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Tibetan students from 3 major Schools in South Indiaholding a candle light virgil in solidarity of the ongoing

protests in eatern Tibet, South India on 23 October2010. Photo: TPI/Lobsang Yeshi

Thousands Protest Over ForcedChinese-language in Tibet

Dharamshala: Protests by Tibetan students overtheir right to study their own language in schoolhave spread throughout other areas of north-westChina, The Tibet Post has learned.Thousands of Tibetan students from six schoolsin Amdho region of eastern Tibet took to thestreets on Tuesday (19th October) in protest overthe new forced study of Chinese language. Sincethen the protests spread to two adjacent Tibetanprefectures.On Wednesday (20th October), up to 2,000students from four separate schools in Chabcha,Tsolho have protested outside governmentbuildings shouting slogans such as "We wantfreedom for the Tibetan language".In Dawu town on Thurday (21st October)students also protested on Thursday. Policeresponded by preventing local residents fromgoing out into the streets.The area has seen increased numbers of securitypersonnel in the last few days, in an attempt tosubdue the student protests.

Chamdo Exhibition Marks 60thAnniversary of Chinese Invasion

Indian Activists Call on UN for Concern about Tibet inBhopal, MP, India on 23 October 2010. Photo: TPI/

Mahesh Hadav

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Tibetans in Swiss demonstrate to against China'seducation policy in Tibet, 26, October 2010. Photo:

TPI/Mr. Dominik Kelsang Erne, press relationsofficer TYAE

Nobel CommitteeAngers China

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Tibetan Students Protest Language Change By Chinese Authorities in Rekong region of Amdho, eastern Tibet.Photo: TPI

Second Congress of Tibetan Europe

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama ispresented with the 2010 International Freedom

Conductor Award by the Rev. Damon Lynch Jr. , right,Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, at the National Underground

Railroad Freedom Center luncheon in Cincinnati.Photo: TPI

By James Dunn, The Tibet Post

By Matthew Hayes, The Tibet Post

Ohio: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness theDalai Lama was honored yesterday (20th October)in Ohio for his contribution towards worldfreedom. The National Underground RailroadFreedom Centre presented His Holiness the Dalai

Bylakuppe: Last evening, in Solidarity with theTibetan school students' ongoing Protest in Tibet,over 655 Tibetan school students from 3 majorschools of Bylakuppe namely SOS TCV School,

File photo taken in the year 1957 shows Military trucksarrives at the Potala Palace in Lhasa to further invasionover whole Tibet. The Tso-Ngon-Lhasa highway and

Sichuan-eastern Tibet highway, which opened to trafficin the year 1954. Photo: File

Dharamshala: An exhibition has opened inChamdo Prefecture, Eastern Tibet, to mark the 60thAnniversary of the Chinese invasion of the region.The exhibition, which opened on Monday October18, charts the history of Chamdo, and emphasisesthe region's continued development.The exhibition, visited by around 1000 people,displays the heritage of Chamdo region withhistoric photos, multimedia presentations, sandtables, and publications in both Mandarin andTibetan.Kelsing, a local Chinese official, praised theexhibition, stating that "a review of the past tells

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Dharamshala: Three Indian peace ActivistsSaturday (23 October 2010) in Bhopal, MadhyaPradesh, urged the United Nations to concentrateabout the Tibet cause. They demonstrated bypainting with their own blood, supporting Tibetanpeople.Dr Mahesh Yadav, President of World TibetCongress along with his associates Ajay Jain andPooja Rai on the eve of United Nations Daydemonstrated, by way of writing the message

Paris: 55 Tibetan delegates from 12 Europeancountries met in Paris, the capitla of France, thisweek, for the second Tibetan Congress in Europe.The event took place from the 15th till the 17thwith the discussion centered on the methods inwhich to develop Tibetans communities inEurope. There were many workshop focus groupsaiming to create new dialogue and cooperationbetween the different Tibetan communitiesscattered across Europe.At the concluding session of Congress, a debatewas held concerning the parliamentary electionnext March, which allowed the candidates to putforward their vision for Tibet's future.The countries that sent delegates were: Austria,Belgium, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,the Netherlands, the Norway, Poland, Spain andthe United Kingdom.. Continues on Page 7

Indian Activists Demonstrate for Tibet

Zurich: Over 350 people took part in a peacefuldemonstration outside of the Chinese consulatein Zurich yesterday (26th October). The protestof solidarity in the Swiss capital was sparked by

us to cherish the present, and givesus hope for a better future".On October 19, 1950, ChinesePeople's Liberation Army troopsmarched into Chamdo, the capitalof Eastern Tibet, receiving limitedresistance from the peacefulTibetan army. The Governor-General Ngapo Ngawang Jigmequickly surrendered, and thefollowing year all of Tibet wasunder Chinese rule after thecontroversial Seventeen PointAgreement signed in Beijing onMay 23, 1951. Ngapo, who signedthe agreement, proceeded to havea long career within the ChineseCommunist Administration of

Tibet.Chinese media prefer to view these events as a"peaceful liberation", and emphasise economicprogress in the region since then. The GDP ofChamdo Prefecture was 5.8 billion yuan last year,140 times the figure for 1958.Qi Fei, the chief of the local transport bureau, saidthat Chamdo "had no roads in the 1950s", but has9,164km of roads today, linking 72.5% of all villages.The government is also building an inter-provincialhighway to connect Chamdo with major cities inWestern China, such as Lhasa, Chengdu, Xiningand Kunming.The exhibition follows the 11th Reba Arts Festival,held in Dengqen County, which featured song anddance celebrating life over the last 60 years. A fullcelebration of the "peaceful liberation" is to beheld on October 23 and is to include artperformances and the launching of newconstruction projects.

Demonstrate in Swiss

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China Genocides Tibet's Lan-guage: Violating UN Law

One of the only surviving original texts of Tibetan, written by Thönmi Sambhota, duringthe reign of King Songtsen Gampo (c.617-698 CE). Photo: TPI

Dharamshala: In world history,language is maintained as a matterof national identity, language definesa culture. The current genocide ofthe Tibetan language by the Chinesegovernment aims to make Chinesechildren out of Tibetan children.

Buddhism and culturedepend on the rich and developedlanguage that we call Tibetan.Standard Tibetan is based on thespeech of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa,also Ü-Tsang dialect belonging to theCentral Tibetan languages. For thisreason, Standard Tibetan is oftencalled Central Tibetan. It is in turnone of several branches of theTibetan languages, the others beingKham (Tibetan: Kham kad) and Amdo(Tibetan: Amdo kad). Writ tenStandard Tibetan is based onClassical Tibetan and is highlyconservative.

It is clear that the Chineseauthorities do not accept Tibetan asa mother tongue, and the authoritiesthink that academic reform is the onlya solution to solve this issue in Tibet,thus adhering to USSR dictatorstheory of "to destroy a nation, wemust first destroy the language ofthe nation."

Most of the world 'slanguages are spoken by relativelyfew people; the median number ofspeakers of a language is 5,000-6,000.There are fewer than 300 languageswith more than 1 million native users;half of all languages have fewer than10,000 users, and a quarter of theworld's spoken languages and mostof the sign languages have fewer than1,000 users. More than 80% of theworld's languages exist only in onecountry. So, Tibetan language is oneof the latest facing linguisticalgenocide.

The racism by the Chinesecommunist regime is continuous andabuses the rights of native Tibetanspeakers and the other nationalities,such as those in east Turkestan andInner Mongolia.

