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Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the Tibetan President in Exile, provided insights into ongoing back-channel negotiations with China and outlined the Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) strategic plans. The discussions come amid broader geopolitical issues, including China's renaming of territories and the historical role of Tibetan soldiers in Indian wars.

China has sentenced Lobsang Thabkhey, a 55-year-old Tibetan monk and librarian at Kirti Monastery in Ngaba County, Sichuan Province, to three years in prison for alleged separatist activities, according to a report by the Tibetan service of Radio Free Asia on September 13.

Driru County, located in Nagchu Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), remains one of the most tightly controlled areas in Tibet, with reports of widespread restrictions on religious practice, movement, and communication. Human rights groups and Tibetan exile sources say the county has become a testing ground for Beijing’s hardline policies aimed at erasing Tibetan identity and enforcing absolute loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

A landmark agreement between the United States and Australia is poised to reshape the global supply of critical minerals—yet it also brings into sharp relief a longstanding and deeply troubling dimension of resource extraction on the Tibetan Plateau by the People’s Republic of China that has profound human-rights and environmental implications.

In the early hours of January 27, residents on the eastern outskirts of Beijing shared videos showing substantial People’s Liberation Army formations moving along routes toward the capital, particularly from the Tongzhou direction.

In the heart of New Delhi, at the esteemed India International Centre, the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) unfurls the inaugural 'Bodhipath Film Festival' on March 10 - 11, 2025. This gathering of cinematic artistry showcases ten meticulously curated films from Germany, the US, Nepal, Bhutan, and beyond, each reflecting the profound teachings of the Buddha and the timeless values of compassion, mindfulness, and impermanence.

Hundreds of Tibetans were beaten and detained in February during rare protests against China’s planned Gangtuo dam on the Jinsha River, according to sources and footage verified by the BBC. The protests underscore growing tensions over Beijing’s controversial hydropower projects in Tibetan territories. “Our ancestors were here, our temples are here,” said one Tibetan protester. “It is very painful to move. What kind of life would we have if we leave?”

Chinese authorities have sentenced Jampa Choephel, a Tibetan monk from Rebkong in Qinghai Province, to 18 months in prison for sharing teachings of the...

As Tibet enters the 67th year since the Uprising, international experts argue the issue is no longer merely autonomy or development, but cultural survival. The UN has urged China to allow unrestricted access to independent observers and to halt policies that separate children from families and sever religion from tradition.

The Zangmu Dam, located on the Yarlung Tsangpo River (which becomes the Brahmaputra in India), is one of the closest and most significant Chinese hydropower projects with indirect but serious implications for the Rasuwagadhi–Bhote Koshi river system.