The dam in question is known as the Kamtok Dam, and is due to be situated downriver from the several villages including ...

Tibetans from around the world have today issued a joint statement, calling for a moratorium on resource extraction and megadevelopment projects in Tibet. A video jointly created by Tibetans from Free ...

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 ...

Prior to China’s invasion in 1950, Tibet maintained a unique culture, religion and language for centuries. Today, this culture is under threat from mass Chinese immigration and the strict control of ...

“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 ...

For the last six years in a row, US think-tank Freedom House has ranked Tibet among the worst places in the world for civil rights and political freedom. Under the Chinese Communist Party, nobody is ...

In recent years, China’s exploitation of Tibet’s natural resources has gathered pace significantly. Tibetans have no power to protect their own land and must watch the economic benefits of its ...

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 ...

The Chinese government has a plan for Tibet’s children: if it gets its own way, the next generation will grow up loyal to the CCP, and strangers to Tibet. Thousands of Tibetans in Tibet are being ...

Since the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) invasion in 1950, Tibetans have never stopped resisting the occupation. In the face of oppression and authoritarianism, with the deck stacked against them, ...

Tibetan culture and identity is inseparably linked to Tibetan Buddhism. Religious practice and Buddhist principles are a part of daily life for most Tibetans. Monks and nuns play a key role in their ...

On the 10th of March 1959, after nearly a decade of repression by the occupying Chinese army, Tibetans in their thousands rose up in protest. They gathered in the streets of their capital Lhasa and ...