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Xinhua reports a #satellite internet test linking a station on Tibet’s Lhasa River with the Arctic and Antarctica: a step towards Chinese-built communications for remote research sites. archive.is/yzTcT

Screenshot of a five-way video call linking China’s Jidi research vessel, Antarctica’s Qinling Station, a test site on Tibet’s Lhasa River and the North China Sea Bureau. Participants appear in offices, aboard the ship and outdoors at the Tibetan site. Connection statistics are displayed above each video feed.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 21h

#TCHRD reports three #Tibetan schools forcibly closed in #Golok in August–September 2026, including an orphan school and a village school teaching in Tibetan. tchrd.org/2026/10/19/c...

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 12/10/2026

New research by Palmo Brunner and Tenzin Dorjee examines the costs of political unity in the #Tibetan diaspora. They argue that moral authority, reputational pressure, & institutional constraints can suppress dissent over independence & resistance strategies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Screenshot of a Sage Journals webpage showing the research article “At what cost? Governing unity in Tibetan diaspora nationalism” by Palmo Brunner and Tenzin Dorjee. Published online on 8 October 2026 in Ethnicities. The abstract examines how political unity in the Tibetan diaspora is maintained through moral authority, reputational pressure and institutional constraints, potentially limiting public dissent.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 09/10/2026

The European Parliament condemns China’s mass #surveillance & forced assimilation of #Tibetans, demands an end to residential boarding schools, and calls for independent access to Tibet following August’s devastating floods and #censorship: www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 05/10/2026

🎥 Director's Q&A: State of Statelessness: Tenzin Tsetan Choklay & the Tibet Film Festival team will be joining @himalsouthasian.bsky.social in a conversation on the film this evening on 5 October at 5 PM IST us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 04/10/2026

China has sent 50+ scientists to Nepal to reconstruct the Aug 26 Himalayan disaster chain: from glacier collapse to debris flow, mudflow, & flooding. The joint expedition will use drones, helicopters, & field surveys to inform reconstruction at Tibet’s #Kyirong Port. archive.is/wd8DP

Alt text: CCTV-13 footage shows a fixed-wing VTOL drone on a landing pad in mountainous Kyirong County, Tibet, during preparations for a China–Nepal scientific expedition investigating the Aug. 26 Himalayan glacier disaster. On-screen metadata says Kabang Village, Kyirong County, Sept. 30, 2026.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 30/09/2026

China is building an aerial architecture of control over Tibet. New @tibetwatch.org research traces police #drones, counter-drone systems, & flight bans, all through the Chinese state’s own records. The Party-state watches from above while closing the sky to #Tibetans tibetwatch.org/press-releas...

Cover of Tibet Watch’s Eyes Above the Plateau. A DJI EV50 fixed-wing eVTOL drone flies over snow-covered Tibetan mountains, overlaid with digital grids and a red radar network. Text: “Tibet Watch · with research support from C4ADS” and “EYES ABOVE THE PLATEAU.”

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 28/09/2026

Fieldwork in #Tibet is all but closed to outsiders. @robbiebarnett.bsky.social's The Quiet State asks what research looks like now: open-source reading of the state's own paperwork, & a frank account of what that method can't show. Just published, #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1007/978-...

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 26/09/2026

Tsewang Dorji Jeshong (TPI) examines how border villages, dams, roads, railways, & airports across Tibet are strengthening Beijing’s strategic reach along the India–Tibet border. www.firstpost.com/opinion/chin... #borderization

Xi Jinping waves while wearing a white khata ceremonial scarf, with #Tibetan dancers holding long white scarves behind him during celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua via AP)

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 21/09/2026

A significant development in #Tibetan AI: Qinghai Normal University has launched Zhida AI Input Method: not simply a keyboard, but a multimodal interface built on its Zhida Tibetan #LLM ecosystem. archive.is/PRtw2

Screenshot of the Zhida AI mobile app showing a Chinese–Tibetan translation interface, with text and voice input, OCR and speech-translation tools. A banner promotes the newly launched translation mini-program.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 19/09/2026

Voice of Tibet reports at least 16 young #Tibetans in Golog were ordered into military service. One family opposed their 21-year-old son joining, but said an official order left them no choice. cn.vot.org/2026/09/19/

Young recruits in camouflage uniforms stand in formation in the rain, wearing white ceremonial scarves and red sashes, as a large group of relatives and onlookers gathers behind them outside a building.

