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Germany Warns China Law Risks Transnational Repression

Germany voiced concern over China’s ethnic unity law, warning it could weaken minority rights and enable transnational repression in Europe.

Japanese Lawmakers Condemn China Ethnic Unity Law in Tokyo

Japanese lawmakers and minority representatives condemned China’s ethnic unity law in Tokyo, warning it threatens identity, language, and culture.

Satellite images show China expanding road network in Arunachal Pradesh 

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, July 2: Newly analysed satellite imagery has revealed China is expanding its road network in a disputed sector of Arunachal Pradesh that has remained under Beijing’s control since 1959, linking two Chinese-built settlements and further entrenching...

ICT election observation mission report validates free and fair Tibetan elections

July 2, 2026 In partnership with the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL), the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) conducted an election observation mission during the second round of the 2026 Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) elections. The post ICT...

China shuts prominent Tibetan school as crackdown on Tibetan language, culture deepens

China has permanently closed the Hungkar Dorje Vocational High School, a well-known Tibetan educational institution founded by the late Buddhist leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje, in what rights advocates describe as another blow to Tibetan language and cultural education.

India seeking to recover the body of an Everest climber known as 'Green Boots'

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police, an Indian paramilitary force, has begun the process of hiring high-altitude recovery specialists to retrieve what it believes is the body of Dorje Morup from Everest’s northern route in Tibet.

CTA Conducts Introduction and Orientation on the Institutional Development Index and Data Management Programme for Senior Leadership

Dharamshala: The Social and Resource Development Fund (SARD) under the Department of Finance, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), organised a workshop on “Introduction and Orientation on the Institutional Development Index (IDI) and Data Management Programme” for senior leadership, bringing together...

Chief Justice Commissioner Yeshi Wangmo to Embark on Official Visit to Ladakh

Dharamshala: Chief Justice Commissioner Yeshi Wangmo of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission, Central Tibetan Administration, is scheduled to visit Ladakh from 4 to 7 July 2026 to attend the closing ceremony of “Year of Compassion” and His Holiness the...

Home Kalon Palden Dhondup Attends 55th Working Committee Meeting of Tibetan Youth Congress

Poanta: On 29 June 2026, the 55th Working Committee Meeting of the Tibetan Youth Congress was inaugurated at the Tibetan Community Hall of the Choelsum Tibetan Settlement in Paonta, Himachal Pradesh, India. Kalon Palden Dhondup of the Department of...

London Joins Global Day of Action Against China’s New Ethnic Unity Law

London, GATPM | 2 July 2026 Tibetans, Uyghurs, Taiwanese, Hong Kongers, supporters and human rights advocates gathered outside the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China on the evening of 1 July 2026 to protest China’s Law on Promoting...

Kalon Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi Attends Opening of the Fourth Cultural Immersion Summer Course at TIPA

Dharamshala: Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) inaugurated its Fourth Cultural Immersion Summer Course on 30 June, 2026. The month-long programme aims to introduce young Tibetans from across the diaspora to the rich traditions of Tibetan opera and performing...

Japanese Parliamentarians and Representatives of Minority Nationals Condemned China’s Ethnic Unity and Progress Law in Tokyo

Tokyo: Four Japanese Bipartisan Parliamentary Groups- the parliamentary group monitoring China’s human rights violations and the three parliamentary groups supporting Tibet, Uyghur and Southern Mongolia- organised a press conference and issued a strong statement of concern on China’s Ethnic Unity...

German, UK lawmakers condemn China’s ‘Ethnic Unity’ law, warn of assimilation and transnational repression

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, July 2: Germany’s Federal Foreign Office and the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Tibet have voiced strong concerns over China’s controversial Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, warning that the legislation institutionalises forced assimilation,...

Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang Addresses 700th Anniversay Commemorative Event Honouring Lhodrak Drupchen Namkha Gyaltsen

Dharamshala: The 700th anniversary commemorative event honouring Lhodrak Drupchen Namkha Gyaltsen was held on 1 July 2026 at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA). The event was graced by revered lamas and tulkus, including Kyabje Samdhong Rinpoche, Kyabje...

German Parliamentary State Secretary Michael Brand Urges Repeal of China’s “Ethnic Unity Law,” Warns of Threat to Tibetan Ancient Cultures

Geneva, Switzerland, 1 July 2026: Hon. Michael Brand, Member of the German Parliament and Parliamentary State Secretary to the German Government, has issued a strongly worded video statement condemning China’s new “Ethnic Unity Law.” In his message, he called...

Speaker Dolma Tsering Tsering Teykhang to Visit Ladakh

Dharamshala: Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang is scheduled to visit Ladakh to attend the 91st birthday celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on 6 July 2026. The Speaker will leave from Dharamshala to Delhi via Amritsar on 3 July, and...

China Hollows Out Regional Ethnic Rights Behind a Facade of Autonomy

China’s constitution has long promised a degree of autonomy to its ethnic minority regions, including Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, through the framework of regional ethnic autonomy. The… The post China Hollows Out Regional Ethnic Rights Behind a Facade...

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Attends the Grand Commemorative Ceremony of Gratitude, Marking the 700th Birth Anniversary of the Lhodrak Drupchen Namkha Gyalts...

Dharamshala: The 700th birth anniversary of the revered Tibetan Buddhist master Lhodrak Drupchen Namkha Gyaltsen was commemorated at the auditorium of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) on 1 July 2026. The event was attended by the heads...

China’s ethnic assimilation law condemned in bipartisan draft US Senate resolution, also by legal and rights experts, multi-country lawmakers

(TibetanReview.net, Jul01’26) – China’s falsely titled law designed to assimilate its ethnic minorities – the so-called Law on Ethic Unity (or solidarity) and Progress – continues to be strongly condemned across the free world, including at the UN Human...

China’s New “Ethnic Unity” Regulations and the Future of Tibetan Identity: A Critical Examination of Cultural Assimilation, Language Policy, and State...

OPINION Gyaltsen Choedak* says China’s Regulations on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which came into force on Jul 1, symbolize an ongoing struggle over language, memory, culture, and identity, with China being bent on erasing them all in this...

TCHRD Workshop equips Tibetan youth with human rights knowledge and advocacy skills 

Twenty-one Tibetan college students and members of the Voluntary Tibet Advocacy Group (V-TAG) came together in Kochi, Kerala, from 24-25 June for a two-day workshop aimed at strengthening their understanding of human rights, the human rights situation in Tibet,...

32nd TVHA Governing Body Meeting Reviews Key Administrative and Development Matters

Dharamshala: The 32nd Governing Body Meeting of the Tibetan Voluntary Health Association (TVHA) was held on 30 June 2026 under the chairmanship of Pema Tso (Kalon), Chairperson of the Governing Body. The meeting commenced with a welcome address by...

U.S. Senators Introduce Resolution Condemning China’s Ethnic Unity Law

U.S. senators introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning China’s ethnic unity law and urging repeal, monitoring, and possible sanctions.

Tibetan Groups Protest China’s Ethnic Unity Law in Dharamshala

Tibetan activists in Dharamshala protested China’s ethnic unity law, warning it threatens Tibetan identity, language, and culture.

Newsletter: In Remembrance of the 37th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre

Growing up in China, the fourth of June was a blank space on the calendar. It was a date carefully scrubbed from our history books and silenced by the state. I spent the first 18 years of my life...