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Central Tibetan Administration Issues Alert Over Circulation of Forged Document Using Official Letterhead of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Dharamshala: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has strongly condemned social media accounts that have been actively disseminating misinformation using the official letterhead of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. A fake account operating under the name Kallistos...

Truth, Transparency, and the Anatomy of a Smear: Setting the Record Straight on His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the “Epstein Files”

11 February 2026 | Tsering Passang In an era defined by information abundance – and distortion – clarity is both a moral necessity and a civic responsibility. Recent attempts to associate His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama with Jeffrey...

Sixth Geneva Forum Concludes with Calls for Continued Support from the international Community

Geneva: The 6th Geneva Forum successfully concluded on 10 February 2026, with Sikyong Penpa Tsering calling for continued support from the international community to find a lasting resolution to the Sino-Tibet conflict. In his concluding remarks, Sikyong Penpa Tsering...

Riley M. Barnes to serve concurrently as U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues and Assistant Secretary for DRL

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 11: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has designated Riley M. Barnes, the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), to concurrently serve as the United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan...

Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel Congratulates Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Her Election Victory    

Dharamshala: Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on securing a landslide victory in the recent election. The Speaker wrote, “On behalf of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile and the Tibetan people all around...

Free Tibet Cycle Rally 2026 (Taiwan)

On 11 February 2026, President Mr. Tsering Chomphel and Vice President Mr. Tashi Thargyal of the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) participated in the Free Tibet Cycle Rally organized by the Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan. During the...

China jails Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai for 20 years for saying things it did not like

(TibetanReview.net, Feb10’26) – China has jailed Hong Kong’s well-known media tycoon Jimmy Lai for what his son sees as a death sentence for the alleged crime, in essence, of nothing more than saying things Beijing did not like. The...

Tibetan environmental activist A-Nya Sengdra released after years in prison

The 55-year-old returned to his family residence in Rakyang Village in Gade County, Golog, but uncertainty hangs over his physical condition and the extent to which authorities will allow him to travel or speak freely, as reported by Phayul.

Riley Barnes to Serve Concurrently as Special Tibet Coordinator, DRL Assistant Secretary: US State Department 

DHARAMSALA, 10 Feb: The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has “designated Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Riley M. Barnes to serve concurrently as the US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues,” a spokesperson...

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Congratulates Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Her Election Victory

Dharamshala: On behalf of the Central Tibetan Administration and the Tibetan people, Sikyong Penpa Tsering wrote a letter to extend his warm congratulations to Her Excellency Sanae Takaichi on her victory in the recent snap election and the decisive...

Environmental Defender A-Nya Sengdra Freed After Seven Years, Five Months of Arbitrary Detention

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 10 Feb: Tibetan environmental rights defender and anti-corruption whistleblower A-Nya Sengdra has been released from a Chinese prison after serving seven years and five months of unjust imprisonment on Saturday. Exiled Tibetans caution that his freedom...

Anyak Sengdra Released

Tibetan environmental activist Anyak Sengdra has been released following the completion of his prison sentence. Although he has currently returned to his residence in his hometown of Kyangche, there is no clear information regarding his current health condition or...

Historic First: Shugsep Nunnery to Enthrone 19 Nuns as Khenmos

Shugsep Nunnery in India will hold its first-ever Khenmo enthronement for 19 nuns on Feb 18, marking a historic step for gender equality in Tibetan Buddhism.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Congratulates the Prime Minister of Japan

New Delhi, India – His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Sanae Takaichi to extend his warm congratulations on her election as Prime Minister of Japan. “It is heartening to see that the people of Japan have placed...

Sixth Geneva Forum 2026 Convenes in Switzerland, Drawing Delegates from 26 Countries

Geneva: The 6th edition of the Geneva Forum, jointly organised by the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) and the Tibet Bureau Geneva, commenced on 9 February 2026. The theme of the two-day forum is Repression and Resilience:...

Strengthening Ties: TYC Leaders Commence Official Visit to Taiwan

On 10 February 2026, the President of the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), Mr. Tsering Chomphel, and Vice President, Mr. Tashi Targyal, arrived in Taiwan for an official visit. Upon their arrival, they were warmly received by Mr. Tashi Tsering,...

Dalai Lama Congratulates Japan's New PM Sanae Takaichi on Election Victory

His Holiness the Dalai Lama congratulates Sanae Takaichi on her election as Japan's Prime Minister, urging leadership grounded in compassion and global cooperation.

Exiled Tibetans condemn alleged Epstein-Dalai Lama link as Chinese propaganda

The office of the Dalai Lama has already denied these claims by saying that the Dalai Lama has never met Jeffrey Epstein.

China reports discovery of vast natural hydrogen sources on Tibetan Plateau

(TibetanReview.net, Feb09’26) – Hydrogen, which produces only water when burned, is regarded as an ideal green energy source and China has recently discovered vast reserves of natural hydrogen sealed in ancient rocks on the Tibetan Plateau, pointing to a...

Tibetan environmental activist A-Nya Sengdra released after seven years in prison

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 9: Tibetan environmental rights defender and anti-corruption whistleblower A-Nya Sengdra has been released from a Chinese prison after completing a seven-year sentence, according to multiple sources. He was freed on February 8 and has since...

The Epstein Files: Fact-Checking the Disinformation Against the Dalai Lama

By A Group of Tibetan Researchers Months after the United States Congress passed the bipartisan “Epstein Files Transparency Act” in November 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released over 3 million pages of documents, including 2,000 videos and 180,000...

Public outrage as Dalai Lama falsely linked to Jeffery Epstein

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 9: Widespread public outrage has erupted following malicious attempts to link the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama with convicted paedophile and financier Jeffery Epstein, a claim that has been categorically rejected by...

Statement of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the distorted allegations in connection to the Epstein files

February 9, 2026 Some recent media reports and social media posts concerning the “Epstein files” are attempting to link His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Jeffrey Epstein. We can unequivocally confirm that His Holiness has never met Jeffrey Epstein...

School Assembly News Headlines Today (February 10): Top National, Business News, Sports News & World News with Weather Updates & Thought of the Day

School Assembly News Headlines Today: February 10: Following are the National, Business, Sports, and World News. The post School Assembly News Headlines Today (February 10): Top National, Business News, Sports News & World News with Weather Updates & Thought...

Central Tibetan Administration Rejects Unfounded Allegations of Meeting Between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Jeffrey Epstein

Dharamshala: In light of unfounded and fabricated reports linking His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Jeffrey Epstein—reports largely disseminated with vested interests by Chinese state-backed media outlets—the Crisis Management Committee of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), in consultation with...