i WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (17th AUGUST TO 23rd AUGUST 2020) | Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Meeting Participants in This Year’s Sho-tön April 22, 2024 Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India – This morning His

Teachings for Mongolians — Second Day April 20, 2024 Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India – Today, the clouds

The Hundred Deities of the Joyous Land April 19, 2024 Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India – The sky was

Discussion with Groups from Harvard – Second Day April 9, 2024 Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India – His Holiness the

Discussion with Groups from Harvard April 8, 2024 Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India – Prof Arthur Brooks

WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (17th AUGUST TO 23rd AUGUST 2020)

BDL MEDIA | August 24, 2020 |

Weekly Tibet News Digest 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.

TIBET & TIBETANS IN EXILE

·         Tibetan Crowds at Lhasa Festival Smaller This Year, With Officials Citing ‘COVID’ Fears

·         Tibetan Woman Jailed in Protest Over Panchen Lama is Released in Failing Health

·         Free Nations vs Communist China: Prospects and Challenges for Tibet

·         Sikyong and Education Kalon interacts with new batch of class 10 students

·         MLA Vishal Nehria visits Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

·         10th session of 16th Tibetan Parliament postponed till March 2021

·         Voter’s registration for 2021 General Elections of Sikyong and members of the 17th TPiE begins September 1st

·         Gang Jong Finance to grant upto 5 crores loan at minimum interests for Tibetan enterprises across India

CTA COVID-19 INITIATIVES

·         Health department takes stock of Wuhan originated COVID-19 in settlements

·         Health department lends a helping hand at Chamunda quarantine centre, distributes food packages to aid speedy recovery of COVID patients

·         Recovery rate continues to rise; Sorig immune boosters highly effective, says CTA COVID-19 Task Force

·         SOs of Odisha and Ravangla under the Dept of Home distributes rations worth around 40,000

WORLDWIDE TIBET MOVEMENT

·         The Canada-China committee unanimously passes a motion supporting Sino-Tibetan dialogue

·         ITCO, Core Group for Tibetan Cause chalks out future action plans to strengthen TSG movement in India

·         Bringing change to China: an opportunity for governments to course correct on Tibet

·         UK should mirror US’ Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act, sanction Chinese officials meddling in the Dalai Lama’s succession: Former UK Minister

·         Tibetan youth cycles from Paris to Geneva: Appeals UN for Freedom in Tibet, Hong Kong and East Turkestan

FEATURE & ARTICLES

·         What happened in Tibet could happen to you: Lobsang Sangay for Inside Policy by Macdonald Laurier Institute

·         The Chinese Trojan Horse That Distorted Tibetan History  by Ngawang Phuntsog, The Quint

·         How China is Violating Human Rights Treaties and its own Constitution in Xinjiang by Giavanna O’Connell

·         China Alone by Brahma Chellaney, Project Syndicate