Source: https://cn.vot.org/2026/09/19/%E8%A5%BF%E8%97%8F%E6%9E%9C%E6%B4%9B%E5%A4%9A%E5%90%8D%E8%97%8F%E4%BA%BA%E9%9D%92%E5%B9%B4%E8%A2%AB%E4%B8%AD%E5%85%B1%E5%BC%BA%E5%BE%81%E5%85%A5%E4%BC%8D-%E9%80%81%E5%BE%80%E6%B1%89%E5%9C%B0%E5%8F%97/

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 18/09/2026

Senior TAR Party leadership reshuffle: Gong Huicai (龚会才) promoted to deputy Party secretary; another marker of #securitisation. A career TAR cadre, his background includes senior public security & political-legal roles in Lhasa & Nagchu before rising through the Party hierarchy. archive.is/Z15KW

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 17/09/2026

@freedomhouse.bsky.social highlights imprisoned #Tibetan monk, scholar, & author Go Sherab Gyatso in its “Free Them All” campaign. Arrested in 2020, he is serving a 10yr sentence for “inciting secession”, part of a wider crackdown on Tibetan intellectuals & writers freedomhouse.org/report/free-...

Graphic from Freedom House’s “Free Them All” campaign featuring Tibetan monk and scholar Go Sherab Gyatso. It states that he is imprisoned, serving a 10-year sentence for “inciting secession” after his arrest in 2020, and notes his previous detentions and the wider imprisonment of Tibetan intellectuals and writers.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 16/09/2026

China has enthroned the 6th Gangchen Tulku in Tibet after a state-controlled reincarnation process overseen by Beijing’s Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu. The boy received an official “Living Buddha certificate.” archive.is/6ayNx

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 15/09/2026

Bajpai warns that competing claims over the Dalai Lama’s succession could pull India into a crisis with China, turning tensions over #Tibet into a threat to border stability. indianexpress.com/article/opin... #nashequilibrium

Newspaper opinion column by Kanti Bajpai titled “India & China are at a Nash equilibrium. Will it hold—that’s the question”. The article argues that neither country can achieve its full territorial ambitions, sustaining an uneasy border status quo. It warns that rival successors to the Dalai Lama recognised by Beijing and Tibetans could leave India caught in the middle, escalating tensions and risking conflict. A highlighted passage identifies two potential disruptions: the Dalai Lama’s succession and an India–Pakistan war that draws China directly in.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 14/09/2026

Tibet Policy Institute researcher Tenzin Desal begins a week-long Australian visit highlighting Tibet’s geopolitical significance, China’s ethnic policies, & the environmental consequences of Beijing’s rule on the #Tibetan plateau. newshub.medianet.com.au?p=171074

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 13/09/2026

བོད་སྨྱུག་དང་བོད་ཁྱིམ་མཉམ་འབྲེལ་གྱི་དཔེ་དེབ་གླེང་མོལ། | TibetWrites in collaboration with TCV School. A Book Discussion with author Amy Yee in conversation with Bhuchung D Sonam 📡 Live Stream: www.facebook.com/watch/live/?...

བོད་སྨྱུག་དང་བོད་ཁྱིམ་མཉམ་འབྲེལ་གྱི་དཔེ་དེབ་གླེང་མོལ།

TibetWrites in collaboration with TCV School
Book Discussion

Author Amy Yee
in conversation with
Bhuchung D Sonam

FAR FROM THE ROOFTOP OF THE WORLD
TRAVELS AMONG TIBETAN REFUGEES ON FOUR CONTINENTS
Amy Yee
FOREWORD BY HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA

The Other Space
Jogiwara Road | Dharamsala
Sunday | 13th September | 6:30 p.m.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 04/09/2026

The Spirit of Tibet festival is under way at the India International Centre, New #Delhi, until 5 September. Celebrate #Tibetan culture and compassion through prayers for world peace and a traditional Namthar performance by the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts. iicdelhi.in/programmes/t...

Colourful illustration of the Potala Palace rising above geometric mountains and Tibetan stupas, with a patchwork yak in the upper-right corner. Along the bottom are the US flag and the logos of the Central Tibetan Administration and The Tibet Fund.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 04/09/2026

Climate change is destabilising Tibet’s mountains and rivers. Yet China plans to expand its power capacity from 13GW to 60GW by 2030, with another 120GW under construction. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Map titled “Hundreds of Hydropower Projects are Planned in the Himalayas.” Coloured dots mark announced, operating, under-construction and pre-construction projects across the northwest and northeast Himalayas, forming a dense arc from Pakistan and northern India through Nepal and Bhutan to southern Tibet.

