TCHRD, PEN Tibetan Writers Abroad organize event in honour of jailed Tibetan writers

DHARAMSALA, Nov 19: Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) and PEN Tibetan Writers Abroad commemorated the 33rd anniversary of the PEN International’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer in Dharamsala on Nov 15 by organizing an event to highlight the fate of Tibetan writers inside Tibet, who are currently imprisoned for exercising their conscience through writing.

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Beijing summit shows Xi in charge as trouble lurks

[AP] BEIJING, Nov 10: As he hosts President Barack Obama and other world leaders, China’s President Xi Jinping appears firmly in charge of a vast but stable communist state boasting the world’s second-largest economy. Look closer, though, and things aren’t so tidy: Growth is slowing, ethnic and political unrest persist — including an unprecedented protest movement in Hong Kong. And relations with China’s neighbors are dogged by conflicts over territory and history.

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