WTN for May 2016

• Final results of Tibetan election announced in Dharamsala - Central Tibetan Administration
• Success of "middle way approach" a priority, says Tibet's political leader - New York Times
• Opinion: Tibet, symbolism, and the Czech Republic - Open Democracy
• Tibet most tightly controlled region of China, according to foreign correspondents - Foreign Correspondents Club of China
• Construction begins on largest hydropower plant in Tibet - South China Morning Post

• Tibetan refugees come to Canada with dreams of dentistry - Toronto Star
• Protesters in eastern Tibet demand shut-down of polluting mine - Tibet Post International
• Tibetan mother of five self-immolates to protest Chinese rule - Radio Free Asia
• Penpa Tsering appointed new representative of Tibetan government for U.S and Canada - Tibet Sun
• Poet monk sentenced to seven years in prison on unknown charges - Central Tibetan Administration

• China refuses entry to chair of German human rights committee - Agence France Presse
• Community protests force temporary halt of Tibet lithium mine operation - Radio Free Asia
• A first for Tibetan women - twenty nuns sit for Geshe exams - Tibetan Nuns Project
• China raises status and rank of Western Tibet Military Command - India Today
• Re-election of exiled PM spurs hope for renewed Sino-Tibet talks - Voice of America

• Condolences upon the death of long time Tibet supporter, Joe Dorscher - Canada Tibet Committee
• Detained Tibetan monk had been photographed with banned national flag - Radio Free Asia
• Cycle rally in India highlights continued detention of Panchen Lama - Times of India
• New railway into Tibet poses both technological and political challenge - The Economist
• New Report – Relentless: Detention and Prosecution of Tibetans under China’s “Stability Maintenance” Campaign - Human Rights Watch

• China pours billions into infrastructure to pacify Tibetans - NBC News
• Scholars discuss ethnic unrest in Xinjiang and Tibet - New York Times
• Tibetans block road as mining protests continue in eastern Tibet - Radio Free Asia
• Tibetan PM begins second term, vows renewed push for autonomy in Tibet - Toronto Star
• 16th Tibetan parliament-in-exile sworn in at ceremony in Dharamsala - Central Tibetan Administration