Tibet Watch has learned that former political detainee Tsering Tso was held in administrative detention in late November and ...

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

Although Tower Hamlets Council has rejected the application, the final decision will sit with the UK government, which called ...

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 ...

Prominent Tibetan philanthropist and environmentalist Karma Samdup has been released on Monday from Shayar Prison in East Turkestan, and Gendun Lhundup, a prolific writer also known by his pen name ...

The Chinese government has ordered the relocation of hundreds of Tibetan families citing landslide hazards, according to information received by our research partner Tibet Watch. In late October this ...

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 ...

Armed police march through the streets of Dege County, in a crackdown against the voices of the Tibetan people. The final vestiges of self-determination stripped away from Tibetan communities, as ...

For centuries, Buddhism has stood at the heart of Tibet’s unique national identity, society and culture. To the Chinese government, however, Tibetan Buddhism is a threat to its rule and a challenge to ...