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News · 10 Apr, 2026

Education Kalon inaugurates language and math labs at Petoen School

Dharamshala 1 April 2026 Education Kalon Tharlam Dolma Changra of the Department of Education Central Tibetan Administration inaugurated the Tibetan Language Laboratory and Math La…

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News · 02 Feb, 2026

Contextualizing the Epstein Files: Why Mentions of the Dalai Lama Do Not Imply Wrongdoing

Recent media coverage surrounding newly released Jeffrey Epstein-related documents has generated widespread speculation, particularly regarding public figures whose names appear in…

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News · 07 Dec, 2025

Richard Gere Breaks Silence on His 20 Year Oscars Absence and Reaffirms Commitment to Tibet and Human Rights

Hollywood actor and long time Tibet supporter Richard Gere has spoken about his nearly two decade absence from the Academy Awards. His recent interview with Variety confirms that h…

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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 · 18 Oct, 2024

17th Anniversary of the Dalai Lama’s U.S. Congressional Gold Medal: Celebrating a Legacy of Peace and Compassion

On October 17, 2024, the world marks the 17th anniversary of a momentous occasion: the awarding of the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. In 2007, H…

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News · 31 Jan

Tibet Rights Collective Announces 2024 Essay Contest on Critical Issues Facing Tibet

The Tibet Rights Collective (TRC) has launched its highly anticipated Essay Contest for 2024 , inviting students and scholars from around the globe to contribute their perspectives…

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News · 23 Oct

Former Tibetan Political Prisoner Wangchen Beaten and Hospitalized in Lhasa

Former Tibetan political prisoner Wangchen, who had recently been released from prison, found himself in a distressing situation in Lhasa, Occupied Tibet. He was reportedly beaten …

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News · 17 Oct

17 October 2007: 16th Anniversary of US Congressional Gold Medal Conferment to His Holiness the Dalai Lama

On October 17, 2007, the Tibetan freedom struggle achieved a significant milestone as His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the United States&#…

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News · 13 June

Dhasa United Clinches Historic Victory in 28th Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup

In a thrilling showdown, Dhasa United emerged victorious against Dhondupling FC with 2-1 score to clinch their first-ever Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup (GCMGC) title. The match,…

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News · 07 June

Prominent Tibetan Writer Bhuchung K. Tsering to receive Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom Award

The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation has announced that Bhuchung K. Tsering will be presented with the prestigious Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom. Tsering, a prominent Tibe…

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News · 17 Jan

Rushan Abbas’s "In Search of My Sister" named Best Documentary

The documentary film "In Search of My Sister" has won the award for best documentary. The critically acclaimed film, which has been screened in over a dozen countries and…

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News · 10 Jan

HH the Dalai Lama to launch CIRCA 20:23 - The ART OF HOPE

Source: CIRCA The Cultural Institute of Radical Contemporary Arts (CIRCA) will present a message of hope from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Launching Wednesday 11th January on …

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News · 06 Jan

CCP’s illegal construction of mega dams in Tibet endangering South Asia’s water security: Sikyong Penpa Tsering

The Central Tibetan Administration's Sikyong Penpa Tsering attended the inaugural of the one-day seminar held at EZCC Hall (Salt Lake-Kolkata) and organised by Smt. Ruby Mukher…

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News · 22 Dec

Tibet Museum to showcase panel exhibition on ‘A Brief Biography of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’ in Bodh Gaya

Source: Tibet Museum From December 26, 2022 to January 4, 2023, in Bodhgaya, Bihar, the Tibet Museum of DIIR, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) will present a panel exhibition t…

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News · 25 Nov 2022

Tibetan activist Tsundue speaks about Tibet in Allahabad

On November 23 2022, Tenzin Tsundue, a Tibetan activist, was invited to Allahabad by the Institute for Social Democracy to deliver the Khursheed Smriti Memorial Lecture at the Swar…

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News · 19 Nov 2022

HH the Dalai Lama receives First Indian International ‘Gandhi Mandela Award’

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama was bestowed with the first Gandhi Mandela Awards 2019 at Thekchen Choeling in Dharamshala on 19 Nov 2022. His Holiness has been nominated …

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News · 18 Nov 2022

Enes Freedom receives Outstanding human rights activist award at Magnitsky Awards

Enes Freedom received the "Magnitsky Award” for outstanding human rights activist for sacrificing his NBA career with Boston Celtics for standing up against the Chinese …

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News · 15 Nov 2022

Bhutila Karpoche named Deputy Speaker of Ontario Legislature Assembly

Source: Phayul On Saturday, 12 Nov 2022, the 43rd Ontario Legislative Assembly named Bhutila Karpoche, a Tibetan-American Canadian politician and Member of Ontario Provincial Parli…

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News · 31 Oct 2022

Tibet Film Festival to showcase Tibetan short Films featuring filmmaker Kunsang Kyirong

Source: Tibet Film Festival London: Tibetan Youth UK and Tibet Film Festival London will hold a screening of Tibetan short films featuring special guest Kunsang Kyirong on 02 Novem…

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News · 22 Sep 2022

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Awarded Spendlove Prize in Social Justice

Source: Tibet.net Dharamshala: Tibetan Spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was among the 15 honorary recipients of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justic…

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News · 05 Sep 2022

Prominent Tibetan painter of religious art passes away in Tibet

Tenpa Rabten, a prominent painter of Tibetan religious scrolls called thangkas, has died at the age of 82, Radio Free Asia has learned. Rabten, who passed on the knowledge of his t…

