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

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

Over the weekend, the 9th South China Sea Buddhism Roundtable Conference took place in Nepal. 220 Chinese Buddhist monks ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spread among the hills in Serta County in Kardze, eastern Tibet, Larung Gar Buddhist Institute is the largest and one of the most significant sites in Tibetan Buddhism. It was established in 1980 and ...

Free Tibet’s research partner, Tibet Watch, has learned that Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk was detained last month on 20 October. The Yushu City Police Detention Centre released him last ...

Green transport in one place should not come at the cost of environmental and social damage in another. For the people of Tibet, this is a real threat with the extraction of lithium for use in ...

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 ...