His Holiness Receives Freedom Award

Lama with the "International FreedomConductor Award" in recognition ofhis work for Tibet and his promotionof peace and non-violence."The Dalai Lama's tireless efforts onbehalf of Tibet - and his life-longadvocacy of freedom and peace for all

people - are in the finest traditions ofthose abolitionists who fought for theeradication of slavery in the 18th and19th centuries," said Freedom CenterCEO & President Donald W. Murphy.In the past the award has been givento Rosa Parks, Archbishop DesmondTutu, and Bill Clinton. A $25,000 prizewas offered with the award, but the


The Chinese Government isguilty of "Language Genocide",against the Tibetans for breachingarticles of the United NationsGenocide Convention. TheConvention defines genocide as anyof a number of acts committed withthe intent to destroy, in whole or inpart, a national, ethnic, racial orreligious group. Therefore, theTibetan people can bring the ChineseGovernment to justice by complainingin International Court over theinjustice done by China for notcomplying with the UN Articles andthe "Genocide of the TibetanLanguage".

The Chinese Governmentshould treat all citizens equally withinthe law and without anydiscrimination. Every citizen in HanChinese has a right to be protectedunder the law equally, and equalprotection should be applied to allagainst any discrimination. I wouldlike to say that the internationalcommunities should not allow theChinese Government to abuse andgenocide the Tibetan by brandingthem for "inciting activities to split thenation."

To conclude, I want to saythat all human beings are born freeand equal in dignity and rights. Soeveryone should be entitled to all therights and freedoms and enjoy themwithout division and distinction ofany type, in regard to race, color ornational origin as in written article ofthe Chinese constitution. Genocide ofthe Tibetan Language is abuse and ahumiliation against the Tibetans andhumanity in general. The Chinesecommunist authorities in eastern Tibetdo not accept and respect the Tibetanlanguage as a mother tongue; thismeans that the authorities act likeUSSR dictators, who prohibited thelanguages to be used in the occupiedstates. I strongly believe this is a bigmistake and ignorance and negligentto put other factors aside such asfreedom of speech, and the otherfundamental rights like education.

Dalai Lama donated it back to thecenter.His Holiness received the award infront of packed out crowd of nearly2,000 at the Duke Energy ConventionCenter. After accepting the award HisHoliness spoke briefly to the audienceand then answered question posed tohim by the audience.

China's Fury Over Nobel PeacePrize Continues

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is seen in this undated photo released by his family onOctober 3, 2010. Jailed Chinese pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace

Prize on October 8, 2010, an announcement that Beijing had anticipated and bitterlycriticised. Photo: Reuters

Dharamshala: An article publishedMonday (25 October) in China's statecontrolled media, so called "ChinaTibet Information Center" has onceagain demonstrated their objection toLiu Xiaobo winning the Noble PeacePrize, calling it "anything but thelegitimate judgment of peace."

The opinion article entitled"Nobel Prize has nothing to do withPeace" accuses the rest of the worldof not understanding peace, on thecontrary it can be seen that Chinaitself does not understand peace asthis week diplomats claim that Chinais attempting to block the publicationof a United Nations report which linksChinese weapons with attacks on UNand African Union peacekeepers inSudan's troubled Darfur region.

The article also containsvast and angry views on Norwegianssaying "The fact that Norway haslong kept neutral in wars and showedits support for resolution throughmediation and arbitration does notmean the Norwegians possess adeeper understanding of thecomplexity of achieving world peaceas well as the essence of maintainingthe peace". They state that the juryof five people, all of whom weremembers of the Norwegiangovernment, have no right to chosethe winner, however, the decisionbeing made by a committee of fivepeople chosen by the NorwegianParliament was prearranged in AlfredNobel's last will and testament.

In his will he states that thewinner should strive for "for theabolition or reduction of standingarmies and for the holding andpromotion of peace congresses." LiuXiaobo has struggled all his life inefforts to uphold such values, throughhis constant callings for democraticelections, advocated values offreedom, supported separation ofpowers and urged the governmentsto be accountable for itswrongdoings. Therefore the article'saccusation of the awarding being an"unthinkable and ridiculousdecision," is in itself ridiculous.

Stating in the article that thepeace prize "does not possess aworldwide significance," the writersseems to be unaware of the fact thatLiu Xiaobo's award has receivedsupport from Japan, American, TheUN and many European countries,which contradict such a statementcompletely.

The writer touches on Tibetand His Holiness' awarding of the PeacePrize saying "In 1989, the committeeawarded the peace prize to Dalai Lama,a Tibetan slave master involved inarmed rebellion and nationalabruption". However, the human rightviolations that China has committed inTibet since 1959 are plain to see withincreasing political prisoners, scarredearth and Tibetan culture in dire threat.

This week has seen intenseprotests inside Tibet as once againChina attempts to erode Tibet's ancientlanguage with recent educationalreforms in Amdo Province requiring allsubjects to be taught in Mandarin andall textbooks to be printed in Chineseexcept for Tibetan-language andEnglish classes. Other praised winnersof the Peace Prize include: Barrack

Obama, Al Gore and Martin LutherKing,Jr.

They also use the example ofAdolf Hitler's nomination of the awardstating that it was due to pressure fromthe German government, however, thenomination was submitted by ErikBrandt, a member of the Swedishparliament. Brandt never intended forthis nomination to be seriouslyconsidered. Rather, he had submitted itto protest the nomination of NevilleChamberlain for the prize; Brandtretracted the nomination after a fewdays.

The article may seem hollowand full of Chinese governmentalpropaganda, however, it does seem aclear indication of the Chinesegovernment's unwillingness to releaseLiu Xiaobo.


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Dalai Lama AddressesThousands in Toronto

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Rogers Centre on Oct. 22 2010,in Toronto. Photo: National Post


His Holiness Honored byTibet Square in Poland

His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking to media persons in Toronto, Canada, on 24 October2010. Photo: TPI


Toronto: Tibet's political and spiritualleaders, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lamaspoke to a packed crowd of thousands ofpeople, Friday (22nd October) at theRogers Centre in Toronto, the capital ofCanada.

Throughout the 1 1/2 hour longtalk, His Holiness connected world peacewith happiness and health and called forthe world to have a "calm mind." He alsospoke on a multitude of topics including;compassion, the new generation, peaceand the possibility of a woman Dalai Lama.

Dharamshala: Tibet's political andspiritual leader His Holiness the DalaiLama said that he is deeply moved afterthe Council of Warsaw renamed animportant street as "Tibet Square" thisweek.Tibet has always had close ties withPoland (since the fall of communism in1989) and this week's dedicationdemonstrates their bond, for which HisHoliness said "I deeply appreciate thisfurther gesture of solidarity and supportfor us shown by the people and leadersof Warsaw. The dedication of this "TibetRoundabout" is another means ofconnecting the city of Warsaw and theTibetan People"He continued saying that "I am movedto learn of the opening in Warsaw of the"Tibet Square": in commemoration of the10th March 1959 events in Lhasa and ofmy being awarded the Honorary

Addressing the younger members of thecrowd the Tibetan leader said "You, theyounger generation who belongs to the21st century, have many responsibilitiesto bring some peace to the world, somecompassion to the world. The mainresponsibility is on your shoulders."In the war-torn first half of the 20thcentury, His Holiness said, governmentsused force to settle differences. Too often,national boundaries were used to obscure"the oneness of human beings - that (thereis) not much difference between this

nation and that nation."Overcoming the sometimes

violent divide requires dialogue. Headded that "Destruction of one part ofthe world is destruction of ourselves,others are just a part of ourselves.""We must promote the concept ofdialogue for a happy and peaceful century.Whenever we will see a problem, weshould resolve it through dialogue," hesaid.

The Dalai Lama used his ownlife as an example - in 1949 China tookcontrol of Tibet and in 1959 he was forcedto flee to India.

"At 16 I lost my freedom, at theage of 24 I lost my own country. Now, at75, what I learned is the power of talk. Inthe spirit of dialogue, you can't (have)one side (that is) defeated and one sidewin. Open your hearts; consider others."No one is beyond talking to, he added.After the 9/11 attacks, he said he urgeddialogue with Osama Bin Laden tounderstand "what really is his complaint."

