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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 17h

Election dates for Sikyong + #Tibetan Parliament in exile announced by CTA in Dharamsala, warning of risks of disinfo + fake news tibet.net/central-elec...

Central Election Commission Announces Schedule for 2025–2026 Sikyong and 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Elections, Along with Election Code of Conduct – Central Tibetan Administration

Dharamshala: On the morning of 7 October 2025, the Central Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration convened a press conference to officially announce the schedule for the upcoming 20...

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 18h

'#Tibet must no longer remain the blind spot of global environmental governance as the crisis unfolding on the Roof of the World is already shaping the future of water, food + energy security across the Indo‑Pacific and beyond'
@ISDP_Sweden www.tibetanreview.net/ahead-of-cop...

Ahead of COP30, Stockholm paper raises alarm over lack of global climate diplomacy on environmental devastation in Tibet - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Oct07’25) – China has transformed the Tibetan Plateau, one of the world’s most fragile environments, into a zone of extreme ecological stress under its state‑centric model of infra...

www.tibetanreview.net

Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 19h

UN rights experts call #Vietnam + #China to account for suspicious death, cremation + obstruction of justice in the case of the revered senior Tibetan Buddhist leader, Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas... + spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 4d

#Tibet Film Festival #London is back - 28/10 + 1/2/11 www.tibetfilmfestival.org/london2025 w/ screenings inc State and Statelessness, UK premieres of 'My Sweet Pala' + 'Mola - A Tibetan Tale of Love and Loss'

LONDON — Tibet Film Festival

www.tibetfilmfestival.org

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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 9d

#China govt efforts to legislate "ethnic unity" doesn't protect existing #humanrights. Rather, it sets up even more #arbitrarydetentions on baseless charges of "splittism," "separatism"; runs contrary to intl law obligations, including #CERD. @chrdnet.bsky.social

npcobserver.com/legislation/...

Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress - NPC Observer

Texts, legislative records, translations (if any), and related coverage of China's Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress. - Law of the People’s Republic of China on Promoting Ethnic Unity a

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 4d

UN Cultural Rights Rapporteur challenges #China over disappearance of the word #Tibet from exhibitions at French museums, saying that this deliberate erasure directly compromises Tibetan rights to "cultural heritage and self-determination" spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 8d

Zhang Yadi: "I don’t think she expected this heavy charge, because we are not advocating for separatism". London-bound international #Chinese student held in #China for #Tibet support www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘She didn’t realise how dangerous it was’: London-bound student held in China over Tibet support

Zhang Yadi was due to begin a degree in the UK but the activist vanished on holiday amid tensions over Dalai Lama

www.theguardian.com

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 8d

UK #Tibetans + @freetibetorg.bsky.social supporters gathered at the White Cube gallery in #London to protest #Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang's damaging fireworks display in #Tibet - @TheArtNewspaper : www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/30/p...

Protest at White Cube gallery over Cai Guo-Qiang's fireworks display

The Chinese artist, whose exhibition ‘Gunpowder and Abstraction 2015-25’ is currently on show at the London gallery, has been accused of ‘cultural violence’ in Tibet

www.theartnewspaper.com

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Josh Chin @joshchin.bsky.social · 17d

This is yet another story about authoritarianism — but one that hits a little different. Phurba is resilience incarnate, a person born for these times. And his tale is bonkers. I hope you enjoy reading it as much we did reporting it. Gift link: www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...

The Daring Caper of a Faithful Tibetan Who Outfoxed China

He escaped from police and crossed thousands of miles of wilderness on a decadelong odyssey toward freedom.

www.wsj.com

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 16d

Outdoor clothing brand Archteryx forced to apologise
for its fireworks display in #Tibet w/ a Chinese artist- in complete contradiction to the brand's claims of commitment to conservation - after facing backlash for its potential impacts on the fragile ecosystem: edition.cnn.com/2025/09/22/w...

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 21d

Gifted Chinese international student 22-year-old Zhang Yadi (
@TaraFreesoul), who lived in France + was dedicated to sharing #Tibetan culture, was detained in China on July 30 while visiting her family. No contact with her family for 47+ days. Her lawyer was also detained though now released

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 23d

#China has launched a pilot program deploying #PLA soldiers in state-run boarding schools in Nagchu, #Tibet. The programme targets children as young as 4, with 13 veterans across 7 schools teaching military training + political education - our report: tibetwatch.org/china-deploy...

China Deploys Military Veterans at Schools in Tibet

China has launched a new pilot programme deploying Chinese military veterans in state-run boarding schools to indoctrinate Tibetan children as young as four with military training and political educat...

