Out LOOK Tibet

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Headlines:

China paid for Chris Carter's Tibet trip - Stuff.co.nz

China starts laying $2 bln power line to Tibet - Reuters Africa

A year on, BRO bridge collapses - Indian Express

Stealing monsoon and other damming stories - Hindustan Times

Gere chooses Dharamsala, Ladakh for his movie - Hindustan Times

China spends millions preserving Tibetan heritage sites - Xinhua

China presses Nepal to curb pro-Tibet activities - Hindustan Times

Chinese now prefer Tibetan weddings - Times of India

Report Faults China in Tibet Unrest - New York Times

Dalai Lama will see resolution to 'Tibet problem' in lifetime, says exiles - The Guardian

Politics & Policy

Tibetans Best Judge of their Representative; says Spoke-person

Thursday, 08 July 2010 09:30 The Tibet Post International

Dharamshala: The Tibet Post International is in conversation today with Mr. Thubten Samphel, the spokesperson for the Tibetan government in exile based in Dharamshala, India. Smart, soft spoken and eloquent Mr Samphel fled Tibet as a child and came to India, where he was educated in some of the best colleges of the country. He now works as a spokesperson for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's administration and is also the author of 'Falling through the Roof', a book based on his experiences as a refugee.

Last Updated on Thursday, 08 July 2010 09:33

China Says Independence Activists Will Be Shot Dead On Sight

Thursday, 22 April 2010 16:52 Yangyal Sham, The Tibet Post

Dharamshala: A Chinese soldier said that if Chinese troops encounter a Tibetan independence activist in the quake area of Kyigudo, he or she could be shot dead on the spot without approval from higher authorities, The Epoch Times reports.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:14

Exiled Tibetans report to UN Council on Human Rights on Harmful Chinese Practices

Thursday, 25 March 2010 17:10 Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent

Dharamshala: The United Nations Council on Human Rights, now in its third week of sessions, heard from the Tibetan delegation yesterday on the issues of torture, religious freedom, disappearances and forced resettlement of nomads in Tibet. Mr. Tenzin Samphel Kayta, on behalf of the Society for Threatened Peoples, drew the Council's attention to the Chinese government's repeated failure to accurately account for thousands of Tibetans detained since 2008 and to end the practices of routine torture and illegal imprisonment.