The Dalai Lama answeredquestions submitted by people on-line,including whether the next, reincarnatedDalai Lama can be female .He laughedsaying "if a female reincarnation is moreuseful - why not?" He suggested therewere two advantages to a female DalaiLama. One is that "biologically, femalesare more sensitive (than males) aboutothers' pain." The other, he joked, is thatshe would be more attractive.

His Holiness was also asked if he wouldconsider retirement, "I'm looking forwardto complete retirement," he said, laughing."If I have human rights, I should have theright to retire."

Obama's Top Aide Meetswith His Holiness the

Dalai Lama

President Obama's Aides, Valerie Jarrett (ctr) and US State Department Under SecretaryMaria Otero (rt) talking to Dalai Lama. (www.dalailama.com)

By YC. Dhardhowa, The Tibet Post

Washington — A top aide to UnitedStates President Barack Obama onMonday held talks Monday with Tibet'sspiritual leader His Holiness the DalaiLama and voiced support for a peacefulsolution with China, officials said, in thefirst meeting between the two sides inmonths.The Tibetan leader His Holiness theDalai Lama, who is on a nine-day tripthrough North America, met in Atlantawith Maria Otero, the under secretaryof state for democracy and global affairs

who serves as the US coordinator onTibet.A State Department official called it a"private discussion on issues of mutualinterest" and reiterated the US view thatTibet is part of China."We do not support Tibetanindependence. We strongly supportdialogue between China andrepresentatives of the Dalai Lama toresolve differences," the official said oncondition of anonymity.Tuesday's meeting between the Tibetan

leader and Under Secretary Otero wasthe first occasion for high-level U.S.Government discussions directly withHis Holiness in the United States sinceFebruary 2010 when His Holiness theDalai Lama met with President Obamaat the White House.Mindful of Chinese sensitivities, theWhite House did not allow media accessto the meeting and said Obama wasseeing His Holiness the Dalai Lama inhis capacity as a respected religiousleader.Lodi Gyari Gyaltsen, His Holiness theDalai Lama's chief negotiator withChina, said that the monk reiterated toOtero his "Middle Way" of workingnon-violently to improve the rights ofTibetans while staying under Chineserule."Support for his efforts from the UnitedStates has been critical at many levelsand His Holiness was very pleased tohear again from Under Secretary Oterothat the Obama administration(supports) his Middle Way approach,"he said.Despite his professed support for theMiddle Way, His Holiness the DalaiLama is branded by China as adangerous separatist. Beijing routinelyprotests foreign leaders' meetings withthe Dalai Lama, who enjoys a wideglobal following.Maria Otero was appointed by Secretaryof State Hillary Clinton to be SpecialCoordinator for Tibetan Issues onOctober 1, 2009. This was her fourthmeeting with the Dalai Lama. MariaOtero follows in this position Paula J.Dobriansky (2001-2008) during theGeorge W. Bush Administration, andJulia Vadala Taft (1999-2000) andGregory B. Craig (1997-1998) during theClinton Administration.

Citizenship of Warsaw in July 2009.""I consider the opening of thisroundabout as recognition of the Tibetanpeople's non-violent and just struggle,and our efforts in seeking genuineautonomy for the Tibetan people withinthe framework of the constitution of thePeoples' Republic of China. I deeplyappreciate this further gesture ofsolidarity and support for us shown bythe people and leaders of Warsaw. Thededication of this "Tibet Square" isanother means of connecting the city ofWarsaw and the Tibetan people," headded.Concluding His Holiness reiterated thesentiments he made last year in his visitto Warsaw, saying "I have alwaysadmired the spirit and immensedetermination show by the Polish peopledespite the numerous difficulties youhave faced."

“Tibet Square” Unveiled inPolish Capital, Warsaw

His Holiness theDalai Lama

addressing thegathering to

accept Warsaw’shonorary

citizenship titleon 29 July 2009/Photo:. Photo:Agence Franc-

Presse

By James

Dunne and

Matthew

Hayes, The

Tibet Post

Dharamshala: An important address inWarsaw's central Wola District wasrenamed "Tibet Square" on Thursday.At the renaming ceremony, the city'smayor, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, said"this is our tribute to peace lovingTibetan people who are waging astruggle to preserve their identity".A plaque was unveiled which reads, "Inthe memory of those great Tibetanfighters who on 10 March 1959 cameout on the streets of Lhasa and for the86,000 Tibetans who lost their lives inthe national uprising. Also for thosewho were forced to live in exile. To the

14th Dalai Lama, who was made anhonorary citizen of Warsaw in 2009".His Holiness the Dalai Lama has maderegular visits to Poland since 1989, mostrecently last year, when he attendedthree days of events in Warsaw at theinvitation of Mrs. Gronkiewicz-Waltzand the city council.Polish opposition party PIS, led byJaroslaw Kaczynski, has campaignedfor the square to be renamed "FreeTibet" for the past 2 years. Followingprotests from the Chinese embassy inWarsaw, the decision was taken tochange this to "Tibet Square".

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East Turkistan SupportLanguage Protests in

Tibet

Tibetans and Uyghurs protest together, 2009. Photo: file

James Dunn, The Tibet Post

Dharamshala: Exile students of EastTurkistan or Uyghurstan have thisweek voiced their support for theTibetans during their current protestsover language restrictions. This comesafter over a week of protests byTibetans, through-out the region andalso in Beijing. So far over 9,000 peoplehave demonstrated over the educationalreforms in Amdo, which will see allclasses taught in Mandarin instead ofthe native Tibetan.The Uyghur's have experienced similarerosions of their language as theTibetans by the Chinese government.The policy began in the 1990s with theelimination of Uighur as a medium ofinstruction at the university level. In2006, the authorities initiated policymeasures that are making Chinese theprimary medium of instruction at thepre-school level. Students and teachersin a town in southern Xinjiang reportedthat they would be fined if they saidone word in Uighur while on schoolpremises.Although China has attempted to blockinformation about the demonstrationson the internet, details about theprotests are still getting through. Onestudent from Xinjiang told The TibetPost "The local government iscontrolling the university websites andnews about the Tibetan protests inQinghai but we have already receivedinformation from our friends in inner-China about the protests there and atBeijing National Minorities University."

"Free Tibet" on their faces. They alsopainted faces with Flags of UnitedNations, Tibet and China to drawattention of United Nations, WorldLeaders and Indian people includingMedia in Bhopal and also conductedan massive public campaign.Yadav has stated that "if China releasesthe youngest prisoner His Holiness thePanchen Lama and other Tibetanprisoners and free Tibet, creating it as aplace for " Heaven of Peace on earth"like that Holy Vatican City for

Buddhists, then I am ready to undergoany punishment let it be lifeimprisonment or death penalty, asdesired by China".For nearly half of his life, Mahesh Yadavspent his days painting peaceful andnon-violence scenes with his ownblood, supporting the MahatmaGandhi's non-violence idea's efforts insupport of the Tibetan people. Nowretired from medicine, he continues tostudy life, birth, and nature - throughart.

Indian Activists Call on UN forConcern About Free Tibet


recent educational reforms in AmdoProvince requiring all subjects to betaught in Mandarin.The large crowd of Tibetans and Tibetsupporters marched from theTessinerplatz to the Chineseconsulate calling for the authoritiesto respect the freedom of language.In protest of the forced languagereforms the protesters marchedsilently, holding banners and Tibetan

flags. They also shouted in signlanguage and many attendees coveredtheir mouths with mask, also to drawattention to the measures the Chinesegovernment is taking to erode Tibetanculture and silence their language.The demonstration was organized bythe Tibetan Youth association inEurope (TYAE), Swiss Tibetanfriendship association (STFA) and theTibetan Woman's organization inSwitzerland (TWOS) and held under

the slogan 'Equality of People,Freedom of Language'. The goal of theprotest was to show their support forthe Tibetans in Tibet as well as toshow solidarity with their co-citizen.A banner with the aforementionedslogan was created and signed bymany of the demonstrators. At the endof the event, two representatives ofthe Tibetan Youth Association inEurope handed the banner to theChinese consulate.

