Noted Tibetan writer to be awarded Ostana Prize
DHARAMSALA 23 June: A well-known Tibetan poet and writer will be honoured with the Ostana Prize youth award for his literary production and translations.
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Assam flood: Dalai Lama expresses sadness on loss of life, offers his sympathy and support
DHARAMSALA 22 June: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has “expressed concern about the unprecedented rainfall and flooding in Assam that has led to extensive loss of life, the devastation of property and displaced millions of people over the last week.”
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World Cup organisers bow to China, changes nationality of Taiwanese visitor’s on ID card to “Chinese Taipei”
DHARAMSALA 22 June: Days after removing a reference to China for Taiwanese fans at the 2022 FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar, the organisers have performed a U-turn and changed their nationality to “Chinese Taipei”.
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University of Helsinki sever ties with China’s controversial Confucius Institute
DHARAMSALA, 21 June: The University of Helsinki in Finland has severed its ties with China’s controversial Confucius Institute(CI).
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TPIE to hold 8th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet over 22 – 23 June in DC
DHARAMSALA, 21 June: The Speaker of the US House of Representatives honourable Nancy Pelosi will grace the eighth World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet (WPCT).
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Prominent Tibetan writer sentenced to four years in prison
DHARAMSALA 20 June: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a rights group based in Dharamsala has said that Chinese authorities have sentenced prominent Tibetan writer Rongwo Gendun Lhundup to four years in prison.
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Tibetan intellectual and writer sentenced to 4.5 years prison on trumped-up charges: TCHRD
DHARAMSALA 20 June: Chinese authorities have sentenced a Tibetan intellectual and writer to four and half years in prison, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a rights group based in Dharamsala said.
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Tibetan resistance against China’s intensifying assimilationist policies is as strong as ever.
London: In its attempts at countering a perceived Western pushback against what China calls its peaceful and inevitable rise, the Chinese government makes effective use of global institutional mechanisms with mixed success.
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Diplomatic victory for Taiwan: China reference removed from Taiwan fan IDs at FIFA world cup
DHARAMSALA, 17 June: Taiwan has scored a rare diplomatic victory against China after the island saw its request to remove a reference to China for Taiwanese fans at the 2022 FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar.
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Tibetans observe 64th founding anniversary of Chushi Gangdrug Resistance Force
DHARAMSALA, 16 June: China should stop its deceitful and repressive policies in Tibet aimed at exterminating Tibetans and its sinicization of Tibet and instead, resolve the Tibetan issue peacefully through a mutually acceptable negotiated resolution, Dokham Chusi Gangdrug said today as it commemorated its 64th founding anniversary.
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