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July 3, 2009, 9:00 pm
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Tibetans Stage Farm Boycott
Tibetan farmers in China's Sichuan province refuse to till their land in protest at Chinese crackdowns. from Radio Free Asia published:

More resistance is reported in Tibet, along with the beating death of a monk. from Radio Free Asia published:

Will major glaciers on the Tibetan plateau be gone by mid-century? from Radio Free Asia published:

Five Tibetan monks wanted in China for staging protests at a major monastery reach safety in India. from Radio Free Asia published:

Australian Lawmakers Visit Dalai Lama in India བོད་སྐད།

Chinese government has reacted angrily to a meeting between Australian lawmakers and the Dalai Lama in India. It's the first time Australian members of parliament have traveled to the sub-continent to visit the Tibetan spiritual leader. from VOANews.com published: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:02:24 +0200

Two More Tibetans Flee

More than a year after a major Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, two more Tibetan monks escape arrest and reach India. from Radio Free Asia published:

Students Expelled From School in Kanlho Tibet བོད་སྐད།

Two students of Kanlho Tibetan Middle School were expelled from their school on 19 June 2009 for their involvement in peaceful protest, according to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy from VOANews.com published: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:45:03 +0200

Dharmsala Deals with Problems of Fake Document Racket བོད་སྐད།

The Central Tibetan administration is deeply concerned with the increasing problem of fake document rackets in the Tibetan community in India. from VOANews.com published: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:06:59 +0200

Standoff at Tibet Gold Mine

Tibetan Buddhists regard it as a sacred site. Gold deposits make Ser Ngul Lo valuable in other ways too, and tensions are rising. from Radio Free Asia published:

Mine Standoff Said Resolved

Have talks settled a long-running dispute over plans to mine gold at a sacred Tibetan site? from Radio Free Asia published:

The Dalai Lama at the Tibetan Children's Village གཞོན་སྐྱེས་དང་ནང་ཆོས་ངོ་སྤྲོད།

Kunleng invites Geshe Lobsang Drakpa, to comment on the Dalai Lama's dialog with the students at TCV where he discusses his ideas on universal responsibility and the concept that global peace starts with the individual, family and community. from VOANews.com published: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:03:00 +0200

Tibetan Broadcaster Wins 2009 Burke Award

Today, broadcaster Tseten Dolkar was presented with the 2009 Burke Distinguished Journalism Award for her coverage of the peaceful protests of Tibetan monks and the subsequent crackdown by Chinese authorities in spring 2008. from Radio Free Asia published:

Dalai Lama Speaks to Thousands of Tibetan Youths བོད་སྐད།

Thousands of Tibetan students from Tibetan Children's Village school and colleges around India attended the teaching. from VOANews.com published: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:11:05 +0200

Beijing Based Lawyer Tried to Represent Several Tibetan Defendants in Lhasa བོད་སྐད།

One Beijing-based lawyer, Zhang Tianyong tried to represent several Tibetan defendants in Lhasa, but he said it was not possible to defend their cases. from VOANews.com published: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:18:26 +0200

Reporters Without Borders Launched a Petition for the Release of Tibetan Filmmaker བོད་སྐད།

Reporters without Borders has launched a petition for the release of Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen, who was arrested by the chinese authorities on 23 March 2008 while making a documentary in Tibet. from VOANews.com published: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:07:56 +0200

Tibetan Exiles Hold Protest Canadian Mining Firm བོད་སྐད།

The protest is a part of a global campaign against Hunter Dickinson's subsidiary Continental Minerals, which holds its shareholders' meeting Wednesday,nbsp; to press the company to pull out of a planned mine in Tibet. from VOANews.com published: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:03:49 +0200

Tibetans Held After Gathering

A rare large gathering of Tibetan Buddhists ends with six people in custody. from Radio Free Asia published:

China: Tibetan tour guide Sentenced to Three Years' Imprisonment བོད་སྐད།

A 32-year-old Tibetan tour guide working in Yunnan has been sentenced to three years in prison for sending emails and cell phone messages to tourists he befriended followingnbsp; Tibetan protests last March.nbsp; from VOANews.com published: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:45:50 +0200

Clashes, Detentions in Tibet

More tensions and arrests are reported in eastern Tibet. from Radio Free Asia published:

Foreign Journalists Take Official Tour of Tibetan Capital བོད་སྐད།

Chinese authorities have taken a 17-member delegation of foreign journalists on an official tour of Tibet's capital, Lhasa, which erupted in anti-government protests and rioting last year. from VOANews.com published: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:14:02 +0200

Tibetan Women Film Wins Emmy

A new look on successive generations of Tibetan women wins a major award, and praise from Tibetans. from Radio Free Asia published:

Tibetan TV Dishes Pulled

Tibetans cite a new government effort to control what news they hear. from Radio Free Asia published:

Today's News Photo
Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama (L) presents ...
(AFP/Pool) - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama (L) presents a traditional white scarf to Paris' Mayor Bertrand Delanoe (R) after the Dalai Lama was made an honorary citizen of the French capital during a ceremony. The Dalai Lama renewed from His Holiness on Yahoo! News Photos published: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:32:31 GMT