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News · 02 Jan, 2026

China the Dragon Awakens as Tibet Copper Fuels Global Control

By Tibet Rights Collective Copper prices are rising across the world driven by demand for electric vehicles green technology and industrial growth At the center of this surge stand…

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News · 02 Dec, 2025

China’s Economic Assimilation of Tibet Greenwashing Displacement and the Battle for Global Climate Narratives

By Tibet Rights Collective Tibet Needs More Friends Especially Environmentalists For decades Tibetans have appealed to the world for solidarity and today a surprising group of pote…

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News · 29 Oct, 2025

Tibet’s Shapeshifting River Reveals Signs of Environmental Instability And Human Activity Behind It

A recent NASA Earth Observatory satellite photo, featured in Live Science (October 2025), has drawn global attention to a remarkable yet worrying phenomenon in Tibet. The Yarlung Z…

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News · 07 Oct, 2025

October 7, 1950: The Day Tibet Lost Its Freedom — But Never Its Soul

By Tibet Rights Collective | October 7, 2025 “They crossed our borders with guns. But they could never conquer our spirit.” On October 7, 1950 , the stillness of Tibet&…

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News · 18 May, 2024

China and Bangladesh’s Coordinated Pressure on India: Echoes of Tibet in Arunachal and the Seven Sisters

As India navigates heightened tensions with Pakistan, a more insidious challenge emerges from its eastern flank. China, in a brazen act of cartographic aggression, has renamed 27 p…

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News · 29 Apr, 2025

In Grief and in War: How Tibetans Have Always Stood with India in Her Darkest Hours

On April 20, 2025, a devastating terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, claimed the lives of seven brave Indian soldiers, shaking the nation to its core. As India reels from this g…

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News · 27 Nov, 2024

Young Tibetan Courageously Challenges Illegal Mining in Tibet

In a recent move to counter growing global awareness of Tibet’s plight, China has deployed a propaganda delegation to Europe. According to a report by the International Campa…

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News · 20 Oct, 2024

A conversation with Amy Yee: The author of Far from the Rooftop of the World

Amy Yee is author of Far from the Rooftop of the World : Travels among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents with a Foreword by the Dalai Lama (University of North Carolina Press 202…

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News · 02 June, 2024

The Hidden Cost of Mining: How Operations Like the Jiama Mine are Damaging Tibet

Tibet, often referred to as the “Roof of the World,” is a region of immense natural beauty and profound spiritual significance. However, beneath its picturesque landsca…

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News · 05 Feb

Tibetan Warrior Tashi Yizha Emerges Victorious in Las Vegas UFC Clash

In an electrifying display of strength and skill, our beloved Tibetan warrior, Tashi Yizha, has triumphed once again, claiming victory by submission in a fierce UFC battle held in …

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News · 19 Jan

China`s Lithium Boom Overshadowed by Environmental Concerns and Human Rights Violations in Tibet

In a recent announcement, China proudly declared a major breakthrough in lithium exploration, unveiling nearly one million tons of lithium resources in Yajiang County, Ganzi Prefec…

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News · 17 Jan

Behind China`s Renewable Energy Push in occupied Tibet: Unveiling the Environmental Impacts and Social Dislocation

The recent claims made by Xinhua News Agency regarding the Cerbong photovoltaic power station in occupied Tibet being the highest-altitude power station in the world should be view…

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News · 29 Nov

China`s EV Boom Meets Concerns Over Tibet`s Lithium Rush

The news report highlighted the rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in rural China, particularly in regions like Guizhou, showcasing the shift from petrol cars to EVs. Improv…

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News · 06 Nov

China’s lust for lithium from Tibet: Ten Things you should Know

Here are 10 things you need to know about lithium mining in Tibet. The following points have been taken from this key article written by Gabriel Lafitte, one of the foremost enviro…

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News · 16 Sep

Foreign Climbers Granted Access to Mount Everest and Shishapangma in Tibet, Raising Environmental Concerns

