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Arunachal woman detained, taunted 18 hours at Shanghai airport for her Indian passport

(TibetanReview.net, Nov24’25) – Chinese immigration authorities at Shanghai airport have detained and taunted a woman transit passenger from the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, keeping her under harsh conditions for some 18 hours on Nov 21. They have called...

‘Called my Indian passport invalid’: Arunachal woman alleges harassment at Chinese airport

An Indian woman from Arunachal Pradesh was detained for 18 hours at Shanghai airport because Chinese officials deemed her passport invalid due to her birthplace. They insisted Arunachal Pradesh was part of China. The Indian government has been urged...

Imprisoned Tibetan Businessman Dorje Tashi sustained serious injuries in prison assault

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 24: Dorje Tashi, one of Tibet’s most prominent businessmen serving a life sentence in Lhasa’s Drapchi Prison, has been violently assaulted and left with serious injuries, his lawyer Wang Fei revealed on October 29. According...

Tibetans in Bern protest with independent light projection after Tibet was deemed “too political”

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 24: A group of Tibetan youth activists in Bern, Switzerland, organised an independent light projection after the organizers of the annual “Rendez-vous Bundesplatz” show scrapped a planned Tibet segment following pressure from Swiss parliamentary authorities...

46th Protest: Tibetan Activists Demand Guimet Museum Restore “Tibet” Name

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSHALA, 24 Nov: Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) France and the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress staged their 46th protest on Sunday in Paris, demonstrating in front of the Guimet Museum over its continued refusal to...

Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel Congratulates Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

Dharamshala, 24 November 2025: Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile extended his heartfelt congratulations to Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on his coalition’s success in the recent state assembly election. The Speaker wrote, “I on behalf of the 17th...

Chief Election Commissioner Lobsang Yeshi Begins Electoral Awareness in Australia for 2025-26 Sikyong and Parliamentary Elections

Australia: On 22 November 2025, Chief Election Commissioner Lobsang Yeshi commenced an official tour across Australia to raise awareness and provide guidance on the procedures for the 2025–26 Sikyong and 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile elections. The outreach aims to ensure...

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Gives Interview to Pratidin Time, Addresses Gauhati University & Royal Global University in Assam

Guwahati, Assam: On 21 November 2025, Sikyong Penpa Tsering gave an interview to Pratidin Time, a leading news channel of Assam, and spoke about the historical and present status of Tibet and Tibetans at Gauhati University and Royal Global...

Sikyong Penpa Tsering Gave Interview to Pratidin Time, Addresses Gauhati University & Royal Global University in Assam

Guwahati, Assam: On 21 November 2025, Sikyong Penpa Tsering gave an interview to Pratidin Time, a leading news channel of Assam, and spoke about the historical and present status of Tibet and Tibetans at Gauhati University and Royal Global...

Indian MP Dorjee Tshering Lepcha Visits Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

Dharamshala, 21 November 2025: Dorjee Tshering Lepcha, Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Sikkim, visited the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile in Dharamshala on Friday and met with Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang. During the...

US lawmakers urge stronger action on Tibet at CECC hearing

US lawmakers at a CECC hearing urged stronger consequences for China’s actions in Tibet, as witnesses highlighted repression and called for increased international pressure.

Indian author launches two books celebrating the Dalai Lama

Indian author Dinesh Shahra launched two books on the Dalai Lama in Shimla, praising His Holiness’s message of peace and calling compassion his guiding purpose.

ITBP to establish 10 all-women border Outposts Along India-China LAC

New Delhi:The Indo-Tibetan Border Police force, which guards the 3,488 km-long India-China LAC, is establishing 10 all-women border posts along this arduous and icy frontier, the director general of the paramilitary said. The force, as part of its ambitious...

Swiss Tibetans staged own event after being removed from annual Bern light show for ‘political’ reason

(TibetanReview.net, Nov23’25) – A group of Swiss-Tibetan activists staged their own light show on Nov 22 evening at an event in the Swiss Capital Bern and used Tibetan flags to draw attention to the oppression of Tibet by China,...

US state moves to enforce $24 billion Covid judgment against China

(TibetanReview.net, Nov23’25) – The US state of Missouri will try to seize assets owned by China to collect a $24 billion default judgment it had won earlier this year in its case that accused the Chinese Communist Party-state of...

Dalai Lama Earns First Grammy Nomination at 90 for Spoken-Word Album

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has earned his first-ever Grammy nomination at the age of 90, marking a historic moment for Tibetans worldwide. The spoken-word album, Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, has been nominated...

Canadian MPs call for 2025 to be declared ‘Year of Compassion’ as Parliament reaffirms support for Tibet and Dalai Lama

MPs Karim Bardeesy, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, and James Maloney delivered statements in the House of Commons, highlighting the Dalai Lama's message of compassion and advocating for Tibet's rights.

UK’s Labour gov’t to approve controversial Chinese ‘super embassy’ ahead of PM Starmer’s Beijing visit?

(TibetanReview.net, Nov22’25) – Despite strong domestic opposition, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to approve plans for a controversial new Chinese “super embassy” in the heart of London ahead of his proposed visit to Beijing in the new...

Tibet will never be Xizang

Renaming is a classic tool of colonization. By calling Tibet Xizang, Beijing seeks to fold Tibet into the cartography of ‘China proper,’ stripping away its distinctiveness. The post Tibet will never be Xizang appeared first on The Sunday Guardian.

Kaydor Aukatsang urges debates as CTA election campaign heats up

Kaydor Aukatsang called for mandatory Tibetan and English debates in the 2026 CTA election, saying they are essential for transparency and stronger exile democracy.

Global outrage deepens as China’s crimes against Uyghurs exposed worldwide

The week began in Berlin, where the WUC and Campaign for Uyghurs hosted the International Uyghur Women's Dialogue from 14-15 November.

Govt identifies 62 chronic traffic choke points in Delhi worsening city’s air

Manjinder Singh Sirsa said short-term interventions have already begun at several sites, with medium- and long-term structural upgrades to follow

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US Lawmaker Issues 60-Day Ultimatum: Recognize Tibet as Independent if China Refuses Autonomy

At a landmark hearing of the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), American lawmakers issued some of the strongest public calls in decades for a decisive shift in U.S. policy on Tibet. The hearing, titled “China’s War on Religion:...

Birdwatching season in UP set for early take-off as ‘winged wonders’ touch down

Climate change in the countries of origin of our feathered visitors has compelled them to travel distances of up to 8,000 km, which has shifted the peak birdwatching season in Uttar Pradesh to before mid-December this year, says head...