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Ngari Rinpoche, youngest brother of Dalai Lama, passes away at 80

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 17: Ngari Rinpoche Tenzin Choegyal, the youngest brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, passed away at the age of 80...

Freed Tibetan monk remains under strict surveillance after early release

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 16: Trinley Gyatso, a Tibetan monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba (Ch: Aba), northeastern Tibet, remains under stringent state surveillance despite...

China expands Tibetan-language state broadcasting as RSF warns of deepening information void in Tibet

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 16: As Beijing intensifies its Sinicization drive in Tibet, its state-run propaganda apparatus has significantly expanded its Tibetan-language broadcast network, even...

President Penpa Tsering re-elected with decisive mandate, secures over 61% in preliminary poll

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 13: The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration on Friday formally declared incumbent President Penpa Tsering re-elected for the top...

Feature Story: Will Norbulingka Institute’s legacy survive its crumbling administration?

Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 12: For nearly three decades, the Norbulingka Institute in Dharamshala has stood as one of exile Tibet’s most enduring cultural beacons—a...

Tibetan Environmental Defender A-Nya Sengdra suffers vision loss, kidney disease after release from prison

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 12: Well-known Tibetan environmental defender and anti-corruption whistle-blower A-Nya Sengdra, who was released from Mianyang Prison on February 7, is reportedly...

CTA condemns fake letter claiming Dalai Lama–Epstein meeting, calls it China-originated smear campaign

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 12: A fabricated letter falsely claiming that His Holiness the Dalai Lama met the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has...

Riley M. Barnes to serve concurrently as U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues and Assistant Secretary for DRL

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 11: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has designated Riley M. Barnes, the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights,...

Tibetan environmental activist A-Nya Sengdra released after seven years in prison

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 9: Tibetan environmental rights defender and anti-corruption whistleblower A-Nya Sengdra has been released from a Chinese prison after completing a seven-year...

The Epstein Files: Fact-Checking the Disinformation Against the Dalai Lama

By A Group of Tibetan Researchers Months after the United States Congress passed the bipartisan “Epstein Files Transparency Act” in November 2025, the Department of...

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