DHARAMSALA, July 15: A Tibetan political prisoner sentenced to six years imprisonment for sending information outside Tibet during the pan-Tibetan uprising in 2008 was released in extremely poor health condition on July 8 after the completion of his sentence.
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[The Washington Post] RIO DE JANEIRO, July 13: Mario Goetze’s sensational goal in the 113th minute Sunday had shattered a scoreless tie with Argentina, and now as extra time was nearing the end, the roar from Germany’s supporters at Maracanã stadium swelled to ear-popping levels.
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DHARAMSALA, July 14: Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet have arrested a young Tibetan Buddhist monk for carrying out a lone protest demanding freedom for Tibetans in Tibet and calling for the return of the Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile.
Read more[The New York Times] KATMANDU, JULY 13: Under scrutiny from China, Nepal’s government announced on Sunday that it had retracted its permission to allow the cremation of a prominent spiritual figure in Tibetan Buddhism to be held on its territory.
Read moreLeh, Ladakh, J&K, India, 10 July 2014 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama went to the teaching pavilion early in the morning today and spent four hours performing the self-generation rituals. When he returned from lunch, in the heat of the day, an estimated 144,000 people had gathered to take part in the preparatory procedures for the Kalachakra Empowerment.
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DHARAMSALA, July 10: Following Beijing’s two-day detention at home of a well known Tibetan writer-activist, Tsering Woeser and her husband, the US is now investigating why the Tibetan writer was prevented from attending a private dinner on women’s issue at the US Embassy in Beijing
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[dalailama.com] Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, 9 July 2014: Today saw the culmination of activities that began a week ago as the preparatory prayers and rituals for the 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment came to a conclusion. The sand mandala was completed yesterday and this morning His Holiness
Read moreDHARAMSHALA, July 9: Tibetan writer-activist Tsering Woeser and her husband Wang Lixiong have been placed under house arrest in Beijing as US State Secretary visits China for the sixth round of strategic and economic trade between the two countries.
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DHARAMSALA, July 8: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha signed a Memorandum of Understanding on June 4 in New Delhi to work in various areas of mutual interest and promote
Read moreBy Tania Branigan, The Guardian|July 7, 2014
Elliot Sperling believes his support for Uighur academic Ilham Tohti is reason authorities ordered him to return to US
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