Gonpo Namgyal was released from custody in mid November. He died at his home two days later on 18 November. Extensive burns ...

Rachung was jailed for sending prayer money to Tibetan exile monasteries to pray his late uncle who died from self ...

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 ...

Over the weekend, Nanhai Buddhism Shenzhen Roundtable took place in Nepal. 220 Chinese Buddhist monks arrived on a chartered flight for the Chinese-organised Buddhist events in Kathmandu and Lumbini.

Tibet Watch has learned that former political detainee Tsering Tso was held in administrative detention in late November and released last week. Tsering Tso was detained on 29 November in Trika County ...

China invaded Tibet in 1950. Inside its borders and across the world, Tibetans have never stopped believing Tibet is a nation. After more than 70 years of occupation, Tibetans still resist China’s ...

Tibet is located to the southwest of China, also bordering India, Nepal, Myanmar (Burma) and Bhutan. Tibet’s three original provinces are U-Tsang, Kham and Amdo. The people in these regions all ...

Since March 2009, more than 150 people are known to have set themselves on fire inside Tibet to protest against the repressive Chinese occupation. Self-immolation protests peaked in 2012 when more ...

China is trying to destroy the traditional way of life for Tibetan nomads. Nomads are being forced out of their ancestral lands, which they have farmed for centuries, and relocated to urban ...

“From a legal standpoint, Tibet has to this day not lost its statehood. It is an independent state under illegal occupation.” – Michael van Walt, lawyer and professor at the Institute for Advanced ...