Source: Global Energy Monitor; graphic by Bloomberg.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 04/09/2026

Smartvote Tibet generated 13,000 recommendations in the 2026 exile #elections. The Swiss-designed tool (@smartvote.bsky.social) strengthened #Tibetan democracy, even as a cyberattack tried to take it offline. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/global-e... #DDOS

On February 1, 2026, Buddhist monks walk past the Tibetan National Martyrs’ Memorial during an election in Dharamsala (India), the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile. Sanjay Baid / AFP

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 02/09/2026

参加「民主中国与未来图伯特论坛」的图伯特人与华人代表达成共识：坚持非暴力，推动民主，深化对话，支持“中间道路”，并反对北京干预达赖喇嘛尊者的转世事宜。 tibet.com/%E3%80%8A%E6... #图伯特

四位与会代表坐在会议桌前，其中一人正低头宣读文件。背景横幅以藏文、英文和中文写着“民主中国与未来图伯特论坛”，并标明活动于2026年8月31日至9月2日举行。

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 01/09/2026

Join author Amy Yee in conversation with Dr. Apa Lhamo about *Far From the Rooftop of the World* - an intimate portrait of #Tibetan refugees, exile, & belonging. 📅 10 Sept, 2026. 6 PM 📍 Lecture Room 2, Annexe, IIC, Delhi 🎟️ Free and open to all; Q&A follows

Event flyer for a book discussion on Amy Yee’s *Far From the Rooftop of the World: Travels Among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents*. Yee will speak with Dr. Apa Lhamo on Thursday, 10 September 2026, at 6 PM in Lecture Room 2, Annexe, India International Centre, Delhi. A Q&A will follow. Entry is free and open to all.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 28/08/2026

An upstream barrier lake has begun overflowing at the site of the #Tibet disaster, forcing rescuers to pause their advance towards the main search area, PRC State media is reporting. Officials warn the overflow could trigger another flash flood or debris flow. archive.is/8mk79

CCTV-13 split-screen broadcast showing an aerial view of an overflowing barrier lake near Gyirong Port, Tibet, alongside a reporter standing beside a rescue vehicle. The Chinese headline reads: “Barrier lake upstream of Gyirong Port begins overflowing.”

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 27/08/2026

Chinese Embassy guards in London appeared to threaten protesters with stun batons during a vigil for #Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen. The Met Police is investigating. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Front page of The i Paper, 28 August 2026. The main headline reads: “Caught on camera in the UK: China Embassy guards using their electroshock weapons to threaten protesters,” alongside an image of a guard pointing a stun baton through embassy gates.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 17/08/2026

Dalai Lama consecrates the 87-ft Buddha at Leh Gonpa village, #Ladakh: begun 2018, stalled two years by COVID, completed 2024, built by the local monastery committee & Ladakhi donors. Earlier he opened the new ITBP HQ. Via VOT. vot.org/vott-hhdl-co...

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, in maroon and yellow robes, is wheeled along a red carpet toward the newly consecrated 87-foot gilded Buddha at Leh Gonpa village, Ladakh, under a clear blue sky. Attendants hold a golden ceremonial parasol draped with a white khata over him. The seated Buddha rises above a richly painted throne base decorated with snow lions, and behind him a golden dharma wheel and deer crown a gateway. Monks, security staff, and lay devotees line the route; a bare mountain ridge is visible in the distance. Photo: Gaden Phodrang.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 14/08/2026

Beijing didn’t need to issue an ultimatum. After China’s ambassador raised “concerns,” #Nepal cancelled a major #Tibetan studies conference involving 720 scholars from 39 countries: a stark example of #TransnationalRepression through quiet pressure & self-censorship www.firstpost.com/opinion/quie...

Tibetan monks carry a portrait of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, during a function organised by the Tibetan refugee community in Kathmandu on December 10, 2014. (Representational Photo, Credit: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 13/08/2026

China’s own figures reveal a growing danger on the #Tibetan Plateau: by 2030, its metal #mining could generate 338 million tonnes of waste annually, much of it in the #Brahmaputra basin. The risk isn’t proven contamination, it’s India’s limited ability to detect it www.firstpost.com/opinion/chin...

