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WED 21 OCT · 18:30
The New Particular
Tibet House US · New York, US
USD 10
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THU 22 OCT · 09:00
Pema Woebar
TIPA Ground · Dharamsala, IN
FREE
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Next in Spain

FRI 23 OCT · 19:00
Concierto Vibracional y Cantos Sagrados
Fundació Casa del Tibet · Barcelona, ES
EUR 12
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Next in Switzerland

SAT 24 OCT · 09:30
Tara Puja
Tibet-Institut Rikon · Rikon, CH
DONATION
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Next in Brazil

24 TO 25 OCT · 10:00
Workshop de Pintura de Thangka: A Face de Buda Shakyamuni
Tibet House Brasil · São Paulo, BR
BRL 300
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24 TO 25 OCT · 10:00
Meine guten Qualitäten
Tibethaus Deutschland · Frankfurt am Main, DE
EUR 135
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SAT 24 OCT · 13:00
TCV Fundraising Event
Gentzgasse 22-24 · Wien, AT
EUR 20
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SAT 24 OCT · 13:00
Fundraising Event
Forestville Memorial Hall · Forestville, AU
AUD 30
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Next in France

31 OCT TO 1 NOV
Tibet in Action
Paris, FR
FREE
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Next in United Kingdom

SUN 1 NOV · 14:00
Lhabab Düchen Prayers
Jamyang Buddhist Centre London · London, UK
FREE
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Next in Belgium

MON 2 NOV
TIBETAN EMPOWERMENT DAYS
Brussels, BE
FREE
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Next in Netherlands

TUE 3 NOV · 16:45
Tibet at a Crossroads
ICT Europe Office · Amsterdam, NL
FREE
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Next in Mexico

26 TO 29 NOV · 10:00
Retiro Phowa
Avándaro · Valle de Bravo, MX
PAID
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Next in Canada

9 TO 12 AUG
1st North America Cricket Tournament in Toronto
Centennial Crowley Field · Toronto, CA
FREE
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Live count · 21 Oct 2026
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Lunar Calendar
Understand Tibet
Understand Tibet · Public education
༄༅།
Know the facts.
Hear the voices.
7 explainers · 49 min in all
Start here · 27 min

STEP 1
Why Tibetans Are Protesting

STEP 2
Ethnic Unity Law Explained

STEP 3
Boarding Schools in Tibet

Start here
All seven

༡
Ethnic Unity Law Explained
17 min

༢
Why Tibetans Are Protesting Start
6 min

༣
Pawo Lobga Rangzen Content note
9 min

༤
Tibetan Language & Culture
5 min

༥
Boarding Schools in Tibet
4 min

༦
Human Rights in Tibet
5 min

༧
Sources & Reports
3 min

༡ Explainer 01 of 07
Why Tibetans Around the World Are Deeply Concerned
The Potala Palace in Lhasa, residence of the Dalai Lamas until 1959, seen in 2006
Photo: Luca Galuzzi / CC BY-SA 2.5

༢ Explainer 02 of 07
The grievances behind six decades of resistance
Tibetan flags on Place Saint-Michel in Paris on Human Rights Day, 10 December 2012
Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra / CC BY 2.0

༣ Explainer 03 of 07
And the full record of Tibetan self-immolation since 2009
Butter lamps in the lamp house of the Tsuglagkhang temple in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala
Photo: King-O-Convenience / CC BY 2.0

༤ Explainer 04 of 07
What is actually being lost, and what is being kept alive
Scripture volumes in the library of Sakya Monastery, Tibet, 2018
Photo: Richard Mortel / CC BY 2.0

༥ Explainer 05 of 07
A million children, raised away from their families
A village on the road from Nepal to Shigatse, Tibet, 1987
Photo: Jan Kranendonk / CC BY-SA 4.0

༦ Explainer 06 of 07
What is documented, by whom, and what it adds up to
People’s Armed Police officers march across Barkhor Square in Lhasa, 2015
Photo: Laika ac / CC BY-SA 2.0

༧ Explainer 07 of 07
Where the information on these pages comes from
The Palais Wilson in Geneva, headquarters of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Photo: Nick-D / CC BY-SA 4.0
Every page lists its sources. Every source, on Sources & Reports →
Reviewed September 2026

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66 Years of Tibetan Democracy: A Democracy Built in Exile

The first Commission of Tibetan People's Deputies, 1960. Photo: Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain).

“And yet, on that day, they did something no generation of Tibetans had done before: they took office as representatives elected by the Tibetan people.”

On 2 September 1960, thirteen elected Tibetan deputies took their oath of office in Dharamsala. Sixty-six years later, Tibetans in exile run a full democracy without a state: a 45-member parliament, a directly elected Sikyong and elections in more than 25 countries.

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The first Commission of Tibetan People's Deputies, 1960. Photo: Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain).

On 2 September 1960, thirteen elected Tibetan deputies took their oath of office in Dharamsala.

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