Ajai Shukla: Drama in Dharamsala
Ajay Shukla, Business Standard | May 9,2016
Cancelling Uyghur leader Dolkun Isa’s visa could have been a mutual face-saving exercise for New Delhi & Beijing
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Kirti monk-writer sentenced to over 7 years in prison
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA May 09: A Tibetan monk-writer from Kirti monastery, Jo Losang Jamyang, was sentenced to seven and half years in prison by the Chinese County court in Ngaba County.
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Ancient Tibetan Tangkas discovered at Everest base monastery in Tibet
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA May 09: A total of 5,500 Ancient Tibetan Tamkha (Coins) which are believed to be at least 200 years old were discovered from a monastery at the base of Mount Everest in Tibet, reported the official Xinhua news agency May 06.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Arrives in Japan
[dalailama.com] Narita, Japan, 8 May 2016 – After a comfortable flight from Delhi, His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at Narita International Airport around lunchtime today.
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50-yr-old Tibetan woman dies after setting self on fire
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, May 07: A 50-yr-old Tibetan woman has self immolated and died in a protest against Chinese rule in Zoege region in eastern Tibet.
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18-yr-old Tibetan waiter found dead in company-owned apartment
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA May 07: An 18-year-old Tibetan immigrant who works at Amherst Chinese restaurant has reportedly killed himself in a company owned apartment.
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Speaker Penpa Tsering appointed new Representative for the Office of Tibet, Washington
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA May 07: Penpa Tsering, the current Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile has been appointed the new Representative of the Office of Tibet in Washington DC.
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Young Kirti Monk released upon completing two years in prison
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA May 06: A young Tibetan monk, having completed his two years’ sentence, has been released from prison in Ngaba county in traditional Amdo province of Tibet.
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Last prisoner of Tiananmen Square set to be released after 27 years in prison
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA May 04: China is set to release the last prisoner jailed for the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest in October this year, Duihua Foundation, an American Human Rights groups has confirmed.
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Xi denies House of Cards power struggle, threatens to eliminate ‘conspirators’
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA May 04: Chinese President Xi Jinping has issued a warning to the “cabals and cliques” within the Communist Party of China (CPC) and promised a stern action to uproot the problem.
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