In a recent report , the Tibet Mountaineering Association has announced the granting of climbing permission for foreigners eager to conquer the formidable peaks of Mount Everest an…

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News · 14 Sep

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to Visit Sikkim in October on a Five-Day Trip

In a momentous announcement, Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang revealed that the 14th Dalai Lama, the revered spiritual leader of Tibetans, will embark on a five-day visit to Sikkim…

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News · 05 Sep

China`s Greenwashing Conceals Environmental Crisis and Cultural Displacement in Tibet`s Sanjiangyuan Area

In a concerning case of greenwashing, Chinese media has been touting the conservation efforts in the Sanjiangyuan area of Tibet while concealing the grim reality of ongoing ecosyst…

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News · 30 May

China eyeing the ample renewable energy potential that Tibet has

Recently, China has announced the commencement of construction on the world's largest photovoltaic (PV) power station project in Occupied Tibet. The project, located in Angduo …

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News · 30 December 2022

China eyes Tibet’s’ ample renewable energy potential

Lhasa: China is eyeing the ample renewable energy potential that Tibet, the Third Pole of the world has. It seems likely that occupied Tibet will witness more construction of dams …

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News · 26 Dec 2022

Chinese infiltration attempts to collect rare Himalayan herbs in Arunachal Pradesh: Reports

According to the Indo-Pacific Centre for Strategic Communications (IPCSC), numerous Chinese incursions into Indian territory were made to collect the rare Himalayan herb (Cordyceps…

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News · 28 Sep 2022

CCP’s strict enforcement of zero-Covid policy in Tibet forces five Tibetans to commit suicide: TCHRD

Source: TCHRD Chinese Communist Party’s strict enforcement of Zero-COVID policy in occupied Tibet has forced five Tibetans to commit suicide, reported Tibetan Centre for Huma…

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News · 20 Sep 2022

Tibet: Surveillance in the name of meteorological observation?

Source : Global Times China’s first test flight of the domestically developed plateau meteorological observation variant of Wing Loong II drone in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was c…

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News · 13 Sep 2022

Indo-Tibetan Association coordinates Two-day National Contemplation meeting at Uttar Pradesh

Greater Noida: According to Tibet.net , the program was inaugurated by a former Supreme Court judge and the chairman of Indo-Tibetan Association, Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra. The pro…

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News · 06 Sep 2022

Conservation in Sanjiangyuan Area : Threats and Issues

In what can only be called greenwashing , Chinese media is highlighting the conservation activities underway in Sanjiangyuan area of Tibet, while in reality, concerns about the eco…

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News · 24 August 2022

China readying ring of telescopes aimed at Sun on Tibetan Plateau:Reports

Lhasa: Reports suggest that the construction of the Daocheng Solar Radio Telescope (DSRT) on the Tibetan Plateau is going ahead at full steam and once complete, it will be a networ…

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News · 31 July 2022

To strengthen regional control, China plans to forcibly relocate Tibetans along its borders

In an effort to put a stop to their traditional way of life and bolster its authority over border regions, especially those with India, the Chinese government has stated that it in…

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News · 18 July 2022

Meet the First Tibetan UFC athlete Sonam Dhargye aka The Tibetan Eagle

New Delhi: Tibetan mixed martial artist and Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Sonam Dhargye (Ch. Su Madaerji)’s aka The Tibetan Eagle is the first Tibetan UFC fighter wh…

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News · 25 June 2022

The Washington Declaration adopted at 8th WPCT

Washington DC : The eighth World Parliamentarians' Convention on Tibet organised by the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) was held in Washington DC, with over 100 participants…

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News · 18-May-22

A resistance fighter’s personal documentation brings a quiet era in Tibet's independence history to life

Camp Hale, once a US army training facility in the Colorado mountains, also served as a top-secret spot for Tibet operations, code-named STCIRCUS where the CIA trained around 250 T…

