Free Tibet’s research partner, Tibet Watch, has learned that Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk was detained last month ...

We asked three Tibetan friends at Free Tibet and Tibet Watch to share their views on the importance of the Dalai Lama.

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 Tibetan flag is one of the most dangerous symbols in Tibet. China has made possessing the Tibetan flag illegal. It is censored from media inside the People’s Republic of China. Meanwhile, Tibetans ...

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 ...

China is very aware of the strength of the movement for Tibet’s freedom. Inside Tibet, it uses repression and violence to try to silence that movement. Outside of China, it uses propaganda. These are ...

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, ...

The 14th Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and the Tibetan people. In the past, Dalai Lamas have also served as the political leaders of Tibet. The current Dalai Lama was exiled ...