Hundreds of Tibetans Demonstrate inSwiss Capital


"But right now, every university is tightlyrestricting the students in Xinjiang andalso in inner-China. Even groups ofUyghurs who are studying in inner-China's ‘Xinjiang classes' are beingcontrolled," he added.Uyghurbiz.net, a popular website andonline discussion forum for Uyghurissues, recently reported that nearlyevery student enrolled in special"Xinjiang classes" for Uyghurs in inner-China has been approached by schoolsecurity and told to refrain from joiningin any protests backing Tibetanlanguage rights. It has also beenrevealed that parents in Xinjiang havereceived phone calls from schoolsecurity staff warning them of theconsequences of their childrensupporting the protests.Ilham Tohti, an outspoken Uyghurprofessor at Beijing National MinoritiesUniversity, and webmaster ofUighurbiz.net, said Uyghur students athis school have been eager to join inprotests with their Tibetan classmates."From the beginning of the Qinghaiprotests, Uyghur students studying atmy university were all supportive. Somestudents came to my office and saidthey want to protest with the Tibetanstudents, but I advised them that wecan support them without protesting,"Ilham Tohti said.A teacher in Xinjiang told The TibetPost, "Every Uyghur teacher andstudent is supporting Tibet right now,because we have the same problems

China Marginalises Tibetans asa People: Tibet Group

By Matthew Hayes

Dharamshala: On October 19, 2010, inthe Amdo region of Rebkong County,Tibet, thousands of students marchedin protest against Chinese governmentplans to require that all teaching be inMandarin.The demonstrations quickly spreadfurther, into Chabcha, Trika Countyand Tsekor Thang.It is understood that at a recent meetingof the Education Department ofQinghai Province it was decided thatthe language used in all textbooksshould be changed to Chinese, exceptin Tibetan-language and Englishclasses. It is feared that such a movewill further marginalise the Tibetans inChina, making the struggle to preservea Tibetan national identity even moredifficult.The GuChuSum Movement, anorganisation dedicated to promotingthe livelihood of Tibetan ex-politicalprisoners in India, claims that limitingthe use of the Tibetan language inschools represents a "systematic effortto further marginalise Tibetans as apeople".

Chinese is already the primarylanguage used in schools, and manypetitions to increase the use ofTibetan in schools have beensubmitted to the Chinese authoritiesin the past. In 1988 and 1989 studentsat the Tibet University and the KanlhoNationality school launchedcampaigns to preserve the Tibetan

language.In 2007, at a meeting of TibetAutonomous Region officials in Lhasa,a unanimous consensus was reachedthat the Tibetan language was underserious threat. Another petition waslaunched, but to date all such appealshave failed to trigger positive actionfrom the Chinese government.

The Gu-Chu-Sum Movement of Tibet and Tibetan Language inheritance Association.Photo: TPI

Exile Youth Sends Plea to US Congress Over Tibet ProtestsBy YC. Dhardhowa, The Tibet Post

More than nine thousand Tibetan students are protesting in Rebkong (Amdo) for Ethnicequality and language preservation. Photo: TPI

Dharamshala: The Regional TibetanYouth Congress of Minnesota has sentan open letter to the United StatesHouse of Representatives requestingthem to intervene over the proposedplans to marginalize Tibetan language.This message to American governmentcomes after a week of protests through-out Tibet and China, that were sparkedby recent educational reforms in AmdoProvince requiring all subjects to betaught in Mandarin and all textbooks tobe printed in Chinese except for Tibetan-language and English classes.The letter entitled “Stop China’sAnnihilation of Tibetan Identity,Religion and Culture in Tibet”, reiteratesthe threat these changes will have toTibetan culture stating “it (Tibetanlanguage) is the bedrock of Tibetanidentity, religion and culture. Thesemeasures, which seek to erode Tibet'slanguage in favor of Chinese, strikes ablow at the heart of the Tibetan issue,for without language, culture cannot bepreserved.”The author, Jigme Ugen, president ofthe Congress has urged the USDepartment of Education to “submit aproposal requesting China to reassure

the United States that no punitivereprisals are currently or will be takenagainst Tibetan students, parents orteachers in relation to this protest. Ifso, current educational exchangeprograms, which already exist betweenthe US and China will need to bereassessed and suspended until suchtime as China is able to reassure theinternational community that thehuman/educational rights of Tibetan

students are being fully respected.” Itcontinues by highlighting how therecent events are a direct violation ofthe Universal Declaration of HumanRights that “Education shall be directedto the full development of the humanpersonality and to the strengthening ofrespect for human rights andfundamental freedoms.”Concluding that “The annihilation of aculture is a loss to the world.”

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Tibetan Language ProtestsSpread

Dharamshala: Over 9,000 Tibetanstudents from six schools in Amdhoregion of eastern Tibet took to thestreets on Tuesday (19th October) inprotest over the new forced study ofChinese language.The Tibetan students from Amdhoregion, Rebkong County (also knownas Tongren) called for respect of theirancient culture, according toinformation received by The Tibet Poston Tuesday. The protesters carriedbanners, written in both Tibetan andChinese, reading "Equality Amongminorities" and "freedom of the TibetanLanguage," sources said.

More than nine thousand Tibetan students are protesting in Rebkong (Amdo) for Ethnicequality and language preservation. Photo: TPI


China Sentences Three Buddhist

Monks in Tibet

Monks of Drepung Monastery marching towards Lhasa Barkhor on 10 March 2008.Photo: TPI


Dharamshala: Three monks from aMonastery in Dhingri, south westernTibet have been sentenced by theChinese authorities to severer time inprison, the Tibet Post International haslearned.Under the Shigatse the 3 monks wereofficially given their sentence,however, they were arrested on May19th, 2008 during a forced patriotic re-education on the monks in ShelkarChoede Monastery by Chinese workteam officials. During this re-educationthe monks were forced to denounce theDalai Lama as their spiritual leader, theirfailure to do so resulted in the arrest.Since the incident the local Chineseauthorities have stopped admission of

James Dunne and Matthew Hayes, TheTibet Post

Twenty Arrested in Tibet asLanguage Protests Continue

The anger was sparked by recenteducational reforms in Amdo Provincerequiring all subjects to be taught inMandarin and all textbooks to beprinted in Chinese except for Tibetan-language and English classes. Tibetanteachers are also now required toattend workshops on the change ofthe language used in class fromTibetan to Chinese."The Chinese are enforcing reformswhich remind me of the 10 year CulturalRevolution," said one unnamed formerRebkong teacher."This reform is not only a threat toour mother tongue, but is in direct

violation of the Chinese constitution,which is meant to protect our rights."The protests began on Tuesdaymorning at the First NationalitiesMiddle School and continued untilabout 2 p.m. The students marchedfrom one school to the next, as theygathered a mass protest which thengathered around the countygovernment building.The schools that took part inTuesday’s protests were: FirstNationalities Middle School ofRebkong Tongren, the TongrenCounty Yifu Nationalities MiddleSchool, the Tongren DistrictResidential School, the TongrenModern Medicine College, the MalhoNational Teacher Training Instituteand the Malho Nationalities MiddleSchool.London based human rights group,Free Tibet put the number ofdemonstrators at between 5,000 and9,000, citing witnesses. However,source’s figures vary, some stating thatthere were only about 1,000 protestors.Monks from nearby Rebkong Rongpomonastery joined in the protest after itbegan, though the students at firstasked them not to take part, fearingthat their involvement may incite armedPublic Security Bureau officers to crackdown on the protesters.The students and monks dispersed inthe early afternoon after governmentofficials came out and talked with them,attempting to reassure them that theirconcerns have been noted by theauthorities.It has been reported that no detentionsor arrests have been made in relationto the protest and as yet there are nosigns of stepped up policing inRebkong following the incident.However, reports say it is likely thatarrests will take place in the days andweeks ahead

