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News · 01 June, 2026

WORSE THAN HELL : A TIBETAN ACTIVIST TAKES HIS MESSAGE ACROSS FRANCE AND THE WORLD MUST LISTEN

Tibet Rights Collective | May 2026 Advocacy | Human Rights | Tibet Under Occupation When Sonam Dhundup set off from Grenoble on April 1st, 2026, he carried no weapon, no megaphone,…

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News · 12 Dec, 2025

EU Calls on China to End Interference in Dalai Lama Reincarnation Amid Rising Rights Concerns in Tibet

Marking International Human Rights Day on December 10, the Delegation of the European Union in China issued a clear statement reaffirming the EU commitment to human rights and fund…

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News · 08 Nov, 2025

Chinese Infrastructure Buildup Near India’s Northern Borders: The Eight-Year Surge Since Doklam

True to Mao Zedong’s aphorism that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun,” China’s rise as a global power has been backed by strategic military …

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News · 25 Oct, 2025

China Expands Missile Base in Tibet, Intensifying Regional Tensions and Threatening Asian Stability

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh), October 24 — New satellite imagery has revealed alarming construction activity near Golmud in the so-called Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Q…

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News · 30 Sep, 2025

China Pushes Lithium Mining in Tibet, Igniting Fears of Exploitation

China has begun large-scale production of lithium from two major mines in Tibet, drawing sharp criticism from Tibetan activists and environmentalists who see the move as yet anothe…

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News · 16 Jun, 2025

China’s Shift from “Tibet” to “Xizang” and the Controversy Surrounding “Xizang Panorama” at KIMFF 2025

The use of the term “Xizang” in place of “Tibet” by the Chinese government has sparked significant debate, particularly in the context of cultural and histo…

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News · 03 Apr, 2025

China Deploys Army Veterans in Tibetan Schools

China has begun deploying retired army veterans as “on-campus instructors” in Tibetan schools, subjecting children as young as six to military and political training. T…

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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 · 10 Jan

Chinese Authorities Intensify Crackdown on Tibetan Students Outside Classes and Religious Activities During Winter Break

Source: Radio Free Asia Chinese authorities are stepping up efforts to enforce a ban on Tibetan students from participating in outside classes and engaging in religious activities …

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News · 27 Oct

Tibetans detained for collecting donations for religious offerings in Darlak County, Police offer rewards for information

Darlak County police detained eight Tibetans on October 20, 2023, on charges of "creating a criminal organization," "picking quarrel and provoking trouble," and…

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News · 06 Oct

UN Expert Mary Lawlor Discloses Confidential Letter to China Regarding Nine Tibetan Environmental Defenders, Letter Now Made Public

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, has made a confidential letter addressed to China concerning the plight of nine Tibetan environmental defenders public…

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News · 15 Sep

China Restricts Tibetan Devotees from Attending Key Buddhist Kalachakra Sermon in Tibet

Chinese authorities have taken the unprecedented step of barring Tibetan devotees from attending the Kalachakra, a significant Buddhist event led by the prominent lama Gungthang Ri…

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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 · 31 Aug

China`s New Ecological Law in Occupied Tibet to take effect from 1st September, Raises Concerns of Green-washing

China’s new law claims to addresses climate and biodiversity issues by providing detailed provisions for geographical surveys, risk assessment, monitoring and early warning, …

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News · 14 Aug

Chinese Government Manipulates Narrative Through International Seminar on Tibetan Studies

The Chinese government has announced the upcoming hosting of an international seminar on Tibetan studies in Beijing. The seminar, set to take place from Aug. 14-16, is being touted…

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News · 11 Aug

UN Experts demand China Transparency on Nine Imprisoned Tibetan Environmental Activists

The United Nations experts have called on the Chinese government to provide clarifications concerning the fate and well-being of nine Tibetan environmental human rights defenders c…

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News · 03 Aug

CCP’s Exhibition in Tunisia projects misleading image of Tibet, Hides human rights violations while boosting Tourism

The "Perceive China · Great Beauty Qinghai" exhibition, organized by the Information Office of the Qinghai Provincial People's Government, has recently taken p…

