"Hardwired Repression" New ✨ Mishel Kondi @c4ads.org report focuses on data centres powering #surveillance in the #Xinjiang / #Uyghur region: but #Tibet also runs through it as a parallel story worth flagging. 🧵

Journal of #Tibetan Literature - Vol. 4 No. 2 (2026) www.journaloftibetanliterature.org/index.php/jt...

#Tibetan democracy in exile made history today when Dolma Tsering Teykhang was elected Speaker of the Parliament, becoming the first woman in the position. Khenpo Sonam Tenphel was elected Deputy Speaker. Tashi Delek to both of them. ལོ་རྒྱུས་རང་བཞིན་ལྡན་པ། tibetanparliament.org/dolma-tserin...

The former head of PRC's Tibet government, Che Dalha, gets life for bribery. Beijing handpicked him to run the TAR, now its own anti-graft machine has consumed him, along w/ ex-Party chief Wu Yingjie(suspended death). Corruption runs as deep as the repression it funds www.reuters.com/world/china/...

#TCHRD has released its Annual Report 2025 on the human rights situation in #Tibet. Read it here: tchrd.org/2026/06/05/2... 西藏人权与民主中心(TCHRD)发布《2025年度报告》,记录西藏人权状况。阅读全文: tchrd.org/wp-content/u...

A striking account from former PLA Daily journalist Jiang Lin, who witnessed martial law in Lhasa in March 1989 before #Tiananmen. www.lhasaspring.org/p/1989 #华语青年挺藏会

#China has built a vast AI‑powered #surveillance system that tracks citizens and scores their behavior, a kind of Mao‑era policing supercharged by technology. That model is now being exported to other authoritarian governments and fragile democracies. www.tibetanreview.net/china-export...

Alongside the ongoing oppression of Muslim and indigenous groups in Xinjiang and Tibet, China has been investing heavily in the economy - building massive energy and transport infrastructure, high tech factories and tourism. Part 2 of our Western China series: as.ft.com/r/cd1f62af-4...

NEW: China's campaign of oppression in Xinjiang has entered a pernicious new phase - and FT analysis shows that the region still has the highest detention capacity in the world, relative to its population. as.ft.com/r/a4b72955-5...

À McLeod Ganj, en Inde, le dalaï-lama a assisté à l’investiture du gouvernement tibétain en exil. Réélu, Penpa Tsering entame un nouveau mandat de cinq ans à la tête de l’Administration Centrale #Tbétaine #Sikyong fr.euronews.com/video/2026/0...

Tibet-in-exile government leader sworn in youtu.be/lUODT9nXdQ0

"Hardwired Repression" New ✨ Mishel Kondi @c4ads.org report focuses on data centres powering #surveillance in the #Xinjiang / #Uyghur region: but #Tibet also runs through it as a parallel story worth flagging. 🧵

Penpa Tsering has been sworn in for a second term as Sikyong of the #Tibetan Government-in-exile, reaffirming commitment to the Middle Way policy: nonviolence, dialogue, & a mutually beneficial resolution of the Sino-Tibetan conflict www.independent.co.uk/news/tibet-i...

New by Jarmila Ptáčková & Uddhab Pyakurel: the #China–Nepal frontier has become an increasingly asymmetrical space of control: pandemic-era closures enabled Beijing to tighten border mobility rules, w/ consequences for Himalayan frontier communities journals.openedition.org/ebhr/3675 #surveillance

This DW report examines how heightened #surveillance, border security, & restrictions on movement have sharply reduced the flow of #Tibetan refugees into exile communities. www.dw.com/en/numbers-o...

Politics and faith collide over who chooses the next Dalai Lama. ABC Compass follows #Tibetan Australians preserving language & #identity in exile as fears grow that Beijing will appoint its own successor after the Dalai Lama, who turns 91 in July.

