Letter reaffirms that the Gaden Phodrang Trust has the sole authority to recognise the reincarnation of future Dalai Lamas.

The head of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery is in critical condition after his imprisonment following peaceful protests against ...

For Tibetans, the name ‘Xizang’ is nothing short of offensive. It is colonial language that builds upon the perception China is trying to enforce, that Tibet is and always has been a part of China, ...

China’s Invasion. In 1950, when China invaded Tibet, the Dalai Lama was faced with a significant challenge. Despite only being a teenager, at the age of 15, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, was ...

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 ...

The second part of the report details the wider context, noting that the huge Kamtok dam is itself only one of 13 dams planned on the upper reaches of the Drichu (Ch: Yangtse) River and that China is ...

For a second time, Tower Hamlets Council has unanimously voted against China’s plans for a super embassy in the London borough. After hearing from residents and the Metropolitan Police, and taking ...

News related to the policy’s implementation first emerged in August 2021 when a 19-year-old student in Ngaba was arrested after he refused to attend a propaganda meeting called “Meeting on Praising ...

Tibet Watch has received reports that in early September this year, Chinese authorities in Matoe County (Ch: Maduo, Tib: རྨ་སྟོད་རྫོང་།) of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in eastern Tibet started ...

On 23 June, Olympic Day, campaigners from all over the world took part in a Global Day of Action to protest against Beijing being the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics. In London, a coalition of ...

Chinese police authorities in Drag-yab County (Ch: Zhag’yab County) and Chamdo have been monitoring families of exiled Tibetans with special attention for the past two years. New surveillance tactics ...