China to Open Fifth Civil Airport inTibet's 2nd Largest City

Dharamshala: A new civil airport isdue to open at Shigatse (Ch: Xigaze),Tibet's 2nd Largest City of the CenterTibet next month. The terminals,

Test flight lands successfully at new Tibetan airport, Ocotober, 2010.Photo: Carnog.com

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furnishings, facilities and flight testsat Xigaze Peace Airport, 48km fromShigatse City, are now completed.This should allow the airport tobecome operational this November,

according to Kelsang Tsering,Chinese communist party chief forShigatse region, the so called PeaceAirport. No definite opening date hasyet been set.The airport, where construction firstbegan on April 29 2009, represents aninvestment of 489 million yuan, or 74million US dollars. It is estimated thatby 2020 the airport will handle 230,000passengers and 1,150 tonnes of cargoannually, with 2,580 take-offs.The Shigatse Peace Airport willbecome the 5th civil airport in Tibet,after the Gonggar airport in theTibetan capital, Lhasa, Med-Lingairport in Nyingtri, Pamdha airport inChamdho region, and the Gunsaairport in Ngari. There are also plansto build another airport, the NagchuDagring airport, at Nagchu region.This would become the highest airportin the world, at 4,436m above sealevel.It is hoped that the new airport willstimulate investment and increasetourism into Shigatse. The city isfamously close to Mount Everest,known locally as Jomolangma, and tothe tri-junction of India, Bhutan andTibet. A rail to link between Lhasa andShigaze is also already under

new monks to the monastery.Tenzin Gephel and Ngawang, weresentenced to 12 years in prison andanother monk from the same monasterywas sentenced to five years. However,the dates of trial and verdictannouncement are still not known.Since March 2008, over 224 Tibetanshave been killed, 1,294 injured and 290sentenced, more than 5,600 werearrested or detained and over 1,000disappeared after the Chinese armedmilitary deadly cracked down in allparts of Tibet. Moreover, many majorTibetan websites have been forced toclose down and all of the web-blogs inTibetan are censored and shut-down.

Tibetan Students Protest Language ChangeBy Chinese Authorities, Amdho region,

eastern Tibet. Photo: TPI

Dharamshala:TwentyTibetan studentswere detained by Chinese authoritiesfollowing protests in several countiesin Amdho region, eastern Tibet toagainst the possible introduction ofMandarin as the only language ofinstruction, in the first arrests reportedso far. They were among thedemonstrators marching in ChabchaCounty, Amdho region of Eastern Tibet,on Saturday morning. Teachers andschool staff also joined the protests, TheTibet Post International has learned.The first protests took place inRebkong County on 19 October, asTibetan students from 6 schoolsdemanded "Equality of People, Freedomof Language". Last week, there were no

reports of arrests or violence.There was at least one further proteston Sunday, in Chentsa County, as over2000 students and teachers from MiddleSchools 1 and 2 marched to the localChinese government offices in theTibetan region.As classes resumed on Monday, therewere no reports of visible disruption."Let's not talk about the Tibetanlanguage. We can't talk about it", onemale teacher told the Associated Pressin Rebkong County.The past few days saw protests bythousands of students in severalTibetan amdho counties includingChabcha, Chentsa, Khrigha, Golokcounties of eastern Tibet and Beijingwhere 400 Tibetan students heldprotests against the forced replacementof Tibetan language. Meanwhile, a letterof appeal signed by several teacherswas submitted to the Qinghaigovernment on October 15 urging theChinese authorities to reconsider theirdecision to change the medium ofinstruction from Tibetan to Mandarin.Sources said the letter containssignatures of about 300 teachers.

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New Book Revisits TibetEvents of 1959

James Dunne and Matthew Hayes, The

Tibet Post

Dharamshala: Stephan Talty, authorof several successful books, has takenHis Holiness the Dalai Lama's escapeto India as the subject of his latestwork, to be released next year.‘Escape from the Land of Snows: TheYoung Dalai Lama's Harrowing Flightto Freedom and the Making of aSpiritual Hero', follows the story of the24-year old Dalai Lama who, confrontedwith overwhelming Chinese politicalpressure and military might, made hisdaring journey across the Himalayasin 1959. The book includes interviewswith Tibetan Leader the Dalai Lama, hisfamily, survivors of the escape, and CIAagents involved in the covert missionto assist members of the Tibetanvolunteer army.Talty has contributed to prominentpublications including the New York

Book Cover: Escape from the Land of Snows by Stephan Talty. Photo: Amazon.com

Dharamshala: In an article published on24 October on the China's state controllednews agecy "Xinhua", the NorwegianNobel Committee was accused of anti-Chinese motives in awarding the 2010Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo earlier this

Real Danger to Preserve MeaningfulCulture in Tibet, Says His Holiness

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Toronto Mayor David Miller receives a Tibetan traditional white scarf from His Holinessthe Dalai Lama during a ceremony at the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto on 23

October 2010. Photo: TPI/S.R Jrene

Dharamshala: On Saturday, the Tibetanspiritual leader His Holiness the 14thDalai Lama inaugurated and blessed thenew Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centrein Toronto, as part of his weekend visitto the city.The centre, in Etobicoke district, hasbeen built on the site of a former factory,which was bought for $3.2 million, halfof it contributed by Tibetans living inCanada. His Holiness inaugurated thecentre, which is due for completion inMarch 2011, alongside Toronto MayorDavid Miller, and Liberal Party leaderMichael Ignatieff.As part of the ceremony, His Holinessunveiled three 4.5-metre tall statues ofBuddha, crafted by monks in Nepal.The Buddhist leader went on to talk

about the importance of preservingTibetan heritage and culture, and thedifficulties faced in doing so. "In ourown land, there is a real danger [forTibetan culture] if the present situationremains for a long period", he said,"Without freedom, it is difficult to havemeaningful preservation of Tibetanculture".He also spoke of the benefits to theworld of preserving Tibetan andBuddhist values: "It's a culture of peace,a culture of non-violence, a culture ofcompassion".The building is intended to function asa new focus for the 7000 Tibetans nowliving in Toronto. The first Tibetanrefugees to the country were acceptedin 1971.

His Holiness arrived in Toronto onFriday, and was met by mayor Miller atthe airport. "His [the Dalai Lama's] workaround the world promoting peace,understanding, tolerance, social justiceand equality for all is beyond compare",said Miller as he welcomed the Tibetanleader.His Holiness participated in a sciencesymposium at Toronto University in themorning, before speaking for 90 minutesto the tens of thousands gathered atthe Rogers Centre in the afternoon, onthe subject of "Human Approaches toWorld Peace".He noted that 200 million people werekilled in war and violence in the courseof the 20th century, and urged thosegathered to "promote the concept ofdialogue for a happy and peacefulcentury". He emphasized the onenessof humanity, and asked for "humanwarm heartedness". "The meaning ofhuman approach is more compassion,and genuinely consider others asbrother and sister", he said.On Sunday, the Dalai Lama will giveteachings on mind training at the newcultural centre, which will be webcastlive around the world for the first time.His Holiness, whose last visit to Torontowas in 2007, was presented with the keyto the city by the mayor. "You're a truefriend of this city", commented Miller.On his last visit to Canada, in 2009, theDalai Lama visited Montreal, Calgaryand Vancouver, and he met with thenCanadian Prime Minister Paul Martin in2004.The Dalai Lama is also one of only threepeople to have been granted honoraryCanadian citizenship, along with NelsonMandela and Swedish diplomat RaoulWallenby.