Aerial view of a remote Tibetan mining site in a steep mountain valley, with gravel roads, temporary buildings, vehicles and a large pool of muddy yellow water.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 07/08/2026

China is transforming Tibet into a strategic buffer against India, Indian intelligence sources say: expanding roads, tunnels, airfields, logistics hubs, & #bordervillages to speed PLA deployments and reinforce Beijing’s claims along the disputed LAC. www.firstpost.com/world/chinas...

A billboard with the words "Warmly celebrating the 75th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Tibet" is seen on a highway near Shannan in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Thursday, July 23, 2026,- File- AP

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 03/08/2026

The company that developed this #surveillance platform sells products that have been deployed in Tibet, including bomb disposal, counter-terrorism, #UAV, & riot control, equipment, all sold in bulk to "frontline public security users" in #Tibet & #Xinjiang archive.is/oXqWy

A white four-rotor drone manufactured by Changyuan Power (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. (长源动力（北京）科技有限公司 translated by NYT as "Origin Dynamic"), with black propellers and landing gear, against a textured gray background.

The 02 August, 2026 article by Lily Kuo of the New York Times found links between the foreigner tracking platform and Origin Dynamic, a Beijing company that provides robotics, surveillance services and equipment to the police, according to public tender documents.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 25/07/2026

#Qinghai may be China’s most restricted province for foreign travellers, but clear, current information is hard to find. David Fishman mapped its closed and permit-restricted areas himself, learning #QGIS along the way. substack.com/@feelingthes...

"I couldn’t find an up-to-date map of travel access restrictions in #Qinghai Province, so I made one myself. It was a good excuse to learn #QGIS. 😅 Hope it’s useful!

A combination of military facilities, restricted administrative zones, and other poorly documented access controls has left some chunks of Qinghai functionally closed or permit-restricted to foreign travelers. Entire counties will either be fully restricted, or allow pass-through but not overnight stays.

These restrictions have changed over time and have led to more than a few tourists, especially long-distance cyclists, finding themselves in a region they aren’t supposed to be, escorted by the PSB to the next city.

When people think of Chinese travel restrictions (they generally think of #Tibet (which is accessible on tours via a combination of the Tibet Travel Permit and other local travel permits) or maybe #Xinjiang (which actually isn’t restricted at all, except for a few border counties). But actually Qinghai is likely the most restricted province in China overall.

Qinghai basically overlaps with the ancient Tibetan kingdom of #Amdo. There are just 6m people in all of Qinghai, and nearly half of them live in the capital, #Xining, making the rest of the province about as sparsely populated as the Tibetan Autonomous Region today." David Fishman
17 Jul, 2026 https://substack.com/@feelingthestones/note/c-296100953

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 22/07/2026

Two young #Tibetans from Kardze, have reportedly been trafficked to #Myanmar after being lured by fraudulent job offers. The case is another reminder of the growing threat posed by transnational scam compounds exploiting vulnerable job seekers. vot.org/%E0%BD%96%E0...

Silhouettes of two people stand before a large window overlooking a hazy cityscape. The figures are backlit against the pale skyline, with blurred reflections or additional silhouettes framing the left and right edges, creating a sombre, anonymous atmosphere. Source: Voice of Tibet

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 20/07/2026

Chinese authorities have resumed demolitions at Larung Gar, the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist institute. Around 1,060 monastic residences are reportedly marked for demolition, continuing Beijing’s campaign to tighten control over #Tibetan #Buddhism. tchrd.org/2026/07/20/c...

Thousands of closely packed red monastic residences cover the hillside at Larung Gar beneath towering storm clouds. Several broad cleared corridors of exposed earth cut through the settlement, separating clusters of buildings. Golden-roofed temple buildings stand in the foreground.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 16/07/2026

#Tibet remains one of the hardest places on Earth for journalists to report. The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China’s 2025 Media Freedoms Report finds that 70% of correspondents visiting #Tibetan regions faced obstruction drive.google.com/file/d/1H9z8... #journalism

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 13/07/2026

Example: the real NYC protest ran 2–5pm. The doctored flyer said 10am–1pm. Show up hours early, find nothing, go home. No counter-narrative needed: just quietly break the logistics of assembly.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 10/07/2026

China Is Already Trying to Control Who the Next Dalai Lama Will Be time.com/article/2026...

TIME magazine cover dated July 27, 2026. The Dalai Lama stands against a black background in red and saffron robes, hands pressed together in greeting. Large headline: “HIS LAST STAND,” with the byline “by Charlie Campbell.”