Accusing #China of being out of sync with Tibetan aspirations, the CTA reiterated its long‑standing call for genuine autonomy as Beijing marks 75 years since the coerced annexation of #Tibet in 1951 & again in 1959, calling it a "peaceful liberation". www.tibetanreview.net/exile-admini...

Last year, we released fonts for the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. We are also committed to lesser-used scripts. Tibetan may not have the global reach of CJK, but it carries immense historical and cultural weight. Happy to launch this collection of fonts. www.typotheque.com/blog/a-new-c...

#Tibetan leader Penpa Tsering has been invited to Marco Rubio’s 250th Independence Day reception in New Delhi, WION reports. www.wionews.com/india-news/t... #Sikyong

New by Jarmila Ptáčková & Uddhab Pyakurel: the #China–Nepal frontier has become an increasingly asymmetrical space of control: pandemic-era closures enabled Beijing to tighten border mobility rules, w/ consequences for Himalayan frontier communities journals.openedition.org/ebhr/3675 #surveillance

"The evolution of #Tibetan typography" by Jo De Baerdemaeker @typotheque.com @typojo.bsky.social www.typotheque.com/articles/the...

Today, #China observes "liberation" of #Tibet by its ignominious 17-Point agreement. In truth, China has violated it by Sinicization, altering the existing political system in Tibet (article 4) and legislating to undermine #Tibetan language (article 9) through "Ethnic Unity Law"

Follow our coverage from the site of the Liushenyu coal mine disaster on BBC News. Shanxi is #China’s coal mining heartland and the 80+ dead miners along with 100+ injured has shaken the province.

Politics and faith collide over who chooses the next Dalai Lama. ABC Compass follows #Tibetan Australians preserving language & #identity in exile as fears grow that Beijing will appoint its own successor after the Dalai Lama, who turns 91 in July.

The International Campaign for Tibet offers our deepest condolences to the family of Congressman Barney Frank who passed away on May 19. Congressman Frank was a steadfast supporter of the Tibetan people while representing the Boston area for 32 years in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Does the Tibetan Plateau move like aged cheddar or like brie? It’s a bit of both, a new study says. 🧪 Comments from @ericjfielding.bsky.social and @timwrightleeds.bsky.social universityofleeds.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/wea...

A newly identified PSB dashboard reportedly tracks foreign journalists using visa records, cameras, travel apps, ID scans & facial data - who they meet, how often, & in what context. That turns border/security bureaucracy into an intelligence #knowledgegraph: aspicts.substack.com/p/china-buil...

“What is a reader without books? What is a Hong Konger without Hong Kong? How can an identity be maintained when it is actively being dismantled?” —Louisa Lim

A well-deserved honour for Tenzin Taklha, the longtime chief security officer to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, on receiving the Thiksey Public Service Medal. Decades of quiet dedication, loyalty, & service to the #Tibetan cause & community recognised 🙏 indianexpress.com/article/citi...

UN Special Rapporteur study on digital #surveillance chilling effects. #Tibetan testimony: TAR as "giant prison… fully activated by digital surveillance" @tibcert.bsky.social: cellular network attacks on exile leaders. Cites TCHRD's 2024 #transnationalrepression report www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

The severe lack of foreign reporters in China is contributing greatly to the positive but superficial coverage of the country these days. Nothing makes a foreigner more critical of the CCP than living in China and interacting with real Chinese society, which is what good journalists do.

Artificial intelligence is often seen as a silver bullet for authoritarians, a breakthrough technology making repression cheaper, faster, and more precise. But it has inherent weaknesses, and dictators can’t escape these dilemmas.

Chinese state broadcaster CGTN claims to debunk “Western voices” accusing #China of erasing #Tibetan language & culture — but its “proof” isn’t independent experts, free media, rights groups, or diplomats allowed to visit schools of their choice. www.tibetanreview.net/china-presen...

