WTN for June 2018

• Students in Tibet appeal for teaching in Tibetan, call out inequality among languages - Phayul.com
• Tibetan monk’s account reveals torture and sexual abuse rampant in China’s ‘Political Re-Education Centres” - TCHRD
• China limits religious freedom in Tibet: US State Department Annual Report - TCHRD
• Middle way approach beneficial for Tibet, China: Dalai Lama - The Statesman
• Triall of Tashi Wangchuk was a test in which China failed - Tibet.net

• NDP’s Bhutila Karpoche wins Parkdale-High Park, becoming first Tibetan ever elected to public office in North America - Canada Tibet Committee
• Prominent dissidents jointly urge Beijing to embrace middle way Tibet solution - Tibetan Review
• China ramps up political indoctrination among Tibetan Buddhist clergy and official - The Washington Post
• Canadian Senator Thanh Hai Ngo calls upon China to immediately release and exonerate Tashi Wangchuk. - Canada Tibet Committee
• Tibetan farmland confiscated for new airport - Free Tibet

• His Holiness the Dalai Lama thanks Canada for its continued support to Tibet - Tibet.net
• Tibetan parliamentary delegation meets Canadian parliamentarians in Ottawa. - Tibet.net
• Swedish court finds man guilty of spying on Tibetans for China - National Post
• Don't self-censor to please China in trading relationship, exiled Tibetan leader tells Canada - National Post
• The Tibetan parliamentary delegation meets Tibetan community in Montreal and Toronto - Tibet.net

• Beijing uses infrastructure as friendly forerunner of political power and Tibet is an unfortunate example of that. - The Sydney Morning Herald
• UN High Commissioner for Human Rights decries China’s refusal to give access to China and Tibet in his final address to the council. - Central Tibetan Administration
• Tibet: Fear of Chinese Backlash Leads to Cancellation of Play in Nepal - UNPO
• A US educated Tibetan woman returns home, sees extreme poverty and does something about it. - South China Morning Post
• Beyond development and diversity - Himal SouthAsian