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Hackers exploit Dalai Lama’s birthday to target Tibetan community Chinese hackers Use fake Dalai Lama apps to spy on Tibetans, use Gh0st RAT and PhantomNet

As the Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday, China-linked hackers have carried out two cyberattacks targeting the Tibetan community.

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“This is an existential threat for Tibetans. Within two generations, if the situation does not improve, the language and much of the cultural identity will be lost. I'm not afraid to use the term cultural genocide.”

- Mr. Fernand de Varennes, Former UN Special Rapporteur

Why an explosive fight erupted over the UK's new Chinese embassy It will be the biggest embassy in Europe, if approved. But its opponents fear it brings with it certain risks and dangers

"We don't want [the embassy] there because of demonstrations, because of the security risks, because of our privacy."

Opponents of the embassy - Hong Kongers, Tibetans, Uighurs, and opposition politicians - have already staged protests involving up to 6,000 people.

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First cell-phone network cyberattack on Tibetan leader detected - Phayul Phayul.com is one of the most popular & successful Tibetan news website in English. With daily readers touching over 12,500 and still growing. It features news and views on Tibet.

First cell-phone network cyberattack on Tibetan leader detected @tibcert.bsky.social

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It telegraphs to the Chinese leaders and to the world that our struggle goes on as long as they are there, he will be here too and that is just our truth - @lhadon.bsky.social

[His Holiness' announcement] is the sign that we are, he is, still strong and we are still in control of our own destiny... we so clearly signaled to China and to anybody who's watching, that this is just not their business.

The hunt for the next Dalai Lama - podcast The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, and the Tibet activist Lhadon Tethong discuss the battle between Buddhist monks and the Chinese state over the successor to the Dalai La...

On @theguardian.com Today in Focus podcast, listen to Tibet Action Institute's @lhadon.bsky.social and The Guardian’s South Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, discuss the battle between Tibetan Buddhists and China over the successor to the Dalai Lama.

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Misinformation, Disinformation & Cyberattacks in the Tibetan Community:
This session explores how false narratives and cyberattacks are used to divide Tibetans, discredit H.H. Dalai Lama and the Tibetan freedom movement, we also offers ways to fight back. JOIN US!

Tibet report launched in Hindi, wants cultural heritage protected New Delhi: A new report by the Tibet Action Institute (TAI) has raised serious concerns over China’s widespread use of colonial style boarding schools in Tibet, calling it…

Tibetan MP Dorjee Tseten called for urgent global intervention: “We are witnessing the forced separation of an entire generation from their families and culture. The emotional and psychological scars will last for decades. The world cannot remain silent.”

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Resource Guide to Decolonizing Reporting on Tibet Resource Guide to Decolonizing Reporting on Tibet

Very important new resource from @tibetaction.bsky.social for those researching and reporting on Tibet: tibetaction.net/resource-gui...

On July 5, 2025, in Dharamsala, Tibet Action Institute, joined by Sikyong Penpa Tsering, launched the Tibetan version of our report on what really happens inside China’s colonial boarding schools in Tibet and their impact on Tibetan children.

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YouTube video by tibetactioninstitute 90 Years of the Dalai Lama: Guiding Tibetan Resistance with Compassion

As we celebrate the historic 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, we at Tibet Action Institute are pleased to share a special video tribute in honor of his extraordinary life, courage, visionary leadership, and unwavering commitment to Tibet.

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Tibetan Delegation Participates in Sideline and Closed‑Door Meetings in Geneva as 59th UNHRC Session Underway - Central Tibetan Administration Geneva: As the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is currently underway, a group of Tibetan delegation participated in a sideline event organised by the UK Mission and the...

At #UNHRC59 in Geneva, Tibetans exposed China’s forced separation of kids as young as 4 into colonial boarding schools - neglected, abused and fed propaganda.

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Dalai Lama lays out succession plan, denying Chinese efforts at control The Tibetan Buddhist leader, who turns 90 on Sunday, appears concerned that Beijing will sweep in after his death to install the next Dalai Lama.

“The Chinese Communist Party has systematically undermined Tibetan culture, religion, and traditions,” said Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, speaker of the Tibetan parliament in exile.

Tibetan children face abuse, neglect & indoctrination in boarding schools.