China: Nobel Committee MotivesAnti-Chinese

James Dunne and Matthew Hayes, The Tibet Post

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu during a news conference on Tuesday 12, Ocober201. Photo: Alexander F. Yuan/Associated Press

month.Liu is currently incarcerated in China,having been sentenced in 2009 to 11years imprisonment and 2 yearsdeprivation of political rights for "incitingsubversion of state power". He has long

been a vocal advocate of human rights,taking part in the 1989 Tiananmenprotests and being a leading author ofCharter 08, a manifesto for human rightsfor China published in 2008.Xinhua describes the Committee'sdecision as "a brazen challenge toChina's judicial authority which...raisesserious doubts to the motivation,sincerity and credibility of the NobelPeace Prize".According to the terms of his will, AlfredNobel instructed that the Peace Prizeshould be awarded to those who "shallhave done the most or the best work forfraternity between nations, for theabolition or reduction of standing armiesand for the holding and promotion ofpeace congresses".Xinhua claims the Prize's latest recipientdemonstrates that it has become "apolitical tool" and "a sharp weapon forthe Western countries to spread theirvalues".However, the Nobel Committee justifiedits decision by expressing its belief that"there is a close connection betweenhuman rights and peace. Such rights area prerequisite for the "fraternity betweennations" of which Alfred Nobel wrote inhis will".

Times Sunday magazine, GQ, theChicago Review and Empire magazine.His previous books have dealt with thefamous privateer Captain HenryMorgan, Napoleon's Invasion ofRussia, and race relations in the UnitedStates.Praise for his latest book includes thefollowing from bestselling author GregMortensen: "We watch as a cloistered,teenage monk is thrust onto the worldstage, finds himself in the path ofMao's juggernaut, and then rises -beyond all expectations - to themonumental task before him. Thiswonderfully rich narrative should berequired reading for anyone who caresabout Tibet, the Dalai Lama, or thepower of spiritual integrity".‘Escape from the Land of Snows' is dueto be released on Jan 18, 2011.

Free China from CCP AllianceEurope Formed


Dharamshala: On the 11th of Octoberthe "Free China from CCP AllianceEurope" was founded in Amsterdam.The alliance sees the cooperationbetween a multiple of representativescoming together for the fight forfreedom and human rights in China.Members of the alliance include;Gairatjan Rozi (Support Uyghur GroupThe Netherlands), Lobsang Nyima(representative of the Tibetangovernment-in-exile Europe), GuoxingWang (representative of ChineseDemocracy Party Benelux andrepresentative of Weijing Sheng in TheNetherlands), Lobsang Wangdu(President Chinese-Tibetan FriendshipSociety Europe), Behtiyar (SupportUyghur Group The Netherlands), Mona

Zhimin Tang (Chinese-TibetanFriendship Society Europe, ChineseHuman Rights and Benifits DefendersInternational), Dennis Barbion(Chinese-Tibetan Friendship SocietyEurope and United Nations for a FreeTibet).The Alliances first action was to createa petition for the immediate release ofLiu Xiaobo. Liu Xiaobo was arrested in2009 by the Chinese government andsentenced to 11 years in prison and twoyears' deprivation of political rights for"inciting subversion of state power".Liu, one of China's leading dissidents,took part in the Tiananmen Squareprotests in 1989, has been an outspokencritic of China's treatment of Tibetansand was the leading author of Charter08. Charter 08 called for a multi-partydemocracy and respect for human rightsin the entire of China, the document wassigned by more than 300 Chineseintellectuals, academics and writers. Liuhas consistently maintained that hissentencing to prison violates bothChina's own constitution andfundamental human rights.To sign the petition, which will besubmitted to the European Parliamentin Feburary, please go to http://w w w. i p e t i t i o n s . c o m / p e t i t i o n /freeliuxiaobo/

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By James Dunne, The Tibet Post

International

Vice Chancellor handing the JMI Logo as a gift to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Delhi onJanuary 17, 2009. photo: My Perfect Picture/file

US Band Campaigns For Freedom in Tibet

By James Dunne and Matthew Hayes, The Tibet Post

Dharamshala: Jamia Millia Islamia, theNational Islamic University in NewDelhi, is facing serious objections fromcentral government to its plan to conferan honorary doctorate on His Holinessthe Dalai Lama later this month. Theceremony was intended to take placeon 23 November.On Friday, media reported that theMinistry of External Affairs (MEA) wasblocking Jamia's attempt to honor HisHoliness. Jamia's media coordinator,Seemi Malhotra, commented, "The vicechancellor spoke to the ForeignSecretary today, and the University haswritten a letter to the Ministry seekinga review of their stance".The foreign secretary told reporters thatthe "Dalai Lama is a very respectedreligious and spiritual leader for millionsof Indians...The matter is receiving ourattention".The proposed honour comes at a timeof heightened tensions between Indiaand China, and ahead of a plannedmeeting between Indian prime ministerManmohan Singh, and his Chinese

Activist for Tibet, Heidi Minx and Street Dogs singer Mike McColgan talking Tibet in NewYork. Photo: TPI

MEA Objects to Jamia’sHonouring of His Holiness

The Dalai Lama

CST Main School and CVP CST Schoolstaged a Candle Light Vigil protestagainst the Chinese Government in theLugsam 1st Camp.The 'Candle Light Vigil Protest' whichwas solely organized and coordinatedby the school captains and the seniorstudents of the 3 schools began around5 p.m, with the raising of slogansincluding "We support the Tibetanstudents' movement in Tibet","Equality of Nationality, Equality ofLanguage", "Protect the Language ofTibet" and "Stop Cultural andLanguage Genocide in Tibet". Thestudents also displayed huge bannerswith photos of Tibetan students' Protestin Tibet and also carried placards withvarious protest messages.Later, Ms Dekyi Tsomo, the SchoolCaptain of CVP CST read out theprogramme details and commenced theVigil with a singing of Tibetan National

Anthem, 1 minute silence to mourn themartyrs of Tibet followed by invocationprayers.Mr. Wangyal, a senior student from SOSTCV School gave an introductoryspeech in Tibetan regarding theongoing protest in Tibet. He stressedthe need to support the protest in Tibetby the exile school students andhighlight the Chinese Government'svicious campaign to wipe out theTibetan culture and language throughthe introduction of new restrictions onTibetan language beginning 2015 inTsinghai and other parts of Tibet. "Thisis in gross violation of not only the UNDeclaration of Human Rights but alsothe PRC'S so-called Constitution'sarticle 10 and 47 on National RegionalAutonomy Laws," he said.Mr. Wangyal's speech was followed bya speech in English by Ms TenzinLhamo of SOS TCV School who

Exile Students Support Ongoing Protests in Tibet

stressed that after ChineseGovernment's curbing of Tibetanlanguage in Senior Schools andColleges in Tibet, this new restrictionmight even happen in primary and highschools and would mean an end to thesurvival of Tibetan language in Tibet.This is a direct threat to our identityand the Tibetan as a race, sheemphasized.Following this was a thank you speechby Mr. Tenzin Wangjor, School Captainof CST Main School. Later slogans wereraised and a Candle Light Vigil aroundthe Jangchup Chorten continued forseveral minutes. During the protest, thestudents also signed a petitioncondemning PRC's violation of theChinese Constitution Article 10 and 47that specifies the right to language inNational Regional Autonomy Laws. Thestudents also demanded the immediaterelease of the arrested students in Tibet.


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counterpart Wen Jiabao, on thesidelines of the India-ASEAN summitin Hanoi at the end of October.It had been speculated that concernsover the state of Sino-Indian relationshave motivated MEA's caution on thisissue. Last year, China objected to HisHoliness the Dalai Lama's visit toArunachal Pradesh, which it claims asits territory, while Delhi protestedBeijing's denial of a visa to Lt. Gen. BSJaswal.After a meeting between Singh and HisHoliness in August, Beijing lodged astrong protest, while China issuedstapled visas to residents of Jammu andKashmir, apparently questioning India'sclaim to sovereignty in the region.On Friday, Rao attempted to calm thesetensions: "There is enough space forIndia and China to grow together".This latest development emerged afterthe human resources developmentministry had forwarded Jamia's proposalto the MEA for clearance. The MEAresponded by stating that the conferralof such an honour would be

inappropriate at the present time.Sources within the university expressedtheir dismay at this decision: "The DalaiLama's presence in the campus wouldhave made a positive impact onstudents". After appealing to theforeign secretary, vice-chancellor Jungsaid, "She [Rao] assured me that shewould be happy to take a fresh look onthe matter".His Holiness has previously receivedsuch honours from universities aroundthe world, but Jamia would have beenthe first Indian university to honour himin this way.

