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WEEKLY TIBET NEWS DIGEST (14th to 20th September 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.

HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA

·         Dalai Lama addresses climate change, discrimination, inequality in G7 video

·         Cultivating our Common Humanity amidst Uncertainty

·         Wishing Prime Minister Narendra Modi a Happy Birthday

·         Condolences for Smt Kapila Vatsyayan

TIBET TODAY

·         Senior Chinese officials visit Tibetans in Qinghai and Sichuan on propaganda campaign

·         China to hold air defense alarm test in Lhasa Sept. 19

·         Nine Tibetans sentenced for separatism by Kardze court

·         Tibetan School Year Begins Under New Restrictions, Mandarin-only Instruction

·         57-year-old Tibetan released after serving 8 years in Chinese prison

TIBETANS IN EXILE

·         Sikyong condoles death of leading Indian scholar Padma Vibhushan Dr Kapila Vatsyayan

·         Speaker Pema Jungney condoles the demise of Padma Vibhushan Dr Kapila Vatsyayan

·         Sikyong condoles the demise of Former Union Minister Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh and Arya Samaj leader Swami Agnivesh

·         Speaker Pema Jungney condoles the demise of Arya Samaj leader Swami Agnivesh

·         Speaker Pema Jungney offers condolence to Former Union Minister Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh

·         Representative Tashi Phuntsok speaks on Tibetan ‘Democracy In Exile, The New Model To Counter Authoritarianism?’

·         European Council President Charles Michel says he expects to visit Tibet during the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue

FEATURE & ARTICLES

·         The Tibet factor in India-China relations by Claude Arpi, Sunday Guardian

·         Review: The End of an Era; India Exits Tibet by Claude Arpi by Thubten Samphel, Hindustan Times

·         It’s Time for Britain to Reassess its Capitulation on Tibet by Chris Law and Nima Binara

·         Op-Ed: Dalai Lama: It’s up to us — and especially politicians — to save our planet

·         It is time India gave its policy on Tibet some strategic coherence by Nitin Pai, Live Minit