Tenzin Rabga Tashi, a Tibetan activist & Campaign Lead at @freetibet.org, a London-based advocacy group that has been at the forefront of protests against the mega-embassy, warned that the development risks normalising intimidation of exile communities. phayul.com/uk-approves-... #surveillance

Chair of APPG on #Tibet Chris Law: "The UK govt decision to greenlight the PRC's new diplomatic headquarters at Royal Mint Court is not just a planning failure. It’s a moral capitulation prioritising diplomatic expediency over national security and human rights." www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Lord David Alton on UK approval of #China's mega embassy in London: 'We stand at a very dangerous crossroads' - it's amazing the government would want to be 'so out of step with our allies' to approve plans for a Chinese 'super embassy'.

CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/01/cdt-...

Film review of 'State of Statelessness' by #Tibetan directors: intimate, emotional family dramas telling stories of separation + exile. In 2, the Dalai Lama smiles out from photographs on shrines, a reminder of the precarity of Tibet’s future www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja... @theguardian.com

New report from @csis.org : govts urgently need to reexamine their policy frameworks on #Tibet, preparing for the geopolitical, economic, environmental + humanitarian challenges a future Dalai Lama succession will spark www.csis.org/analysis/whe... 1/3

"Tibet remains a frontier in more than a geographic sense. It stands at the edge of a political system that does not tolerate difference easily. Until this is addressed Tibet will remain a symbol of how [...] silence replaced self-rule" sundayguardianlive.com/news/how-chi...

Buddhist herders in Amdo #Tibet around Kokonor face shrinking grazing land, climate shocks, and market volatility. Rather than seeking control, they integrate modern infrastructure with a Buddhist acceptance of uncertainty, navigating state power through social networks & “directed improvisation”:

RSF calls on the #UnitedStates government to halt deportation proceedings against Guan Heng, a Chinese national, and grant him asylum. His courageous and award-winning reporting exposed Uyghur detention camps in the Xinjiang region. If deported to China, his life will be put at serious risk.

Political theatre of Chinese Panchen ceremony demonstrates China’s priorities in counter-influence campaign against the Dalai Lama. Report: tibetwatch.org/beijing-rehe...

Today’s verdict against British citizen Jimmy Lai is more than a legal failure; it is a cruel act of state repression that reverberates across every territory controlled by Beijing, from Lhasa to Urumqi. We stand in unbreakable solidarity with Jimmy Lai. #FreeJimmyLai #StandWithHongKong

While China complains, a successful conference on the life of the Sixth Dalai Lama - who was born in Tawang - only further fortifies Arunachal Pradesh’s place in India’s Buddhist legacy, says @VijayKranti6 www.tibetanreview.net/first-intl-c... @TibetanReview

Prominent Tibetan Buddhist reincarnate lama and educator from Amdo detained and his vocational school abruptly closed, with families instructed to collect their children immediately. Report: tibetwatch.org/prominent-bu...

'By writing that “they may take our bodies, but they cannot take the mind that refuses to believe in lies,” Shokdung relocates resistance into the moral and intellectual realm' - review by Rinzin Namgyal, FNVA fnvaworld.org/the-division...

Today, 36 years ago, His Holiness the Dalai Lama received the #NobelPeacePrize in honour of his advocacy of peaceful solutions based on tolerance and mutual respect to preserve Tibet's culture, religion + identity. 1/6

On #HumanRightsDay we stand with #Tibetans who face intensified oppression and injustice in #China's increasingly coordinated campaign of surveillance and suppression targeting Tibetan Buddhist institutions, leaders +civil society 1/6

A WSJ analysis of satellite images shows clear evidence of the Chinese military’s expanding footprint through a network of facilities that dot the Tibetan plateau.

Fears of espionage + interrogation as new Chinese embassy on historic site in #London looks set for approval - report citing @freetibetorg Tenzin Rabga Tashi : abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Congratulations @Gesh_Mo + team for winning Foreign Press Association London culture and arts award for ITV #BattleforTibet documentary. In her acceptance speech, Gesbeen Mohammad acknowledged how difficult it was to make, given dangers of filming in #Tibet + #China's TNR

#Nepal Police have cleared TOB (Tibetan Original Brother/Blood) of involvement in vandalism during the Sept Gen Z protests in #Kathmandu. After questioning members, including Tenzing Dawa Lama, authorities concluded the group had no role in the incidents. www.tibetanreview.net/nepali-polic...

Investigation by The Times uncovers the harrowing ordeal of two men arrested at the border with Nepal + held w/o trial in Drapchi prison, #Lhasa. Rapke was denied access to basic medical care until he started vomiting blood and is still haunted by the ordeal www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...

According to new information received by Tibet Watch, prominent Tibetan businessman Dorje Tashi has been beaten, apparently by other inmates, on two separate occasions at Chushur (Chinese: Qushui) Prison in Lhasa. Report: tibetwatch.org/imprisoned-t...

Video of insightful discussion into the enduring impact of the Dalai Lama on compassion, reincarnation and geopolitics at @UniWestminster now online, including discussion of Tibet Watch trustee @NitashaKaul with Kalu Rinpoche www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... @dibyeshanand

More than 6000 people gathered at the main Tibetan temple today to express gratitude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his kindness, beginning with his assumption of the spiritual and temporal leadership of Tibet on 17th November 1950 — 75 years ago today www.dalailama.com/news/celebra...

The 75th anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s assumption of spiritual and temporal leadership of #Tibet was marked today at the Tsuglakhang in #Dharamshala as part of yearlong celebrations worldwide of his 90th birthday. www.tibetanreview.net/dalai-lamas-...

