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Russia lists Dalai Lama’s envoy on foreign-agent list after he criticizes Ukraine war

Russia lists Dalai Lama’s envoy on foreign-agent list after he criticizes Ukraine war

Telo Tulku Rinpoche condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during an October 2022 interview.

Chinese photographer displays rare photos of 2008 crackdown in Tibet capital Lhasa

Yu Chi, a Chinese engineer and enthusiastic amateur photographer, smuggled the photos out of China in 2022.

Massive fire razes 200-year-old monastery in Nepal

Massive fire razes 200-year-old monastery in Nepal

Sources say the blaze destroyed the central prayer hall and most of the prayer books.

Chinese authorities detain Tibetan writer for contacting people in exile

Chinese authorities detain Tibetan writer for contacting people in exile

30-year-old man was detained amid a string of crackdowns targeting Tibetans in China

Tibetan political prisoner and monk dies in Chinese custody

Geshe Phende Gyaltsen served as mediator in conflicts and was active in renovating a monastery

Japanese Buddhists back selection of next Dalai Lama by Tibetans, not China

Japanese Buddhists back selection of next Dalai Lama by Tibetans, not China

The group condemns China claiming authority to appoint the reincarnation of the spiritual leader.

A street runs through Drago county in southwestern China's Sichuan province in an undated photo.

Chinese authorities impose communications crackdown on Tibetans in Drago county

2023-02-02

They are subjecting residents to random cell phone checks.

China imposes new cybersecurity rules in Tibet

2023-02-01

Analysts say the law will have a negative impact on Tibetans’ ability to communicate.

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Massive fire destroys ancient Buddhist monastery on Tibet-Nepal border

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Rare photos show evidence of monks, nuns evicted from Tibetan Buddhist center

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Insult follows injury to Tibetan monks

Insult follows injury to Tibetan monks
Report offers fresh examples of destruction of religious sites in eastern Tibet

Report offers fresh examples of destruction of religious sites in eastern Tibet

Residents of Drago county liken the demolition to a second Cultural Revolution.

Residents of Lhasa, capital of western China's Tibet Autonomous Region, are seen in a COVID-19 quarantine facility, September 2022.

Human rights group estimates that up to 220,000 Tibetans will die of COVID

International Campaign for Tibet based its report on census data, COVID studies abroad and first-hand accounts.

Dorjee Tseten has been pleading with authorities to allow relatives to visit his ailing brother, Dorjee Tashi, who is serving a life sentence in Drapchi Prison in Tibet’s capital Lhasa.

Authorities refuse to let family of ill Tibetan businessman visit him in prison

People in protective gear handle bodies in this screenshot from a video in Lithang county in Sichuan’s Kardze, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China.

China bans photos, videos of cemeteries as COVID deaths surge in Tibet

People wait to be treated at Lhasa public hospital on Dec. 25, 2022 in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

COVID deaths surge in Tibet after lockdowns end

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Why do Tibetans self-immolate

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