DHARAMSALA, 19 Dec: The replacement of “freedom of thought” with a pledge to follow the Communist Party’s leadership in the charter of one of China’s top universities by the Chinese authorities has prompted a heated debate online and a rare act of student defiance in the campus, according to various media reports.
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BBC | 19 Dec 2019.
Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether he remains in office.
DHARAMSALA, 18 Dec: As Hong Kong still simmers with the mass pro-democracy protests that griped the island since early June this year, the 20th anniversary of the Macau’s handover to Chia was marked with pompous and overbearing security.
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By Tsewang Gyalpo Arya | 16th December 2019.
Hindustan Times, one of the leading Indian dallies, has on its Friday issue [13/12/2019] carried a full-page supplement with two ostensible articles by some Yuan Shenggao under the sponsorship of China Watch Daily, a mouthpiece of the Chinese communist regime. The articles are titled “Decades of progress highlighted”1 and “Unparalleled change experienced within a space of generation”2.
DHARAMSALA, 12 Dec: Ontario’s first Tibetan MPP has called on Canada to stand up for freedom and Human rights of Tibetans, Uighurs and Hong Kongers.
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DHARAMSALA, 11 Dec: With at least 48 journalists in prison, China is the world’s leading jailer of journalists in 2019, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’(CPJ) 2019 annual prison census.
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DHARAMSALA, 10 Dec: Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters today gathered at the courtyard of Tsug-lag-Khang, the main temple in Mcleod Ganj to attend the official function to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the conferment of Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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DHARAMSALA, 9 Dec: The Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission(TSJC) has disbarred Kashag’s lawyer Lobsang Dakpa for criticising its ruling in the case no 20 and subsequently failing to appear twice for a contempt hearing.
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Agence France-Presse | 9 Dec 2019.
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a controversial law allowing independent journalists and bloggers to be labelled as “foreign agents”, a move that critics say will violate media freedom.
Agence France-Presse | 9 Dec 2019.
Finland’s Social Democrats elected a 34-year-old former transport minister to the post of prime minister on Sunday, making her the youngest head of government in the country’s history.