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News · 12-May-22

Tibet Airlines flight flying from Chongqing to Nyingchi catches fire; 25 injured

Chongqing: A Tibet Airlines plane, Flight TV9833, reportedly caught fire Thursday after veering off the runway at a Chinese airport, but all passengers and crew were "safely e…

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Report · 08 Jan 2024

Favourite Tibet Reads Of 2023

2023 is over. As the year draws to a close, we asked researchers, activists and journalists to name their favourite Tibet reads of 2023 that left an impression on them. Here are th…

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Report · 14 Nov

DIFF (Dharamshala International Film Festival) 2023

Founded by filmmakers and artists Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin, DIFF welcomed its 12th edition from 4th to 7th November in Upper Tibetan Children Village School, Dal lake, Dharamsh…

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Report · 18 September 2023

Mekong Apocalypse

By Michael Buckley World Rivers Day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday in September, which this year falls on September 24. ‘Celebrated’ is perhaps not the best choice …

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Report · 5 July 2023

The Dalai Lama: Simple Monk or Incarnation of a Higher Being?

His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama, Buddhist spiritual master and symbolic leader of the people of Tibet, who currently lives in exile in Dharamsala, India, regularly says that he&#3…

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Report · 3 June 2023

Tibet Climate Crisis

THIS IS THE STORY OF TIBET The story of how the Rooftop of the world, presently under unlawful Chinese occupation is being exploited and its pristine, fragile ecosystem is being de…

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Report · 22 May 2023

I will keep speaking out about Tibet: Senator Rice

By Senator Janet Rice Imagine your country being violently invaded. Tens of thousands of people killed as they defended your country. Imagine your invaders telling you that your co…

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Report · 10 April 2023

The Dalai Lama, Environmentalist

This excerpt has been taken from 'This Fragile Planet: His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Environment' which features 80 inspiring quotations from His Holiness the Dalai Lama o…

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Report · 6 April 2023

Free Tibet, Go Back China

By Novanita Sharma This is in response to the reports of the unauthorized renaming of 11 places situated inside Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh by the Chinese government rece…

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Report · 31 March 2023

Book Excerpt: Tibet exerted a huge religious and cultural influence on the Himalayan regions

This excerpt (Pages: 27-30) from Nirupama Rao’s ‘ The Fractured Himalaya: India China Tibet 1949-1962 ’ has been published with permission from Penguin Random Hou…

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Report · 20 February 2023

SANG-SOL or LHA-SANG

By Jigme Yeshe Lama (Assistant Professor, University of Calcutta) This year (2023), the Tibetan New Year or Losar will be celebrated on the 21st of February. As Tibetans follow the…

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Report · 13 December 2022

COP-PING IN, COP-PING OUT: CHINA HAS NOW LEFT THE ENVIRONMENT ROOM

This article was originally published in rukor.org. China is the leader of the developing world. So China says. China speaks up for all developing countries, from Cairo to Capetown…

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Report · 22 November 2022

Big Brother is Watching You: Surveillance in Tibet

By Jyotsna Jayaram, Tenzin Tsetan and Tenzin Samphel Lately, there has been a lot of discussion about the use of surveillance by China in occupied Tibet. Thanks to reports by Human…

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Report · 2 September 2022

Sovereignty in Settler Colonial Times: Kinship and Education in the Tibetan Exile Community

By Dawa Lokyitsang (This article was originally published on The American Ethnologist and Lhakar Diaries ) When the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, along with his administration and more th…

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Report · 9 June 2022

Bedding with Authoritarian Regimes: Is the West losing its Core Principles over Trade and short-term Gains?

By Tsering Passang(Founder and Chairman of Global Alliance for Tibet & Persecuted Minorities) The rugged mountains of remote Mustang, near the Nepal-Tibet border, was a perfect…

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Report · 10 May 2022

Why Should China Be Called Out for Green-Washing in Tibet

With a landscape of enormous glaciers, massive snow cover, mountains and uplands, Tibet is the world’s largest and highest plateau and a storehouse of freshwater. However, al…

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