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WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (22nd-28th MARCH 2021)

BDL MEDIA | March 29, 2021 |

WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (22nd-28th MARCH 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 & TIBET

·         UN Committee questions China on Forced Labor, Nomadic Resettlements & Eradication of Culture, Religion and Language of Tibetans in Tibet

·         Tibet highlighted at Tom Lantos Commission hearing ‘The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act: Taking Stock’

·         China faces severe backlash on retaliatory sanctions against Parliamentarians for speaking up for human rights

·         ‘I stand firmly with them’: UK Prime Minister condemns China’s sanctions against UK MPs for highlighting human rights abuses in China

·         CTA President mourns demise of Senior Supreme Court Advocate and CTA legal advisor Mr J.M. Mukhi

·         Tibetan seeks Bharat Ratna for Dalai Lama

·         CM Pema Khandu visits Choepheling Tibetan Settlement in Miao

·         Sikyong and Thomthog Rinpoche inaugurate elevator facility at Tsuglagkhang

·         52nd COVID-briefing: Task force cautions public against new daily spike and fresh waves of COVID across India

BUDGET SESSION: TIBETAN PARLIAMENT IN EXILE

·         Seventh Day of the Budget Session of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

·         Eighth Day of Budget Session of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

·         Ninth day of Budget session of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

·         The tenth day of the 10th Session of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

·         11th day of the budget session of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

FEATURE & ARTICLES

·         A bill in solidarity with six million Tibetans by Dr. Lobsang Sangay, President, Central Tibetan Administration

·         Letter to Xi Jinping by Tenzin Tsultrim, Visitng Fellow at Tibet Policy Institute

·         The flowers of a camp in Xinjiang by Palden Sonam, Visiting Fellow at Tibet Policy Institute

·         China’s Dam Building Is a Security Risk for India’s Northeast by Amitava Mukherjee

·         Why China has pinned its South Asia hopes on this train from Tibet to Nepal by Amish Raj Mulmi

·         What Lies Behind China’s Belt and Road Initiative? by Prem Shankar Jha, The Wire