Salt Lake City, Utah: On 4 November 2025, Sikyong Penpa Tsering held a meeting with the staff of the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) at their office in Washington, D.C. The International Campaign for Tibet and the Office of Tibet, Washington, D.C., work in close coordination, jointly advancing advocacy efforts …
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Dharamshala: This year, His Serenity the 11th Panchen Lama, Jetsun Tenzin Gendhun Yeshi Trinley Phuntsok Pal Sangpo (the formal name of Gedun Choekyi Nyima), was honoured with the Democracy Service Medal, even as he remains forcibly disappeared. The award was received on behalf of the 11th Panchen Lama by Zeekyab …
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Preamble For thousands of years, the Tibetan plateau known as the land of snow was governed by twelve great rulers and forty minor states. Tibet’s recorded monarchy began in the second century BC with its first king, Nyatri Tsenpo. Under successive rulers, Tibet unified and rose to become a formidable …
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Washington DC: In a special reunion, Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the democratically elected leader of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), met with former U.S. Special Coordinators for Tibetan Issues over an informal breakfast meeting in Washington, D.C., on 31 October 2025. The U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, established within the …
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Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India – There was a crisp autumn chill to the air and a clear blue sky overhead when His Holiness the Dalai Lama reached the gate to his residence this morning. Representatives of the Dhanglob community, the organisers of today’s Long-Life ceremony, were there to greet …
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Washington D.C.: On 30 October 2025, Sikyong Penpa Tsering met with Martin Thümmel, Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. Having previously met with Sikyong during Sikyong’s official visits to Germany, Thümmel showed a nuanced understanding of the situation of Tibetans both inside Tibet and in …
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