U.S. lawmakers honor Dalai Lama with bipartisan resolution ahead of 90th birthday
Ahead of the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday on July 6, U.S. lawmakers have introduced bipartisan resolutions in both chambers of the U.S. Congress to honor...
Category : Tibet
Two Tibetan Buddhist monastery leaders sentenced for Dege dam protests
Authorities have sentenced two senior Tibetan monastic leaders to three- and four-year prison terms for their roles in rare 2024 public protests against a planned...
Scorsese reflects on ‘spiritual act’ of making film about the Dalai Lama
NEW YORK — The making of Martin Scorsese’s 1997 Oscar-nominated film Kundun was a “spiritual act” and a “very personal and special project,” the legendary...
Tibetans evicted then reinstated after protest at US-China women’s soccer match
Tibetan activists protested for a “Free Tibet” during a women’s soccer friendly between the United States and China at the weekend — and won the...
Tibetan resistance veterans offer legacy of unity, defiance in their twilight years
MUSTANG, Nepal – In the tranquil hills of Nepal’s Gandaki province, where the land rises in its northern district of Mustang toward the border with...
30 years on, rights groups press China for word of Tibet’s missing Panchen Lama
Updated May 16, 2025, 05:20 p.m. ET The Tibetan government-in-exile and rights groups have called on China to free the Panchen Lama, the second-highest spiritual...
Activists, devotees gather to honor Tibetan Buddhist leader who died in Vietnam
DHARAMSALA, India — Hundreds of Tibetans gathered on Friday at the Main Temple in Dharamsala, India to offer prayers to mark 49 days since the...
India slams China’s renaming of places in its territory as ‘vain and preposterous’
India on Wednesday rejected China’s renaming of 27 places in Arunachal Pradesh as a “vain and preposterous” move, saying its northeastern border state, which Beijing...
Devotion and defiance: Highlights from RFA Tibetan
For nearly three decades, Radio Free Asia has provided critical Tibet coverage, serving as an information lifeline for Tibetan audiences living under China’s authoritarian rule...
Tibetan exile govt seeks probe into death of Tibetan Buddhist abbot in Vietnam
The Tibetan government-in-exile called Tuesday for an independent investigation into the death of an influential Tibetan Buddhist leader said to have died in Vietnam, where...
