Dharamshala, India — His Holiness the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, expressed his condolences on the demise of Mikhail Gorbachev, the former President of the Soviet Union, and said: "He lived a meaningful life. We must keep his spirit alive by emulating the enthusiasm and determination with which he promoted freedom and worked to create a demilitarised world."

Leh, UT, India— His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, on Monday expressed deep condolences to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and his people for the deaths and damage to property and infrastructure in several parts of HP caused by heavy monsoon rains in the state.

Geneva — The UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Tomoya Obokata, identified forced labour arrangements in Tibet similar to those in East Turkestan, noted that “the vocational skills education and training centre system, under which minorities are detained and subjected to work placements,”. He will present his latest report at the 51st session of the Human Rights Council from 12 September to 7 October 2022.

Dharamshala — The Ministry of Education of China and other 10 departments jointly issued a document to comprehensively promote the construction of "big ideology class" of President Xi Jinping's thoughts on politics, military, foreign affairs, economy, social and education in schools, colleges and universities. They said that education centres were not doing enough to promote Xi Jinping's ideas and that they would strengthen these ideas more strictly.

New Delhi, India  — The All Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet urges the Indian government to award the Bharat Ratna to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and invite him to address a joint session of the Indian Parliament. It also proposes the adoption of a policy along the lines of the US Tibet Policy and Support Act.

Vancouver — A Tibetan activist in Canada has launched a Free Tibet bicycle rally across Canada with five demands to the international community and the Canadian government, including support for the release of the 11th Panchen Lama and other political prisoners in Tibet and an end to reckless development policies that are devastating the Tibetan environment and putting the entire planet at risk.