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News · 18 August 2022

All-Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet seeks Bharat Ratna for Dalai Lama

The All-Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet passed resolutions in its second meeting to demand that Bharat Ratna be conferred upon the Dalai Lama and that a joint sitting of…

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News · 8 August 2022

Ladakh presents Union Territory anniversary honour to Dalai Lama

The Ladakh Spal-Ngam Duston Award, which honours the historical significance of Ladakh, was presented to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on August 5 by the Union Territory Administrati…

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News · 7 August 2022

Bhutila Karpoche among winners of 2022 Canadian Immigrant Award

After a two-year break, the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards from Canadian Immigrant magazine are back with a stacked list of honorees, including Omar Alghabra, the federal transpo…

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News · 26 July 2022

Swiss team Tibet United FC Bern wins 12th Euro Tibet Cup

Belgium : The major sporting event in the Tibetan Community of Europe, the 12th edition of the Euro Tibet Cup football competition, began on July 18, 2022, in Deurne, Belgium, clos…

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News · 14 July 2022

The 7th Annual Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Medal of Courage awarded to A-Nya Sengdra

San Francisco: The 7th Annual Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Medal of Courage was awarded to A-Nya Sengdra, a Tibetan nomad and climate crisis activist from eastern Tibet. The award was rec…

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News · 07 July 2022

His Holiness the Dalai Lama marks 87th Birthday by opening library and museum

Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama marked his 87th birthday on Wednesday by inaugurating a library and museum in Dharamshala. He attended a ceremony …

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News · 6 July 2022

Kashag issues statement on 87th Birth Anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Dharamshala : The Kashag issued a statement to mark the 87th birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. The Kashag (Cabinet) is the highest executive office of the Central Tibet…

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News · 02 July 2022

Tibetan Artist Tsering Wangmo Satho awarded US National Heritage Fellowship 2022

Dharamshala: The co-founder and artistic Director of Chaksam-pa, Tsering Wangmo Satho has been awarded the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship 2022 by the National Endowment o…

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News · 30 June 2022

Free Tibet continues to raise voice against genocide-funding Hikvision

London : London-based rights organisation Free Tibet protested outside the British Security Awards handing out leaflets about the genocide-funding company, HikVision. "Free Ti…

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Report · 11 December 2023

Freedom for Tibet is Justice for Tibet: An interview with Sri. Soumyadeep Datta

Many Indian leaders apart from the Indian people have supported the cause of Tibetan freedom movement, against the unjust Chinese regime of oppression and violence in Tibet. The Ti…

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Report · 7 December 2023

Human Rights Day: Nobel Peace Prize: Tibet dying

December 10th to majority of the Tibetans is remembered as the day when Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. An award that helped internation…

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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 · 20 September 2023

Nothing much, but nothing less, about Pema Tsetan

By Tenzin Lhadon “Films are the medium of the new modern culture” -Pema Tsetan. I can vividly recall that it was a poster. It was just a poster that first introduced me…

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Report · 9 august 2023

What was Worth a Watch! -Tibetan Film Edition.

Was it during the scorching, sweat dripping hot summer afternoon period in the video lab laughing at Thanu being chased by Anu or was it way before that when I first watched a Tibe…

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Report · 17 May 2023

Running for Unity and Transformation: Embracing Love, Peace, and Forgiveness

On 13th May 2023, 150 runners from Darjeeling and Sikkim ran from Darjeeling to Kurseong in West Bengal to show their solidarity with the His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In a remarkab…

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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 · 28 March 2023

Issue of Tibet must be brought to the international level: Yoko Ishii on Free Tibet Fukuoka and Japanese support for Tibet cause

Yoko Ishi was born in Fukuoka, Japan. She is a political activist who has been working as a journalist and artist since 2012. She is the President and her husband Mr. Hidetoshi Ish…

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Report · 8 February 2023

Every Tibetan born after 1959 is born as an activist: Chemi Lhamo on her love for the Land of Snow, No Beijing 2022 protests and Tibetan Resilience

A human rights activist and community organiser, Chemi Lhamo is recognized in Canada’s national current affairs and news magazine Maclean’s Top 50 Power List of 2022. L…

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Report · 10 August 2022

Richard Gere and his Message of Universal Responsibility

(By Tenzin Tsetan & Lakshmi P) “None of his parents are Tibetans; yet he agitates all of China” - Richard Gere is my Hero (2010) Tibet’s exiled leader and the…

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Report · 4 August 2022

Sound and Fury: Analysing Chinese Response to Anything that has Tibet in it

By Lakshmi P & Jyotsna Jayaram United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is currently on an Asia tour. The mere rumours of Pelosi including Taiwan- a self-ruled island that Chin…

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Report · 11 July 2022

Ancient Wisdom In A Modern World: HH The Dalai Lama And His Teachings

By Shri Sujeet Kumar, Honourable Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha This 6th of July marked the 87th birthday of His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. Birth anniversarie…

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Report · 6 July 2022

Statement of TRC on the 83rd birthday of His Holiness the Great Fourteenth Dalai Lama

Today, on this auspicious and joyous occasion of the eighty-seventh birthday of His Holiness the Great Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tibet Rights Collective joins millions of his…

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Report · 6 July 2022

Let us share HH Dalai Lama's Message of peace Across Generations

By Emily Harris His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, born on 6 July 1935, has become one of the most recognised and regarded humanitarians of our time. The Dalai Lama’s own pers…

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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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