The Dalai Lama welcomes @NEDemocracy medal to Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the Panchen Lama, disappeared since 1995, and remains hopeful that he will be able to live a life of dignity + freedom

China is weaponising sacred Buddhist rituals for political control. In October, Beijing's appointed Panchen Lama led a Kalachakra empowerment at Tashi Lhunpo monastery—one of Tibetan Buddhism's most sacred ceremonies. Tibet Watch report explores what this means: tibetwatch.org/setting-a-re...

Join the conversation - tomorrow, University of Westminster, #London: 'The Legacy of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama in a Contested World: Compassion, Reincarnation, and Geopolitics' westminster.ac.uk/events/the-l...

#China's Five Year Plan - that runs from 2026 to 2030 locks #Tibet into China as never before. Xi Jinping prioritises the Yarlung Tsangpo mega hydro project + Sichuan-Tibet railway. Gabriel Lafitte analysis at rukor.org/a-plan-of-at...

#Tibet should be framed as global priority for its strategic + environmental significance, should have more visibility on multilateral platforms as a part of Indo-Pacific narrative - new report by Jagannath Panda w/contributions from Gabriel Lafitte, Dechen Palmo www.isdp.eu/wp-content/u...

China's reckless space ambitions poison #Tibet as rocket crashes in nomadic grasslands of Amdo, triggering massive fire: www.tribuneindia.com/news/amdo/ch...

Read Benno Weiner's @bennoweiner.bsky.social review of the banned Tibetan novel, now in English, "The Red Wind Howls": chinabooksreview.com/2025/09/04/i...

Shapeshifting 'braided river' in Tibet is the highest in the world, and is becoming increasingly unstable — Earth from space www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

'Voice of the Disappeared', a rights collective initiated by #Tibet supporters in the UK, has produced a vivid graphic story 'The Message' telling the tale of a #Tibetan couple who face the wrath of the Chinese Party state - now available online www.youtube.com/watch?featur...

Friends in #London : launch of new report at Int Centre for Sustainability on unfolding climate crisis in #Tibet by @jppjagannath1 , highlighting its far-reaching human, environmental, and geopolitical implications: eventbrite.co.uk/e/whither-ti...

Election dates for Sikyong + #Tibetan Parliament in exile announced by CTA in Dharamsala, warning of risks of disinfo + fake news tibet.net/central-elec...

'#Tibet must no longer remain the blind spot of global environmental governance as the crisis unfolding on the Roof of the World is already shaping the future of water, food + energy security across the Indo‑Pacific and beyond' @ISDP_Sweden www.tibetanreview.net/ahead-of-cop...

UN rights experts call #Vietnam + #China to account for suspicious death, cremation + obstruction of justice in the case of the revered senior Tibetan Buddhist leader, Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas... + spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...

#Tibet Film Festival #London is back - 28/10 + 1/2/11 www.tibetfilmfestival.org/london2025 w/ screenings inc State and Statelessness, UK premieres of 'My Sweet Pala' + 'Mola - A Tibetan Tale of Love and Loss'

#China govt efforts to legislate "ethnic unity" doesn't protect existing #humanrights. Rather, it sets up even more #arbitrarydetentions on baseless charges of "splittism," "separatism"; runs contrary to intl law obligations, including #CERD. @chrdnet.bsky.social npcobserver.com/legislation/...

UN Cultural Rights Rapporteur challenges #China over disappearance of the word #Tibet from exhibitions at French museums, saying that this deliberate erasure directly compromises Tibetan rights to "cultural heritage and self-determination" spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...

Zhang Yadi: "I don’t think she expected this heavy charge, because we are not advocating for separatism". London-bound international #Chinese student held in #China for #Tibet support www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

UK #Tibetans + @freetibetorg.bsky.social supporters gathered at the White Cube gallery in #London to protest #Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang's damaging fireworks display in #Tibet - @TheArtNewspaper : www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/p...

This is yet another story about authoritarianism — but one that hits a little different. Phurba is resilience incarnate, a person born for these times. And his tale is bonkers. I hope you enjoy reading it as much we did reporting it. Gift link: www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...

Outdoor clothing brand Archteryx forced to apologise for its fireworks display in #Tibet w/ a Chinese artist- in complete contradiction to the brand's claims of commitment to conservation - after facing backlash for its potential impacts on the fragile ecosystem: edition.cnn.com/2025/09/22/w...

Gifted Chinese international student 22-year-old Zhang Yadi ( @TaraFreesoul), who lived in France + was dedicated to sharing #Tibetan culture, was detained in China on July 30 while visiting her family. No contact with her family for 47+ days. Her lawyer was also detained though now released

#China has launched a pilot program deploying #PLA soldiers in state-run boarding schools in Nagchu, #Tibet. The programme targets children as young as 4, with 13 veterans across 7 schools teaching military training + political education - our report: tibetwatch.org/china-deploy...

A cultural centre in the U.S. state of Indiana demonstrates how the authority of #Tibet’s spiritual leader has gained new forms of strength in exile, says @timothyagrose.bsky.social thediplomat.com/2025/09/how-...

The #DalaiLama: “I’ve been through lots of ups and downs, but these have not affected my health, or my determination, whatever the Chinese may say, to go where my karma takes me. In China proper there are growing numbers of people taking an interest in Buddhism. 1/2

New report reveals a coordinated campaign targeting #Tibetan #Buddhist institutions during the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday year. Senior monks disappeared, monasteries raided, and surveillance intensified across #Tibet. Full report: tibetwatch.org/coordinated-...