WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (17th AUGUST TO 23rd AUGUST 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
CTA COVID-19 INITIATIVES
· Health department takes stock of Wuhan originated COVID-19 in settlements
· 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
· Bringing change to China: an opportunity for governments to course correct on Tibet
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