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Dharamshala: Member of the 16th Tibetan Parliament Dhondup Tashi successfully concluded his official visit to Bhandara Norgyeling Tibetan Settlement, Phendeling Tibetan Settlement of Mainpat, and nearby 16 Tibetan sweater seller markets from 30 October to 22 November. More

Karnataka: The land lease agreement of the Kollegal Tibetan settlement was signed on 5 December between the Deputy Commissioner & District Magistrate of Chamarajanagar Distt Ms. B.B. Cauvery. More

Reported by Dorjee Tso for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Richard Finney. Read the article here. Police in western China’s Sichuan province detained the family members of a young Tibetan who died in a self-immolation protest against Chinese rule last month and held them for questioning, a source close to the family says. More

BY FRANK FANG, EPOCH TIMES, December 6, 2019. Read the original news here. More than 10 years after Beijing hosted the Olympics Games, China has continued to trample on human rights and press freedom. Now, with less than three years before China hosts the next games, the 2022 Winter Olympics, to be held in Beijing, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla. More

Brahma Chellaney, Hindustan Times, Dec 04, 2019 Read original news here. More

Dharamshala: A senior CTA delegation comprised of Kaydor Aukatsang, Chief Resilience Officer and Dr Kunchok Tsundue, Chief Planning Officer, completed a highly successful tour to promote and raise capital for Gangjong Development Finance (TibFin) from Tibetan communities residing in Switzerland & Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France and the Netherlands from 15 November-2 December 2019. More

Taking into account the benefits that successive training have had on both its in-service and aspiring staff, the 15th Kashag is pleased to announce an upcoming pre-service training for individuals aspiring to join the Central Tibetan Administration. Read the original announcement in Tibetan here. More

  St Petersburg, RUSSIA: The International Conference on “Education and socialization in the modern socio-cultural environment” was held at the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia in Saint-Petersburg from 28–29 November. More

Dharamshala: Parliamentarians Youdon Aukatsang and Tashi Dhondup’s visitation program to Tibetan Settlements and communities of Darjeeling, Sonada, Mirik, Kurseong, and Ghum from 29 November to 9 December 2019 is underway. On 1 December, Parliamentarians visited and addressed teachers, staff, and students of Central School for Tibetan Darjeeling (CST). More

Editorial by The XIV Dalai Lama, Speaking Tree, Read original article here.  When the president of the United States says “America first,” he is making his voters happy. I can understand that. But from a global perspective, this statement isn’t relevant. Everything is interconnected today. The new reality is that everyone is interdependent with everyone else. More

Reuters, The Hindu. December 5, 2019. Read the original news here. The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would require the Trump administration to toughen its response to China's crackdown on its Muslim minority, demanding sanctions on senior Chinese officials and export bans. More

The Department of Security of the Central Tibetan Administration is pleased to announce that the registration for obtaining Teaching Pass to attend teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Bodh Gaya will be made online. Those who are planning to attend the Bodh Gaya teaching from 2-6 January 2020 will be able to register online from 10 December 2019 at www.dalailamateaching.com. More

AFP, The Times of India. Read the article here. BEIJING: The Chinese Communist Party official facing possible US sanctions for allegedly overseeing the mass detention of Muslims in the Xinjiang region is a soldier-turned politician known as a security enforcer. More

Gerry Shih, The Washington Post. Read the original news here. BEIJING — The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill late Tuesday that would impose sanctions on ­senior Chinese officials involved in the country’s mass detention of its Muslim Uighur minority, ­setting up another clash between Washington and Beijing at a time of broadening disputes between the two powers. More

Dharamshala: Members of Parliament, Dawa Tsering and Ngawang Tharpa completed their official visit to Tibetan winter sweater sellers of Tatanagar in Odisha, Purulia, and Asansol in West Bengal, and Dhanbad and Ranchi in Jharkhand from 30 November to 2 December. On 30 November, the delegates visited and addressed Tibetan winter sweater sellers of Tatanagar in West Bengal. More

Canada: Representative of North America Office of Tibet, Ngodup Tsering led an extensive interaction with Tibetan youth at the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre during his visit to Canada earlier today. Representative talked about the importance of preserving Tibetan culture and language in upholding the Tibetan identity. More

By Sui-Lee Wee and Paul Mozur for the New York Times. Read the article here. Beijing’s pursuit of control over a Muslim ethnic group pushes the rules of science and raises questions about consent. TUMXUK, China — In a dusty city in the Xinjiang region on China’s western frontier, the authorities are testing the rules of science. More

Owen Churchill and Kristin Huang, South China Morning Post, 4 December 2019. Read original news here. China has threatened to respond after the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a strongly worded bill paving the way for sanctions against Chinese officials over human rights abuses in Xinjiang. More

Times. December 4, 2019. Read the article here. (WASHINGTON) — Congress overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday aimed at pressuring China over a brutal mass crackdown on ethnic Muslims in the far west of the country, legislation that follows a similar measure over human rights abuses in Hong Kong that angered the Chinese government. More