WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST 23 AUGUST 2016
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August 23, 2016 |
Weekly Tibet News Digest 23 August 2016 (Click here for pdf version)
INSIDE TIBET
- China issues new manual criminalizing self-immolation, solo protest Phayul.com, 22 August 2016
- The Tibetan nomad traditions defying the modern world BBC, 18 August 2016
- Tibetan Prisoner Released After Serving Eight-Year Term RFA, 17 August 2016
- Tibetans evicted from their land for Chinese tourist complex Tibetan Review, 18 August 2016
- Larung Gar Monks, Nuns Forced to Return to Their Family Homes RFA, 11 August 2016
- Tibetan Political Prisoner Who Opposed ‘Patriotic Reeducation Campaign’ Dies RFA, 09 August 2016
IN EXILE
- Support Dalai Lama for return to Tibet: Lawmakers to Barack Obama The Indian Express, PTI, 19 August 2016
- Tibet’s exiles in India confront an uncertain future Nikkei Asian Review, 18 August 2016
- Ladakh Hill Development Council Hosts a Lunch in His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Honour Dalailama.com, 16 August 2016
- CTA Greets India on 70th Independence Day Tibet.net, 15 August 2016
INTERVIEW
- A Writer’s Quest to Unearth the Roots of Tibet’s Unrest By Luo Siling, The New York Times, 14 August 2016
COLUMN
- The slow creep and chilling effect of China’s censorship by Nithin Coca, dailydot.com, 20 August 2016
PRESS RELEASE
- McGovern Leads 72 Lawmakers in Call for President Obama to Make Tibet a Priority in Final Months in Office 18 August 2016
BOOK REVIEW
- Oral and Literary Continuities in Modern Tibetan Literature: The Inescapable Nation Review by Jonathan Mirsky
READING LIST