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At 90, Dalai Lama Wins His First Grammy. How Did the Buddhist Leader Get Nominated for Music’s Biggest Night?
At 90 years old, the Dalai Lama achieved a historic first, winning a Grammy for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording. His spoken-word album, Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, mixed his teachings with music from acclaimed artists, aiming to spread messages of peace and compassion read more →
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama wins Grammy for spoken-word album; collab with sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, sons
The album won in the category of Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording, at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, US – by Dar Ovais for Hindustan Times, 2 February 2026 At 90, the Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, has won his first Grammy, a global read more →
Tibetan Monastic Leader Missing Following Arbitrary Detention in Chumarleb, Yushu
– By Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), 24 January 2026 Chinese authorities have reportedly detained Lobsang Lungrik, a Tibetan Buddhist lama and senior religious official in Qinghai province, with his whereabouts remaining unknown since December 2024. Lobsang Lungrik, 51, is the head lama of Ba Gön Monastery, read more →
Tibet: A Nation Without a State, Yet Alive
– By Sadayuki Komori, a member of the Japan Regional Parliamentarian Support Group for Tibet, for Seiron (Japanese monthly political/cultural magazine) There is a “nation” in this world that cannot issue its own passport, is not a member of the United Nations, and is even forced to have its government read more →
China is Building the World’s Most Powerful Hydropower System Deep in the Himalayas. It Remains Shrouded in Secrecy
–By Simone McCarthy and Yong Xiong for CNN, 17 December 2025 Hundreds of miles from China’s populous coastline, a sharp bend in a remote Himalayan river is set to become the centerpiece of one of the country’s most ambitious – and controversial – infrastructure projects to date. There, a $168 read more →
Tibetan Buddhist Leader Detained as Chinese Authorities Shutter Yet Another Tibetan Language School
– By International Campaign for Tibet Choktrul Dorje Ten Rinpoche, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader, was detained by Chinese authorities around December 4, 2025, under unknown circumstances, according to sources close to him. Choktrul Dorje Ten is the abbot of Osel Thegchok Chokhorling monastery and founder of the Dorje Ten read more →
Tibetan Activists Say China Has Detained Protesters Who Staged Rare Act of Defiance
Dozens of Tibetans protested a gold mine they feared would threaten their livelihood – By Krishna Pokharel and Chun Han Wong, Wall Street Journal, 12 December 2025 Chinese authorities arrested dozens of Tibetans who were protesting a mining project in one of their communities, according to Tibetan activists and the read more →
Prefecture Party Secretary Intensifies Ideological Demands: Tibetan Buddhism Must be ‘Sinicized’ and Adapt to Socialism
– By International Campaign for Tibet, 2 December 2025 In a major push to tighten ideological control following key directives from Beijing, He Moubao, Secretary of Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Party Committee, recently toured several areas in Kanlho, demanding absolute political loyalty to the state and gratitude toward the Chinese Communist read more →
China’s censorship crosses borders as Switzerland silences Tibet in Bern
-By The Tribune, 25 November 2025 Tibetan youth activists staged an independent light projection in Bern after organisers of the renowned Rendez-vous Bundesplatz show dropped a planned Tibet segment under political pressure. The decision, reportedly influenced by Swiss parliamentary authorities who deemed the imagery “too political,” has drawn strong criticism read more →
The Dalai Lama’s Rise from a Young Refugee to a Beacon of Non-violence
– By EasternEye, 24 November 2025 Robert (Bob) Thurman first met His Holiness when he was 23 and the Dalai Lama was 29, in 1964. The Dalai Lama had reached India in 1959 having escaped Mao Zedong’s Chinese Communist regime, that invaded Tibet and colonised the country, splitting it into read more →
Lawmakers and Advocates Call for Strengthened Support for Tibet During Congressional Hearing
-By International Campaign for Tibet, 21 November 2025 The Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s latest hearing featured testimony from Chinese Christians, a Hui Muslim, and a Tibetan Buddhist – including ICT’s Bhuchung K. Tsering. It also included resounding calls for new initiatives to take a tougher stance on China’s ongoing occupation read more →
Richard Gere Brings the Dalai Lama’s Message of Compassion to Ottawa
-by Canada Tibet Committee, 19 November 2025 Ottawa, November 17, 2025 – Hollywood icon and advocate for Tibet, Richard Gere, who is also Chair of the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), joined parliamentarians and Tibetan-Canadian community members on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on November 17 for Tibet Day on the Hill. The full-day read more →
Tibetan Buddhists Would Reject Beijing ‘Appointee’
Beijing’s claim that the next Buddhist leader must come from China is a heavy-handed political maneuver that will fall flat-faced, experts said. -By Chen Yu-fu and Sam Garcia for Taipei Times China’s requirement that the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation to be born in China and approved by Beijing has drawn criticism, read more →
The Tibet Occupation at 75: An Interview with Penpa Tsering
After three-quarters of a century under Chinese occupation, Tibet still hopes for genuine autonomy. – by Penpa Tsering, and James Himberger, 4 November Editors’ Note: On October 27, James Himberger, the managing editor of The National Interest, interviewed Sikyong (President) Penpa Tsering of the self-declared Tibetan government-in-exile during the latter’s visit to read more →
China Conducts Dalai Lama Pictures-raid at Top Monastery Outside Tibet Autonomous Region
-by Tibetan Review, 23 October 2025 (TibetanReview.net, Oct22’25) – Chinese authorities recently launched a surprise raid in the biggest Tibetan Buddhist monastery and surrounding religious places and villages in Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe) County of Gansu province with a specific agenda to confiscate pictures of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai read more →