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 06/07/2026

Exiled #Tibetans carry a portrait of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, to mark his 91st birthday, in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA via www.thenationalnews.com/news/2026/07...

Exiled Tibetans carry a portrait of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, to mark his 91st birthday, in Kathmandu, Nepal. (c) EPA 2026

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 01/07/2026

The UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on 3Tibet has condemned China’s new “Ethnic Unity and Progress Law” as an instrument of forced assimilation, warning it threatens #Tibetan language, culture, religion & identity, and may enable #transnationalrepression abroad.

Image of a formal statement from the UK All-Party #Parliamentary Group on Tibet, headed “Statement condemning China’s ‘Ethnic Unity and Progress Law’.” The statement says the law, entering force on 1 July 2026, entrenches forced assimilation and threatens #Tibetans, #Uyghurs, Southern #Mongolians and other ethnic nationalities through compulsory #Mandarin #education, #surveillance, demographic engineering and ideological control. It also warns that Article 63 could enable Chinese authorities to target people and organisations overseas accused of undermining ethnic unity. The statement calls on the UK Government to oppose the law, resist transnational repression and urge its repeal. Signed by Chris Law MP, Chair of the APPG Tibet, dated 30 June 2026.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 26/06/2026

“Twenty years of #DNS abuse, email abuse, targeted #malware, and infrastructure attacks — Can an @risk community collaborate with ICANN & SSAC?” Tenzin Gyal, Program Manager at Tibet Action Institute/ @tibcert.bsky.social spoke at the ICANN SSAC Lightning Talks during the #ICANN meeting in Seville

Slide screenshot from a presentation titled “Cyber Threats Against the Tibetan Diaspora.”

The slide subtitle reads: “Twenty years of DNS abuse, email abuse, targeted malware, and infrastructure attacks — Can an at-risk community collaborate with ICANN & SSAC?”

It is presented as “A case for the DNS security community.” The listed speakers are Robert Guerra of Privaterra / ICANN SSAC, Toronto, and Tenzin Gyal, Program Manager at Tibet Action Institute / TibCERT, Dharamsala. On the right is a circular photo of several people in a meeting room looking at a screen, with a small inset video of a speaker in the top-right corner.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 16/06/2026

Tencho Gyatso, President @savetibet.bsky.social urged 🇨🇦 lawmakers to confront China’s forced assimilation policies in #Tibet, warning that the new “Ethnic Unity” & the boarding school system threaten #Tibetan language, religion, culture & #identity. savetibet.org/ict-presiden...

Screenshot of Tencho Gyatso speaking during a virtual hearing. She is seated indoors wearing black-framed glasses, a headset with microphone, looking toward the camera. Behind her are framed artworks and photographs, a shelf with books, and small Tibetan and U.S. flags on a white mantelpiece. On-screen text identifies her as “TENCHO GYATSO” and “International Campaign for Tibet (Washington).”

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 15/06/2026

A rare chance to meet a #Tibetan filmmaker from inside Tibet: a screening of Daughter of the Light (མོ་གླིང་གི་འོད།) and a discussion with director Khashem Gyal at GWU on June 20. #TibetanCinema calendar.gwu.edu/event/film-s...

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Poster for a film screening and discussion of the Tibetan documentary Daughter of the Light by Khashem Gyal. The background shows a Tibetan town and green mountains, with silhouettes of two people sitting in the foreground. The left side contains event information describing the film as the story of Metok Karpo, a young woman searching for her father after leaving her orphan boarding school in eastern Tibet. It notes that the film was the first Tibetan documentary to receive a theatrical release across the People’s Republic of China. A biography of filmmaker Khashem Gyal highlights his work as a writer, director, cinematographer, producer, and educator, with discussion moderated by Dr. Tashi Rabgey of George Washington University.

The right side features the title “Daughter of the Light” in English and Tibetan script, surrounded by laurels from international film festivals and awards. Event details read: Saturday, June 20, 2026, 7:00–9:30 p.m. (doors open 6:30 p.m.) at Harry Harding Auditorium, 2nd Floor, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 1957 E Street NW, Washington, DC. Logos for George Washington University, TibetGovLab, and the Sigur Center for Asian Studies appear along the bottom, alongside a QR code and registration information.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 15/06/2026

First large-scale #hydropower station on the Yarlung Tsangpo. A whole GT article, yet not a single #Tibetan voice. No mention of consultation, consent, displacement, or local debate. Climate action cannot become a justification for colonial extraction & exclusion. archive.is/2026.06.15-0...

