The head of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery is in critical condition after his imprisonment following peaceful protests against the construction of a major hydropower dam in Derge (Dege), Tibet. Gonpo ...

Tibet Watch has learned of the demolition of a third large Buddhist statue in Drago County. In November 2021, Chinese authorities of Drago County demolished a statue of eighth-century Indian Tantric ...

Following the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday, and in advance of the 60th anniversary of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Beijing puts on a show of force. On 20 August 2025, Xi Jinping made a rare visit to ...

Zhang Yadi, from Changsha, Hunan, had been studying in France and was awarded a scholarship for a Master’s in Anthropology at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London, ...

Years of advocacy and human rights monitoring paid off at the United Nations today as a record number of countries confronted the Chinese government over its policies in Tibet. The setting was China’s ...

This week saw a well-attended event in parliament, co-organised by Free Tibet’s research partner Tibet Watch and the organisation China Watch. Fiona Bruce, Conservative MP for Congleton, hosted the ...

China’s policy of constructing mega dams on Tibet’s rivers and extracting its resources risks social and environmental catastrophe in Tibet and throughout Asia. This is according to a new report ...

70 years ago today, the ‘Seventeen Point Agreement’ was forced onto Tibetans by the newly formed People’s Republic of China. It is one of the most significant moments in modern Tibetan history. By May ...

Chinese police authorities tortured a young Tibetan Buddhist monk so severely that he died in custody before returning his body to his monastery and ordering the monks not to disclose information ...

On 8 July, a week after the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) centenary celebration, Chinese authorities in Golog, eastern Tibet, ordered the closure of Sengdruk Taktse middle school in Darlak County.

Another acclaimed Tibetan school formally closed last week under orders from party secretaries at the highest level in eastern Tibet. The school, Ragya Gangjong Sherig Norbu Ling, received a written ...

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 ...