Dharamshala: American punk-rock bandStreet Dogs have recorded a new trackto support the work of Built on Respect,a non-profit organization which seeks toraise awareness of human rights issuesin Tibet.They have released a video where thelyrics of the song "Freedom" have beenchanged to reflect Tibetan issues. Builton Respect was founded by Heidi Minx,who travels between New York andDharamshala helping exiled Tibetans.Street Dogs singer Mike McColgancomments, "We enjoy certain freedomsliving in a democracy, and one of them isusing our voices for human rights. Weare particularly appalled at the chargesand sentences against filmmakerDhondup Wangchen and singer TashiDhondup".Dhondup Wangchen was sentenced to6 years imprisonment in December 2009for "subversion". In the run-up to the2008 Beijing Olympics, he entered Tibetand conducted a series of interviewswith ordinary Tibetans, discussing theirfeelings about the Chinese occupation.The footage was smuggled out of Tibet,made into the film "Leaving FearBehind", and released in 30 countriesworldwide.Tashi Dhondup was sentenced to 15months of "re-education throughlabour" in January 2010 for releasing analbum of "subversive" songs. He hadpreviously been arrested in 2008, and hismusic had been officially banned. Thealbum, "Torture Without Wounds",voiced support for His Holiness the DalaiLama, and expressed the suffering inTibet following a Chinese crackdown inthe wake of the 2008 protests.

Heidi Minx drew inspiration for her newcollaboration from the movement startedby American band the Beastie Boys in1993, which resulted in a series of Tibetan

Freedom concerts.The proceeds from the Street Dogs' newtrack will support the work of Built onRespect.

China Attempts to Block UNDarfur Report

Dharmshala: Diplomats claim that Chinais attempting to block the publication ofa United Nations report which linksChinese weapons with attacks on UNand African Union peacekeepers inSudan's troubled Darfur region.Darfur has been the subject of aninternational arms embargo for 6 years,although the sale of weapons to theSudanese central government inKhartoum remains legal. The report doesnot claim that Chinese arms dealers knewthat the weapons were intended for usein Darfur, but at least a dozen types ofChinese ammunition have been used byKhartoum against rebels in Darfur.That Chinese casings have also been

found at sites where attacks on UNtroops took place appears to be causinggreat concern to the Security Council.Conflict broke out in Darfur in 2003,sparked by the oppressive rule of theKhartoum government and a widespreadfeeling that the administration favouredArabs over black Africans. The UNestimates that, since then, the fightinghas forced some 2.7 million civilians fromtheir homes, and has claimed the lives ofup to 300,000.The present report is being discussedby a UN Committee charged withregulating sanctions against Sudan, andafter a meeting on Wednesday, Chinesediplomat Zhao Baogang expressedBeijing's objections: the document"lacks confirmed facts" and "is full offlaws".Yang Tao, a member of China'sPermanent Mission to the UN, told theSecurity Council that the report left"much room for improvement" and urgedthe panel of experts "to conduct its workunder the principles of objectivity andresponsibility".China, as a permanent member of theSecurity Council, can exerciseconsiderable influence in modifying orblocking the report.

Exhibition Deepens UnderstandingBetween Taiwan -Tibetan Community


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Next Round of China-Tibet

Talks Will be Soon

Dharamshala: Samndhong Rinpoche,Prime Minister of Tibet's governmentin exile, said yesterday (14th October)that the next round of talks, tenth inthe series held since 2002, are likelyto take place in the recent future.Hindustan Times newspaper quotedthe Tibetan Prime Minister as saying"We have made full preparations fortalks with China, which could be heldanytime," in its Thursday's edition.However, Rinpoche was cautioussaying "it is for them to decide thevenue and time for talks".Indications are that Tibetan delegates

Tibetan prime minister talks for ANI at the main Tibetan temple in Dharamshala, India.Photo: File


International Symposium onTibet - Mongolia Treaty of 1913

Dharamshala: A two day Internationalsymposium was held In Mongolia,lastweek, concerning the "1913 Treatybetween Mongolia and Tibet".The event held from the 13th-14thOctober and was organized by theeditorial board of the journal "TheImpendence" of the NationalIntelligence Academy of Mongolia. Itwas attended by experts fromMongolia, India, America, Korea,Russia, Canada, Taiwan, Japan, Hollandand Germany.The symposium included acombination of research from 27Mongolian and foreign scholars on the


Participants to the international symposium on "1913 Treaty between Mongolia and Tibet"held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on 13 - 14 October 2010

Photos by Chung Tsering/TibetNet

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have stepped up efforts "throughprivate channels to pursue Chineseleaders to engage in a dialogue"according to Hindustan Times.Nine previous rounds of talks havebeen held so far between Chinese andTibetan delegates, nevertheless, noconcrete or positive results have beenproduced thus far. The last bout oftalks took place in Beijing in January2010, 15 months after the 8th sessiontook place.Two-time PM, Rinpoche heads thetask force constituted by the Tibetangovernment-in-exile to assist the Dalai

Lama's talks on Tibet with China. TheTibetan side has stated that this timecompared to the previous times theyhave "proposed to work jointly withthe Communist government toimprove situation inside the China-administered Tibet", the paper said."Talks would primarily focus around13-point charter of demandssubmitted to the Chinese counterpartsduring the eight rounds of talks," saida member of the Tibetan delegation toChina who requested not to be namedby the Hindustan Times. The paperalso stated that the Tibetanadministration would submit a letterat these talks for clearing the doubtsraised during the time of the ninthtalks.During the eighth round of talks twoyears ago China had rejected theTibetan people's memorandum forgenuine autonomy. The memorandumdiscussed Tibet's position on genuineautonomy and how the specific needsof the Tibetan nationality forautonomy and self-government couldbe met through application of theprinciples on autonomy of theConstitution of the People's Republicof China. It was met with derision, asthe Communist leaders accused it of ademand for ‘half-independence' and‘disguised independence' or ‘covertindependence'."The Tibetan side maintains that thearticles of the proposed memorandumwere prepared in accordance with theprovisions of the constitution ofPeople's Republic of China and its lawson national regional autonomy.However, it resulted in a unsuccessfulround of talks and an even large dividebetween Chinese and Tibetanofficials.

China is Ruled by Man, Not by Law,Says Top Exile Official

Dharamshala: Ven. TseringPhunstok, minister of theDepartment of Religion and Culture,held a press conference inDharamshala today (27th October),to emphasize his objection to theregulations by Chinese officialsregarding religious practice in Tibet.The statement came in reaction to theState Administration of ReligiousAffairs of the People's Republic ofChina who on the 30th September

Dharamshala: Ven. Tsering Phunstok, minister of the Department of Religion and Culture,held a press conference in Dharamshala today (27th October), to emphasize his objection to

the regulations by Chinese officials regarding religious practice in Tibet. Photo: TPI


