Weekly Tibet News Digest 28 September 2015
WEEKLY DIGEST 28 Sept 15 (Click here for pdf version)
INSIDE TIBET:
- Tibet rakes in $3 billion from tourism PTI, The Times of India, September 27, 2015
- Hundreds of Tibetan Monks Attend Annual Gathering in Golog RFA, September 25, 2015
- A Dozen Tibetans Detained in Sichuan After Reoccupying Grabbed Land RFA, September 24, 2015
IN EXILE:
- Engage in Dialogue with the Dalai Lama, President Obama Urges Chinese President Xi Jinping CTA, September 26, 2015
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama Cancels October U.S. Visit Dalailama.com, September 25, 2015
- 10th Session of 15th Tibetan Parliament Concludes CTA, September 25, 2015
- NGO coalition rally at White House to highlight China’s human rights abuses ICT, September 24, 2015
- China’s Human Rights Violation Criticised at UNHRC Session CTA, September 23, 2015
COLUMNS:
- Starbucks and disneyfication of Tibetan culture in Amdo TCHRD, September 26, 2015
- Timid on Tibet by Ellen Bork, World Affairs, September 24, 2015
- EDITORIAL: China needs to grant genuine autonomy to Tibetan people The Asahi Shimbun, September 23, 2015
- Why Tibet Could Be the Best Opportunity for Xi Jinping by Matteo Mecacci, The Huffington Post, September 22, 2015
PRESS RELEASE:
- We are willing to die for Tibet TYC, September 27, 2015
STATEMENTS:
- Written statement submitted by Society for Threatened Peoples, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
- Oral Statement on Death in detention by Dr. Dawa Tsultrim, Society for Threatened Peoples
MONOGRAPH:
- The Tibetan Nonviolent Struggle: A Strategic and Historical Analysis by Tenzin Dorjee, published by International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. ISBN is 978-1-943271-02-3.