Contacts: Tenzin Rabga Tashi, Free Tibet: [email protected] Pema Yoko, Tibet Action Institute: [email protected] Rise in ...

Lobga Rangzen was a beloved member of the Tibetan community in Queens, New York City, and a fierce advocate for an independent Tibet.

Years of advocacy and human rights monitoring paid off at the United Nations today as a record number of countries confronted the Chinese government over its policies in Tibet. The setting was China’s ...

Tibet Watch has learned of the demolition of a third large Buddhist statue in Drago County. In November 2021, Chinese authorities of Drago County demolished a statue of eighth-century Indian Tantric ...

After the forced closure of the Sengdruk Taktse Middle School on 8 July, Chinese authorities arrested one of its longest-serving teachers. Rinchen Kyi was arrested in Golog, eastern Tibet, on 1 August ...

The statement follows the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday in July, and further calls on the Chinese government to provide updates on Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama. Five UN experts and working ...

Video message from a Tibetan petitioner exposes illegal sand mining and absence of consultation with local Tibetans in China’s petition system. A Tibetan petitioner has appealed the central Chinese ...

Tibet Watch has learned that three senior monks from Drago Monastery are still severely ill after their release from prison four years ago. The three monks, Tsewang Namgyal, Tengya, and another monk ...

Zhang Yadi, from Changsha, Hunan, had been studying in France and was awarded a scholarship for a Master’s in Anthropology at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London, ...

On 2 July 2025, a statement released by the Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama confirmed that the institution of the Dalai Lama will continue into the future. It further reaffirmed that the ...