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First library, learning center dedicated to Dalai Lama opens in United States

First library, learning center dedicated to Dalai Lama opens in United States

The Ithaca, New York, facility holds the works of current and previous Tibetan spiritual leaders.

Chinese government treats diplomats to Tibet tour in run-up to rights review

Chinese government treats diplomats to Tibet tour in run-up to rights review

Visit aimed to portray Tibetans enjoying human rights and freedom, expert says.

Remembering enforced disappearance victims in Asia

Remembering enforced disappearance victims in Asia

Tibetans, Uyghurs and Burmese are among the many victims of enforced disappearances in Asia.

In visit to Gansu, Chinese security chief stresses stability in and around Tibet

In visit to Gansu, Chinese security chief stresses stability in and around Tibet

Tibetans view the comments as part of further clampdown on the ethnic minority.

Authorities arrest Tibetan man twice for possessing Dalai Lama photo

He was sentenced to 2 years in a prison in China’s Sichuan province.

Tibetan activist and former political prisoner dies at age 68

Tibetan activist and former political prisoner dies at age 68

Sonam Gyalpo, first detained in 1987 for participating in the Tibetan independence movement, died at home.

Tibetan students at Second Senior High School exercise during a break on June 18, 2023, during a government-organized visit in Shannan, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Returning Tibetans see a changing homeland

2023-09-26

Recent visitors fear young students educated in Mandarin are losing a sense of identity.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama placing the first grains of colored sand to start the construction of the Kalachakra sand mandala during the 32nd Kalachakra Empowerment in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 1, 2012.

China restricts Tibetans from attending Buddhist Kalachakra sermon

2023-09-14

More than 100,000 devotees have gathered for the teaching by a prominent lama, sources on the ground say.

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Library dedicated to the Dalai Lama opens in New York

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Remembering late Tibetan film director Pema Tseden’s ‘weighty’ life

Remembering late Tibetan film director Pema Tseden’s ‘weighty’ life

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Insult follows injury to Tibetan monks

Insult follows injury to Tibetan monks
Prominent Tibetan language activist and former political prisoner attacked

Prominent Tibetan language activist and former political prisoner attacked

Tashi Wangchuk was beaten up by masked men in his hotel.

Students attend a Chinese language class at Nagqu No. 2 Senior High School, a public boarding school for students from northern Tibet, in Lhasa in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 1, 2021.

US to issue sanctions over forced assimilation of Tibetans

Tibetan children aged as young as 4 are forced to live in boarding schools and only allowed to speak Mandarin.

A huge thangka painting of Buddha is displayed on a hillside during the Shoton Festival at Drepung Monastery in Lhasa, capital of western China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 16, 2023.

Tibet’s beloved annual yogurt festival spoiled by heavy police presence

Paramilitary police officers swap positions during a change of guard in front of Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of western China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Oct. 15, 2020.

Beijing’s Tibetan studies seminar serves as ‘propaganda tool,’ critics say

Tibetan writer Lobsang Lhundup, pen name Dhi Lhaden, is shown in an undated photo.

Chinese authorities release Tibetan writer following four-year prison sentence

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