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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

"I hereby reiterate that the Gaden Phodrang Trust has sole authority to recognize the future reincarnation; no one else has any such authority to interfere in this matter." - His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

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Dalai Lama at 90: son of a buckwheat farmer who became a thorn in China’s side – in pictures The exiled spiritual leader, who turns 90 this week, has met everyone from Nelson Mandela to Lady Gaga while campaigning for autonomy and religious freedom for Tibet

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China Steals Language and Home Life From Tibetan Kids as Young as 4 Beijing is building a broad network of preschools across Tibetan areas, seeking to inculcate loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party early in life.

Sonam Choesto, 15, spent a year in a state-run boarding primary school about seven years ago. She described a life there that was simultaneously well-resourced, regimented, disorienting and lonely.

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Dr Gyal Lo at UN Human Rights Council: Tibetan Rights, Religion and Culture Threatened Amid China’s Interference in Dalai Lama Succession Read Dr. Gyal Lo’s powerful remarks from a high-level UN side event in Geneva on June 27, where international experts warned of China’s growing interference in the Dalai Lama’s succession and the thre...

Last week at a UN Human Rights Council side-event in Geneva, Dr. Gyal Lo delivered a powerful statement that cut to the truth of H.H Dalai Lama incredible legacy of resistance and global leadership and China’s plan to hijack his reincarnation.
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The boarding schools where China tries to 'erase' young children's culture: report China has long been accused of repression in Tibet and a new report based on rare firsthand accounts from people inside the region sheds light on the way authorities are trying to erase local culture ...

"China is using Tibetan children as the final frontier on the battleground to eliminate the Tibetan identity language and the culture," Dr Gyal Lo said.

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As the Dalai Lama Turns 90, His Exiled Nation Faces a Moment of Truth

As the Dalai Lama Turns 90, His Exiled Nation Faces a Moment of Truth

The Tibetan spiritual leader has vowed to reveal a succession plan when his birthday is celebrated on July 6. He may get creative to thwart Chinese interference.

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China's Panchen Lama pledges loyalty to the Communist Party in a meeting with Xi State media in China says that the man picked by Beijing as the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged adherence to the ruling Communist Party during a rare face-to-face meeting with Ch...

No matter how much China stages a “happy Tibet,” Tibetans have never been loyal to the CCP. How can there be happiness when they kidnap the real Panchen Lama, erase culture, and separate children from families? True loyalty grows from respect, not control. www.independent.co.uk/news/xi-jinp...

Episode 7: The Untold Story of Tibetan Students in the 1989 Tiananmen Movement June 4, 2024, marks 35 years since the monumental protests by Chinese students and citizens demanding freedom and democracy—a powerful moment of hope and inspiration brutally crushed by the Chinese go...

Dr. Gyal Lo discusses courageous Tibetan students in China's 1989 democracy movement. He shares many fascinating memories, but Genla's insight on the legacy of Tiananmen Square for Tibetans is particularly powerful.
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Tibetan children subject to abuse in Chinese government schools - The World from PRX A new report from Tibet Action Institute documents a pattern of physical abuse and neglect in Chinese-run boarding schools that many are forced to attend. The report alleges that the schools are desig...

What’s really happening inside China’s colonial boarding schools for Tibetan children? In this short but gripping interview @lhadon.bsky.social breaks it down on @theworld.org:

Abuse.
Neglect.
A system built to erase Tibetan identity.

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China’s Boarding Schools And The Forced Separation Of Tibetan Children China is operating a vast network of “colonial” boarding schools across Tibet that forcibly removes children—including those as young as four—from their families, a new report released Wednesday claim...

Authorities have gone door to door to enforce bans on students attending Tibetan language classes or visiting monasteries during school holidays. Parents have been required to sign pledges promising that their children would not engage in any such activities.

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China's 'colonial' schools erasing Tibet culture: Rights group About 1 million Tibetans are estimated to be enrolled in boarding schools, where they are reportedly subjected to forced assimilation and abuse.

"China's colonial boarding schools are meant to indoctrinate, not educate Tibetan children. Chinese authorities are deliberately taking our children away and disconnecting them from their roots." - Dr Gyal Lo

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The fight is far from over. And it must be defended.

The fight is far from over. And it must be defended.

The desire to reclaim mother tongue-based Tibetan education lives on in the courageous efforts of Tibetan educators creating culturally rooted, high-quality curriculum.

We call on concerned governments and the UN to act now to protect this.

Despite brutal repression, Tibetans inside Tibet continue to resist – fighting to preserve their language, faith, and culture.