Discussion on #Tibetan elections in exile. Manjesh Rana, an expert from #ANFREL, and I discuss form and substance of Tibetan process and its relevance to the world of democratic governance system. Coming Live 2 pm #Bangkok time May 22. anfrel.org/democracy-wi...

I just finished listening to “Defying China” by Tsultrim Dolma and Rebecca Wei Hsieh. This YA book recounts Tsultrim Dolma’s protest of China’s occupation of Tibet and the Chinese persecution she suffered as a result. Highly recommended.

Belgium-based Tibetan group organises workshop on Tibet awareness https://www.byteseu.com/2040002/ Antwerp [Belgium], May 21 : The Belgium-based Regional Global Tibetan People’s Movement for the Middle Way Approach recently organised its fifth workshop for Tibetan youths in Belgium. As reported …

Last month we were honored to host a screening of Ella Manzheeva’s ‘Geshe Wangyal: With Blessing of the Three Jewels,’ at ICT DC. The screening was followed by a discussion with Telo Rinpoche, Tenzin Namgyal Tethong, and Joel McCleary. Thank you to those who joined, and look out for future events!

🔔 New #CHRD report documents children’s rights and labor rights violations in mandatory vocational school internships and hiring children under 16 to work across 11 provinces between 2019 and 2025. The findings are alarming ! 🆘 👉 www.nchrd.org/2026/05/chin...

'A Tibetan Girl Called Ata' is story of love between Chinese man + #Tibetan woman who 'has learned to live in a Chinese city w/o being absorbed by it - the Tibetan identity that draws Han Ge towards her is also what he struggles to understand and cannot protect' the-european.eu/story-60650/...

The recent decision by a major UK museum, the Victoria & Albert, to comply with Chinese censors is emblematic of broader trends in information manipulation & interference targeting European cultural institutions that must be challenged, @article19.bsky.social www.article19.org/resources/eu...

Looking forward to tomorrow’s 🎙️ #TheElectionObserver from @Anfrel on the 2026 #Tibetan General Elections, featuring Majesh Rana & @bhuchung.bsky.social discussing election observation, democracy in exile, and Tibetan self-determination. anfrel.org/democracy-wi...

When the Assad regime crumbled and I went to Syria for the first time, I immediately noticed some Uyghur fighters among the rebels. I wanted to know more. www.npr.org/2026/05/17/g...

Lakes on the #TibetanPlateau, once stable carbon sinks preventing greenhouse gases from escaping, are now, due to climate warming, transforming rapidly and becoming significant sources of climate‑warming emissions. #GlobalWarming www.tibetanreview.net/tibets-thawi...

This DW report examines how heightened #surveillance, border security, & restrictions on movement have sharply reduced the flow of #Tibetan refugees into exile communities. www.dw.com/en/numbers-o...

A well-deserved honour for Tenzin Taklha, the longtime chief security officer to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, on receiving the Thiksey Public Service Medal. Decades of quiet dedication, loyalty, & service to the #Tibetan cause & community recognised 🙏 indianexpress.com/article/citi...

Trump’s complete abandonment of human rights in foreign policy has left many victims of CCP abuses, particularly the Uyghurs, with nowhere to turn and feeling deeply betrayed. www.independent.co.uk/voices/uyghu...

US urges China to release top Tibetan religious figure it abducted, disappeared 31 years ago www.tibetanreview.net/us-urges-chi...

At least since the 1980s, American leaders visiting Beijing were traditionally expected to raise the Tibetan issue during bilateral meetings. Not anymore.

"Inner Mongolia is not merely hosting data centres; it is one of the few places on earth with an electricity system large enough to make AI-scale industrialisation plausible without immediately breaking the grid." Meanwhile, in WSJ:

Packed with prose, poetry, stories, and reportage, Tsering Woeser's Ocean, as Much as Rain is essential reading for all Tibetans and for anyone who wants to understand what it means to live under colonial occupation. Read the review: mekongreview.com/wri...