Radio Free Asia reported on November 6 that Uyghur woman Reyila Wumaer was sent to a re-education camp at the age of 14 in 2017, sentenced to 12 years in prison at 18 in 2021, and died in a Xinjiang prison at 23. Local police and judicial authorities confirmed her death; one officer claimed she died of a heart attack but did not specify the condition or the circumstances of her death.
On November 6, the National Alliance for Obscure Studies was launched simultaneously, with over 80 institutions already joined. The conference specifically established a Frontier Governance Forum, and Zheng Dui, Director-General of the China Tibetology Research Center, stated that they would participate in the alliance's work based on the Party's strategy for governing Tibet in the new era.
On October 24, at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, a group of Xinjiang students gathered in front of the camera. One female student cried while delivering a patriotic speech, and the video was met with ridicule from netizens after it circulated.
Recently, the Chinese government successively closed the Lajia Town Girls' School and the Golog Daozha Welfare School (the filming location of the movie "Son of Light") in Golog Prefecture, Qinghai. The two schools retained many educational approaches for passing down Tibetan culture; primary school students were transferred to the local central primary school, and middle school students may be moved to the distant Golog Xining National Middle School and Golog Haidong Middle School, sparking Tibetan concerns about the deprivation of their right to pass on their national culture.
A netizen revealed that taking photos at Potala Palace Square in Tibet will get you taken by police into a police booth for registration and investigation — one registration per photo taken.
Zhang Yi, a dissident from Wuhan, was arrested by Chinese Communist Party authorities on suspicion of "inciting secession" after showing a photo of the Dalai Lama to a Tibetan woman at Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet. His family learned on October 8, 2026 that the Lhasa Public Security Bureau had transferred the case to the procuratorate for review and prosecution. Zhang Yi remains detained at the Lhasa Detention Center, and his lawyer has not yet been granted access to the case files.
On October 1, 2026, the CCP's National Day of Mourning, an inverted blood-red five-star flag appeared at the entrance of Kunming Trinity International Church, and related photos subsequently spread online.
On October 1, members of the Tibetan Youth Congress protested in front of the Chinese Embassy in India, chanting "Free Tibet" and demanding the repeal of the "Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress" implemented this July, the closure of boarding schools, and the release of Tibetan political prisoners. They were blocked by Indian police and briefly detained.
On October 1, in front of the General Buddhist Temple in Ruili, Yunnan, several monks in robes lined up neatly facing the national flagpole and held a flag-raising ceremony accompanied by the national anthem. The video sparked heated discussion among netizens.
On September 23, Pelosi co-signed an open letter to Trump, urging him to oppose China's Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law during his meeting with Xi Jinping. The letter expressed concern that the extraterritorial application of the law would escalate transnational repression against critics residing in the US, including impacts on US citizens.
British human rights organization Tibet Watch released a report claiming that Chinese authorities are building an air control system in Tibet, ranging from police drones to anti-drone equipment, drawing the attention of British lawmakers.
On August 11, 2026, a monk at the Serta Larung Gar Five Sciences Buddhist Academy in Garze, Sichuan held up a portrait of the 10th Panchen Lama to protest forced demolition, and was subsequently taken away, his whereabouts unknown.
Exiled Tibetans living in India held a protest in Mumbai against China's Ethnic Unity and Progress Law, believing the law could accelerate the forced assimilation of ethnic minorities.
China's chosen Panchen Lama attempted to attend an international conference on Tibetan Buddhism, but was ultimately rejected by the organizers.
In August 2026, hundreds of exiled Tibetans took to the streets in Dharamsala and Mumbai, India, to protest China's newly implemented National Unity and Progress Promotion Law, fearing that the law will accelerate the disappearance of the Tibetan language and cultural identity.