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Turquoise Roof @handle.invalid · 27d

A cultural centre in the U.S. state of Indiana demonstrates how the authority of #Tibet’s spiritual leader has gained new forms of strength in exile, says @timothyagrose.bsky.social

thediplomat.com/2025/09/how-...

How Indiana Became a Stronghold for Tibetan Culture – and the Dalai Lama’s Influence

A cultural center in the U.S. state demonstrates how the authority of Tibet’s spiritual leader has gained new forms of strength in exile.

thediplomat.com

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 26d

"I am determined to be of benefit to everyone. I take a broad view and always try to look at things from a wider perspective, to benefit everyone without distinction." www.dalailama.com/news/offerin... 2/2

The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama | The 14th Dalai Lama

The Official Website of The Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

www.dalailama.com

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 26d

The #DalaiLama: “I’ve been through lots of ups and downs, but these have not affected my health, or my determination, whatever the Chinese may say, to go where my karma takes me. In China proper there are growing numbers of people taking an interest in Buddhism. 1/2

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 27d

New report reveals a coordinated campaign targeting #Tibetan #Buddhist institutions during the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday year. Senior monks disappeared, monasteries raided, and surveillance intensified across #Tibet. Full report: tibetwatch.org/coordinated-...

Coordinated campaign in Dalai Lama birthday year targets influential monks, Buddhist monasteries

A series of incidents across Tibet over recent months reveals an increasingly coordinated campaign of surveillance and suppression targeting Tibetan Buddhist institutions and leaders.

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James Griffiths @jamestgriffiths.com · Sep 9

As part of a consortium of researchers and journalists, I spent the better part of a year digging into leaked documents from Chinese security company Geedge, which plays a pivotal role exporting the Great Firewall around the world: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/15c699a...

Leaked files show a Chinese company is exporting the Great Firewall’s censorship technology

Geedge Networks is providing censorship capabilities to foreign governments, including those in Myanmar, Pakistan, Ethiopia and Kazakhstan

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Turquoise Roof @handle.invalid · 29d

Scientists suggest satellite data shows that the monsoon may have crossed the Himalayas into Tibet this year — an extraordinary event, as the mountains usually block it. If true, it could reshape how we understand future South Asian climate dynamics.
www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...

Did southwest monsoon moisture cross the Himalayas and reach the Tibetan Plateau in 2025?

The winds of the Southwest Monsoon (SWM) season may have possibly crossed the western Himalayan mountain range and reached Tibet, according to a scientifically

www.downtoearth.org.in

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 28d

Residents of flats at the Royal Mint estate #London fear #China, now their landlord, will force them to leave their homes - which happened in Berlin when the PRC moved int: o its larger Germany embassyhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/opinion/china-germany-tech-manufacturing.html

Opinion | China Reaches Into the Heart of Europe (Published 2018)

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 28d

New legal bombshell for #Chinese embassy #London - top UK lawyer says it would be 'unlawful' for the government to grant planning permission www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Approving China 'mega' embassy would be unlawful, UK government told

Opponents are battling China's plan for a mega embassy in London's historic Royal Mint Court.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 29d

The protests in Nepal, and the governments violent repression of them, are an increasingly important story right now. @globalvoices.org has reporting from Nepal on the "Nepo Kid" movement, including what the "international media" are getting wrong

Gen Z stands up to expose corruption in Nepal

Youth-led demonstrations against corruption erupted throughout Nepal on Monday September 8, 2025, resulting in at least 19 deaths and over 350 injuries.

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 29d

An engineer who worked with the #Xinjiang govt found out about IBM help in software involved in detaining 'extremists' before they caused trouble (read: ordinary Uyghurs): "I thought then that this was the end of humanity" apnews.com/article/chin... 4/4

US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China

U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Dell and Cisco largely designed and built China’s surveillance state, an AP investigation finds. The tech companies deny wrongdoing.

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 29d

Dell promoted a 'military-grade' AI-powered laptop w/ 'all-race recognition'. Until contacted by AP in Aug, biotech co Thermo Fisher marketed DNA kits to Chinese police as 'designed' for the Chinese population, including 'ethnic minorities like Uyghurs and Tibetans' 3/4

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 29d

U.S. companies sold billions of $ of tech to Chinese police, government and surveillance companies, despite repeated warnings from the U.S. Congress + the media that such tools were being used to quash dissent, persecute religion and target #Tibetans + #Uyghurs 2/4

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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · 29d

Important investigation by @dakekang.bsky.social @apnews.com
American tech companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known apnews.com/article/chin... 1/4

US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China

U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Dell and Cisco largely designed and built China’s surveillance state, an AP investigation finds. The tech companies deny wrongdoing.

apnews.com

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