Bipartisan US Congressional delegation arrives at exile headquarters
DHARAMSALA, Aug 2: A six-member delegation of American legislators has arrived in Dharamsala, the exile headquarters of the Tibetan people for a two-day visit.
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Saudi Arabia lifts travel restrictions on women, grants them greater control
Marwa Rashadand Stephen Kalin| Reuters | 2 Aug 2019.
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has allowed adult women to travel without permission and granted them more control over family matters, further eroding a heavily criticized male guardianship system at a time of heightened scrutiny over its human rights record.
Young Chinese cartoonist arrested for insulting state
DHARAMSALA, 2 Aug: A young Chinese cartoonist has been arrested allegedly for insulting the state by the Chinese Communist Regime
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University of Hawaii becomes latest US academic institution to sever ties with Confucius Institute
DHARAMSALA, 31 July: In yet another setback for China’s controversial Confucius Institute(CI), the University of Hawaii (UH) has severed its ties with the institute amidst greater scrutiny over Confucius Institutes across the world.
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Tibetan leadership congratulates BS Yediyurappa, Karnataka’s new CM
DHARAMSALA, 30 July: His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration have congratulated BS Yediyurappa as he took over as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka.
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China’s ‘first cyber-dissident’ sentenced to 15 years in prison
DHARAMSALA, 30 July: A civil rights activist in China, widely referred to as the country’s ‘first cyber-dissident’ has been sentenced to 12 years in jail by the Chinese Communist Regime.
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If the UK’s new PM wants to be free from China, he should meet the Dalai Lama
Gray Sergeant| HKFP | 26 July 2019.
In his column for The Times of London last October, the writer Edward Lucas invited his readers to consider whether or not they lived in a free country. For Lucas, the answer to this multifaceted question came in the form of one simple test: do your politicians feel free to meet the Dalai Lama?
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West Virginia Senate questions China’s promised $83.7 billion investment in his state
DHARAMSALA, 26 July: Joseph Manchin, a senior Democratic United States Senator from West Virginia has questioned on the $83.7 billion investment in his home state pledged by China’s state-owned energy giant as the world grow wary of Chinese investment.
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China’s dangerous national social credit system that will violate privacy, expand police state
DHARAMSALA, 26 July: China is said to be developing a dangerous national social credit system to track and grade every citizen that will violate privacy and expands the police state.
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Dalai Lama congratulates Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson
DHARAMSALA, 25 July: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has congratulated United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson and thanked the UK for its strong interest and support for Tibet.
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