WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (16TH TO 22nd AUGUST 2021)
WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (16th to 22nd August 2021) is a collection of different articles, columns, and Tibet-related news in and outside Tibet published on 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 & TIBET TODAY
· One Tibetan believed dead after Chinese police pushed him off into river, another shot
· Tibetan Man Arrested in Sichuan for Failure to Attend Chinese Propaganda Lecture
· TEENAGE TIBETAN PETITIONER ARRESTED IN NGABA BY CHINESE POLICE AUTHORITIES
TIBETANS IN EXILE
· Sikyong Penpa Tsering Arrives in Ladakh to a Warm Reception
· Sikyong Addresses Students of Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV) School in Ladakh
· CTA hold talks on transfer of 6 CTSA schools with Education Ministry
· Kashag Forms New Permanent Strategy Committee
· Sikyong Inaugurates 7th Young Tibetan Research Scholar’s Conference
CTA COVID-19 TASK FORCE COMMITTEE
· Central Tibetan Covid Task Force Visit Tibetan Settlements in Northeast India
· Tibetan Covid Emergency Task Force Visits Miao Choepheling Settlement
FEATURE & ARTICLES
· ‘Peaceful liberation’ of Tibet festivities no cause to celebrate
· Tibetans Chafe at Repression as China Celebrates 70 Years of Rule over Tibet
· Wang Yang on the Roof of the Word by Claude Arpi
· Embrace Communist rule, China tells Tibet on 70th anniversary of invasion by Helen Davidson, The Guardian
· Xi is the problem, not the people of China by Savio Rodrigues, The Sunday Guardian