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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 (22nd-28Th FEBRUARY 2021)

BDL MEDIA | March 1, 2021 |

WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (15th-21st February 2021) 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 

·         Full-moon Day of the Great Prayer Festival

TIBET & TIBETANS IN EXILE

·         UN Human Rights Council apprised of China’s coercive labor program for Tibetans

·         New clergy regulations hurt Tibetan Buddhists, Catholics

·         Imprisoned Tibetan nuns tell their own stories in new book

·         Report: Chinese Development in Tibet Meets State Needs, Fails Tibetans

·         CTA’s Year of Gratitude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Exclusive Interview

·         TPI convenes roundtable discussion on “Foregrounding Tibet”, calls for Tibetans to produce more writings on Tibet issue

SIKYONG OFFICIAL VISIT TO NORTH EAST TIBETAN SETTLEMENTS

·         Sikyong addresses Tibetans in Gangtok, celebrates the milestones of the Tibetan movement during his official visit

·         Tibetans in Ravangla welcomes Sikyong, celebrates the administration’s noteworthy achievements and inaugurates new facilities

·         Sikyong thanks Tibetans on his farewell tour ‘the greatest honour of my life to serve His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people’

·         Sikyong visits Sonada Tibetan settlement, says the place is close to his heart

·         Sikyong visits Tibetans in Siliguri enroute to Miao Choepheling

WORLDWIDE TIBETAN MOVEMENT

·         All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet, UK discusses Tibet in a virtual meeting

·         UK and Europe Union Call on China for Rights in Tibet in the 46th UNHRC session

·         Sikyong welcomes Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act of US, ‘another landmark bill holding China accountable for rights abuses’

·         PARTY LEADER CALLS FOR A OLYMPIC BOYCOTT IN PARLIAMENT

FEATURE & ARTICLES

·         The cost of celebrating Mother Language Day in Tibet By Karma Tenzin, Asia Times

·         The United States and China Are Fighting Over the Dalai Lama’s Reincarnation Plans by Kelsang Dolma