Photo of Zangmu hydropower station: Chengdu Engineering Corporation Limited under Power China

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 11/06/2026

Ms.Tenzin Choekyi, Senior Researcher @tibetwatch.org gave evidence to the 🇨🇦 Parliament's Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs & International Development on #Tibetan language rights & the "ethnic unity" law: 🎥 parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/P...

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 05/06/2026

#TCHRD has released its Annual Report 2025 on the human rights situation in #Tibet. Read it here: tchrd.org/2026/06/05/2... 西藏人权与民主中心(TCHRD)发布《2025年度报告》,记录西藏人权状况。阅读全文: tchrd.org/wp-content/u...

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 24/05/2026

China’s spokesperson in India warned Delhi not to give any platform to the Central Tibetan Administration. thewire.in/politics/int... #Tibetan leader Penpa Tsering — the elected #Sikyong of the CTA — is invited to Marco Rubio’s Independence Day reception in Delhi.

A screenshot of a post on X by Yu Jing (@ChinaSpox_India) about the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation, China’s position on Tibet, and India-China relations. The post says the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation is an internal matter for China and should not be subject to external interference, and urges India to honour commitments related to #Tibet.

Below the text is a photo of Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, under a bright blue sky, with pigeons flying across a paved plaza in the foreground.

The post shows “6:31 AM · May 24, 2026 · 777.4K Views” and engagement counts of 279 replies, 126 reposts, 1K likes, and 101 bookmarks.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 12/05/2026

Bhumpa Gyal spent years helping build a #Tibetan language digital commons: supporting independent websites, digital literacy, & cultural preservation online. Arrested in 2020 & sentenced to 7 years in prison, his case reflects the risks faced by technologists & cultural workers under repression.

Poster titled “Profiling Tibetan Political Prisoners” featuring a photograph of Bhumpa Gyal seated at a computer. The poster states he was arrested in November 2020 and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for alleged “illegal activities.” The text describes him as a Tibetan webmaster who promoted Tibetan-language websites, digital literacy, and cultural preservation by adapting WordPress tools for Tibetan use and supporting independent online platforms. It says Chinese authorities viewed his work as a threat and imprisoned him for online activities, leading to the shutdown of Tibetan digital platforms. The poster is attributed to the Tibet Advocacy Section of the Central Tibetan Administration and dated 9 May 2026.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 11/05/2026

Xinhua: China showcased a Tibetan-language #LLM at the Beijing Science & Tech Expo. #DeepZang was trained on ~70m Tibetan-Chinese parallel texts + 30,500 hours of #Tibetan speech across Ü-Tsang, Kham & Amdo dialects. web.archive.org/web/20260511...

A man demonstrates a Tibetan language LLM system at a technology expo booth in Beijing, showing a visitor how to interact with the model using a handheld smart mouse device connected to a laptop.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 20/04/2026

New @amnesty.org Urgent Action: #Tibetan reincarnate lama Choktrul Dorje Ten Rinpoche, founder of a vocational school in Golog, #Qinghai, has been disappeared since early December 2025. Whereabouts & legal status unknown. Witnesses reportedly warned to stay silent. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

Screen shot of Amnesty website: 20 April 2026
Index Number: ASA 17/0902/2026

China: Tibetan religious leader disappeared: Choktrul Dorje Ten Rinpoche

Choktrul Dorje Ten Rinpoche, a Tibetan religious and education leader, has been missing since December 2025 after he was reportedly taken into custody by authorities in Qinghai province, China. Since then, there has been almost no information about his fate or whereabouts. The authorities should urgently disclose his location, ensure his rights are protected, and release him unless there is sufficient credible evidence of a recognisable criminal offence.

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 16/04/2026

New @tibetnetwork.bsky.social report: China's push to replace #Tibet with Xizang isn't a linguistic correction — it's a neo-colonial erasure campaign. From Paris museums to UN documents, the renaming is slowly spreading. Here's why it matters (and how to push back): tibetnetwork.org/tibet-not-xi...

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 13/04/2026

China says safety and ecology are “top priorities” at its massive Yarlung Tsangpo #hydropower project in #Tibet, which Beijing calls a “landmark project of the new era.” SCMP reports Zhang Guoqing told officials that construction progress must remain subordinate to quality & safety archive.is/OsFM6

A dramatic view of the Great Bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, where the silty river loops tightly around a lush, steep sided hill beneath misty mountains in #Tibet.

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