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WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (16th-22nd December 2019)

23rd December 2019, Issue 15

WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (16th-22nd December 2019) is a collection of different articles, columns and Tibet related news in and outside Tibet published in various websites. The views expressed are of the authors and do not necessarily reflect endorsement by the Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, New Delhi.

HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA

·         Long Life Ceremony

·         Celebrating Ganden Ngamchö

·         International Conference on Jé Tsongkhapa: Life, Thought and Legacy

·         Debates at Ganden Shartsé

·         Debates at Drepung Loseling and a Move to Ganden Shartsé

·         Symposium on Aryadeva’s ‘400 Verses on the Middle Way’

·         Long Life Empowerment at Loseling

 

TIBET TODAY

·         China Sets New Restrictions on Tibetan Religious Festival in Lhasa

·         Tibetans detained prior to Dalai Lama Nobel Prize anniversary in apparent WeChat crackdown

·         Protesters in Sershul detained for resisting Communist Party propaganda

·         Tibetan community activist sentenced to seven years in a Sham Trial

 

TIBETANS IN EXILE

·         Tibetan Policy and Support Act passes through US House Foreign Affairs Committee with strong bipartisan support

·         Sikyong inaugurates ‘Gepheling’ Tibetan community housing in Dehradun

·         CTA President congratulates Britain PM Boris Johnson on election victory

·         Parliamentarians Youdon Aukatsang and Tashi Dhondup conclude official visit

 

WORLDWIDE TIBET SUPPORT MOVEMENT

·         The EU condemn China on International Human Rights Day

·         30 MPs of Lithuanian Parliament to Xi Jinping: Stop Persecuting Uyghurs, Tibetans, Catholics, Falun Gong

·         MP Garnett calls for special committee to review Canada-China relationship while keeping China’s ‘basic dictatorship’ in check

·         Senators Urge NBC to Refuse to Air 2022 Beijing Olympics Over Human Rights Concerns

 

ARTICLES/ COLUMNS

·         China buying Indian media for propaganda gimmick by Tsewang Gyalpo Arya

·         End the culture of silence by Claude Arpi

·         A Rebuttal: Chinese NPC delegation to Belgium and their claims of ‘thriving’ Tibet by Rinzin Choedon Genkhang