WTN for February 2016
February 1, 2016
- News of Dalai Lama’s medical treatment prompts prayer gathering in Tibet - International Campaign for Tibet
- Tibetan students join across religious lines to protest for equal education - Radio Free Asia
- Tibet's borders to be closed for foreign visitors from February 25 - Phayul
- Bottling Tibet’s water could be bad for the region’s environment - The Economist
- 175 Tibet groups appeal to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - International Tibet Network
February 8, 2016
- Threats of “severe” punishment to shopkeepers who keep Dalai Lama photos - Radio Free Asia
- Karmapa announces plans to empower female Buddhist practitioners - Lion's Roar
- How Tibet’s epidemic of self-immolation threatens the Chinese government - The New Republic
- Bangladesh art show covers Tibetan display after complaint by Chinese Ambassador - Hong Kong Free Press
- Message from the Dalai Lama:Tibetan New Year (Losar) greeting - Office of the Dalai Lama
February 15, 2016
- US Congressmen write to Chinese authorities: cease criminalization of relatives, friends of self-immolators - Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
- Imprisoned for refusal to fly Chinese flag, Tibetan dies in custody - Radio Free Asia
- High ranking monks detained for holding prayer ceremony for the Dalai Lama - Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
- Requiem for a River: From Tibet to Vietnam, the Mekong region is the rice bowl of Asia - The Economist
- Dalai Lama discusses secular ethics with US mayors - Office of the Dalai Lama
February 22, 2016
- China damming Lhasa River to create artificial lakes - Voice of America
- Tibetan Foreign Minister visits Ottawa, meets Canadian parliamentarians - Canada Tibet Committee
- Tibetans and Uighurs asked not to attend religious freedom forum in Taiwan - Los Angeles Times
- New report documents systemic abuse of human rights in Tibet in 2015 - Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
- Popular Tibetan blogger sentenced to three years in prison - International Campaign for Tibet
February 29, 2016
- Chinese security presence 'heavy' at Tibetan religious festival - Radio Free Asia
- Chinese celebrities warned not to mix with exiled Tibetans - Associated Press
- Tibetan man held incommunicado following solo protest - Radio Free Asia
- Tibet closed to foreigners ahead of sensitive anniversary - CNN
- Tibetan Foreign Minister announces resignation - Tibet Sun
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