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News · 24 July

Chinese Authorities Erasing Records of Politically-Motivated Verdicts Against Tibetans, Concealing Repression

Chinese authorities have been systematically removing records of court verdicts involving Tibetans accused of "endangering state security" from publicly accessible databa…

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News · 21 July

Chinese authorities cancel Major Buddhist Ceremony in Eastern Tibet, raising concerns over religious freedom

In the village of Samey-shi, located in Gumong Township, in the so-called Qinghai Province in Eastern Tibet, Chinese authorities took a oppressive decision to cancel a significant …

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News · 18 July

Tibetan Activist A-nya Sengdra`s Lawyer Faces Hostility in Pursuit of Justice, Demands for Immediate Release Escalate

Source: Phayul Tibetan activist A-nya Sengdra's lawyer, Lin Qilei, faced a hostile reception at the Sixth Circuit Court of the Supreme People's Court in Xi'an on July 1…

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News · 26 June

Concerns Mount Over Environmental Impact as Lianghekou Hydro-Photovoltaic Power Station Commences Operation in Occupied Tibet

In a recent development, the Lianghekou hydro-photovoltaic (PV) complementary power station in Ganzi has commenced operations on Sunday. Although hailed as the world's largest …

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News · 15 June

China rapid development in occupied Tibet raise concerns of dual use infrastructure

China Railway Qinghai-Tibet Group announced that the high-speed Fuxing bullet train is scheduled to commence operations on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway line next month. The completion…

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News · 14 June

China Mandates Mandarin Only College Entrance Exams for Tibetan Students, Raising Concerns of Cultural Suppression

Source: Radio Free Asia According to local residents in Tibet who spoke to Radio Free Asia (RFA), Tibetan students were required to take China's annual college entrance exam so…

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News · 11 May

China passes new ecological Law in occupied Tibet raising Concerns

In what it says is "a significant move aimed at addressing climate change and preserving the biodiversity of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau", China recently passed a national …

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News · 22 Mar

New report by US State Dept reveals China’s widespread torture and human rights abuses against Tibetans

Source: US State Dept In its latest report on human rights practices, the US State Department has raised concerns about the situation in Tibet, calling attention to the Chinese gov…

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News · 09 Feb

China set to strengthen dual use infrastructure in occupied Tibet

Source: Global Times/ Tibetan Review China will crisscross the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) with 4,000 kilometres of railway lines by 2025 and will build 59 new airports and 300 h…

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News · 02 Jan

Tibetan writer missing since beginning of 2021 detained by Chinese police for discussing the Dalai Lama

A prominent Tibetan writer reported missing in Qinghai province's Malho (Chinese: Huangnan) prefecture since the beginning of 2021 has been found to have been abducted by Chine…

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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 · 22 Dec

Agyal Tsering, a former Tibetan political prisoner monk in Tibet passed away at age 71

Source: Tibet.net Dharamshala: According to a reliable source, Tibetan monk Agyal Tsering, a former political prisoner in Tibet, passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2022, at approx…

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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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Report · 1 June 2023

On National Parks in Tibet

By Gabriel Laffitte For China, the elaborate creation of a national parks “system”, mostly in Tibet, is not an end in itself, but a means to other ends. The formal desi…

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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 · 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 · 7 June 2022

President Xi’s Odyssey from Savior to Satan towards Buddhism in Tibet & Tibetans Worldwide

By Tenzing Dhamdul Introduction President Xi Jinping coming to power in China brought much optimism especially among many Tibetans and the larger Buddhist community in China becaus…

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Report · 11 April 2022

The Return & the Rise of Self-Immolations: China’s Failed Policies & Propaganda in Tibet

“Someone who was a poster boy of assimilating with the Chinese system took his life in this overtly political protest. This makes Norbu’s self-immolation even more powe…

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Report · 1 January 2022

Tibet Brief 2021

Introduction “My message for the Chinese government is Free Tibet. Tibet belongs to Tibetans.” Enes Kanter Freedom is perhaps the one significant voice in 2021 that mad…

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