribute, ICT Chairman Richard Gere calls on Tibetans to honor Lobga Rangzen’s legacy, carry forward his final message: “I am Tibetan”

August 4, 2026 Longtime Tibet advocate and International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) Board Chair Richard Gere urged Tibetans to carry forward the legacy of Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen by embracing the message he asked the world never to forget:...

Tibetan monk remains in critical condition two years after suffering abuse by Chinese authorities over Derge dam protest, reflecting broader pattern o...

August 4, 2026 Two years after his detention for opposing China’s controversial hydropower dam project in eastern Tibet, a Tibetan monk from Yena Monastery remains in critical condition at a hospital in Chengdu after being tortured by Chinese authorities...

China calls its captive ‘Panchen’ one of the most influential Living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism

(TibetanReview.net, Aug04’26) – As the Chinese government-foisted “11th Panchen Lama” Gyaltsen Norbu performed his first religious service on Aug 3 after arriving in Tibet’s capital Lhasa on Jul 30. State news service Xinhua called him “one of the most...

Indian diaspora raises cyber harassment concerns in China

(TibetanReview.net, Aug04’26) – As New Delhi and Beijing work to gradually rebuild ties after years of fractured diplomatic relations, post the Galwan clash in 2020, Indians living and working in China have raised serious concerns over a stark rise...

Nepal arrests senior foreign ministry official over fake travel documents issued to Tibetans 

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 4: Nepal Police’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) on Monday arrested Joint Secretary Pushpa Raj Bhattarai of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in connection with a 17-year-old passport fraud case involving the alleged illegal issuance of...