2010 issued "a regulation on theadministration of Tibetan BuddhistMonasteries." The regulation relatesto the how China will manage thereincarnation of living Buddhas inTibetan Buddhism.Tsering recounted the Constitutionof the People's Republic of China,which states that "Religious bodiesand religious affairs are not subjectto any foreign domination," callingthe recent regulation "proof of the

fact that the citizens of the People'sRepublic of China do not havereligious freedom and that thecountry is ruled by man and not bylaw."He continued by saying "Thereligious heads and scholars ofTibetan Buddhism as a whole are,currently, living outside Tibet. Hence,the lineage of the sacred Buddhistteachings and initiations can be saidto be existing in the exile Tibetancommunity."He added that "this regulation is anevil design on the part of the Chinesegovernment to obstruct the Buddhistteaching and i ts sacredtransmissions inside Tibet and makesit extremely difficult for the monasticinstitutions to undertake importantreligious activities. This is also ameans employed by the Chinesegovernment to not only destroy thetradit ion and study of TibetanBuddhism but also uproot themonastic inst i tut ions and thetransmission of Buddhist teachingsin these centers of learning bydiluting the spiritual bond betweenteacher and pupil."He concluded his statement with aclear message to the Chineseofficials, saying that they repudiate"this injunction of the Chinesegovernment" and "express our strongopposition to it."

reasoning for signing and theimplications of the 1913 Treaty ofFriendship and Alliance between thetwo countries. In the treaty, Mongoliaand Tibet declared mutual recognitionand allegianceAt the conclusion of the conference,there was a unanimous agreement fromall countries involved that 99% of theTreaty was factual and official, whichcreated more questions on theimplication of the treaty in today'spolitical climate.The Government of Mongolia publiclystated it is not involved in any way inthe symposium, nor it takes anyposition on this issue.

Swami Ramdev PreachesYoga in Dharamshala

Dharamshala: Over 10,000 people tookpart in a yoga session, yesterdaymorning(14th October), led by worldrenowned guru Swami Ramdev. Thetwo hour long event took place nearthe Himachal Pradesh Cricket Stadiumin Dharamshala and was attended bythe Tibetan prime miniser ProfSamdhong Rinpoche. In PrimeMinister's brief speech to the crowd atthe conclusion of the event he said that"Swami Ramdev has made a great


(from left to right) Thamthog Rinpoche, the abbot of Namgyal monastery based inDharamshala, India, Prof Samdhong Rinpoche, the prime minister of Tibetan government

in-exile and Swami Ram Dev, the famour Indian Yoga master and spiritual leader visiting themain Tibetan temple in Dharamshala. Photo: TPI

realization of the effectiveness of Yogasuch as Pranayama in the interest ofthe humanity and peace in this world."Later in the day, Swami Ramdevaddressed a gathering of Tibetans atthe main Buddhist temple. In whichRamdev praised the universal valuesHis Holiness upheld calling him "asymbol for the whole world."His Holiness was not present at theevent as he is currently visiting the USA.For more photos please visit ourgallery....

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Tibetan Writer ‘Shogdung’Released on Bail

Tibetan famouse wrighter Mr Tagyal pen name (Shogdung) . Photo: TPI


Dharamshala: Tagyal, who uses thepen name ‘Shogdung' has beenreleased on bail pending trial by theChinese government. The Tibetanwriter was arrested on April 23rd 2010from his workplace at QinghaiNationalities Publishing House inXining. He was charged of "instigatingto split the motherland" and jailed foralmost six months before being allowedbail Friday (October 14th).

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Tagyal's lawyer, Li Fanping informedthe media of the bailout, saying "he(Tagyal) is in good health and with hisfamily now." Meanwhile, JampalMonlam of the Tibetan Centre forHuman Rights and Democracy said the"bail pending trial" does not give himimmunity to future arrest. Jampal toldthe Voice of Tibet radio that the longestperiod that "bail pending trial" can lastis a year.

His Holiness Promotes Compassion at Emory

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is visitingEmory University in Atlanta, Georgia, from

October 17th to 19th.


Atlanta: Tibetan spiritual leader HisHoliness spoke to a crowd of over3,000 at the University of Emoryyesterday, teaching the value ofcompassion.His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiveda warm welcome from the full WoodruffPhysical Education Centre, which wastransformed to look like a TibetanBuddhist Temple. He taught theimportance of compassion and moral

ethics, saying that scientists andreligious practitioners can learn a lotfrom each other if they work together.Sunday was the first of a three-day visitby the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader,who was named a presidentialdistinguished professor at EmoryUniversity three years ago. During hisvisit the Dalai Lama plans to teach,lecture and receive an update on thedevelopment of the Emory-TibetScience Initiative. The program seeksto establish a science curriculum to beincluded in the regular monasticeducation throughout India. Facultyand students from Emory Universitytravel each year to Dharamshala towork with Tibetan community.

Release of Tibetan Intellectuals

Kelsang Tsultrim, Pen name GyitsangTakming from Gansu Province, Amdo

Ringion of East Tibet. Photo: TPI

By Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and

Democracy

Dharamshala: The Tibetan Centre forHuman Rights and Democracy(TCHRD) received the news that,Kalsang Tsultrim, pen name GyitsangTakmig from Kanlho "TibetanAutonomous Prefecture" (‘TAP'), GansuProvince, who has been arrested on 27July 2010 on the ground of committingPolitical Error, has been released on 15October 2010.He composed and distributed VCDs onthe history of Tibet and the lack offreedom in Tibet. The VCDs has beenwidely distributed in many Tibetan areas

in Gansu, Qinghai and Sichuan Province.In September around 40 friends andfamily members went to ask about hiswhereabouts to the local officials, towhich they were told to go back andthat they would ask the leaders andinform them. He has been taken todifferent prisons since his arrest andwas released from Kanlho Prefectureprison.On 15 October 2010, Kalsang Tsultrimwas released on the condition that hewould not participate in any politicsrelated work.

Tibetan Language in Danger, Pro-tests Reach China

Dharamshala: Tibetan Students inBeijing yesterday protested over plansto change the main language ofeducation to Chinese. Yesterday'sprotests reveal the growing unrest fromTibetan peoples, who fear their cultureis once again at threat.The protest at the Minzu University ofChina -a leading institute for ethnicminority students- was attended byover 400 Tibetans. The protesterscarried banners, written in both Tibetanand Chinese, reading "Equality ofethnicities, freedom of Language,"sources said. School officials,including the university's chancellorand Communist Party secretary, metwith the students and asked them tosubmit their concerns on paper, whichthey then promised to forward tohigher authorities.Photographs showed a large group ofstudents gathered on a concretewalkway lined with shrubs. Otherphotos showed uniformed guardsmilling around some students.However, the rally was broken uppeacefully after about two hours and

Tibetan students protesting against China'seducation policies brought their campaignto Beijing, with some 400 of them holding

demonstrations at the Beijing NationalMinorities University on 22 October 2010.

Photo: TPIBy James Dunn, The Tibet Post

no arrests or sanctions have been sofar.The traditional mission of MinzuUniversity is to train students fromethnic minority regions of China whomight then return to those regions andwork for the government. Departmentsin the university specialize inscholarship on various cultures inChina, and more than 600 Tibetansstudy on the campus. Telephone callson Friday afternoon to several officesat the university went unanswered.Yesterday's protests came as Chineseofficials made their first statementrelating to the educational reforms andthe protests it sparked off.Wang Yubo, head of the Qinghaieducation department, said that theplan aimed to boost both Chinese andthe native languages of minorities.This statement is seen by many Tibetancampaigners as an effort to subdue themedia's attention. One Free Tibetcampaigner called yesterday'sstatement as "A lie to turn the mediaaway from Tibet, after that the arrestsand reforms will happen behind closeddoors"In the report made late on Friday night,Wang Yubo stated "The plan is aimedat strengthening whatever is weakerand the purpose is not to use onelanguage to weaken another."Changes won't be forced in areaswhere "conditions are not ripe," citedWang Yubo. The report did notelaborate on how officials would makethat determination.The official Xinhua News Agency gavethe first public report about theTibetan protests that have spreadthrough-out China and been attendedby thousands of people. The agencystated that students had "expressedtheir dissatisfaction" in at least fourTibetan prefectures in Qinghai between

Exhibition Deepens Understanding BetweenTaiwan -Tibetan Community

Kaohsiung Exhibition Deepens Understanding Between Taiwan -Tibetan Community.Photo: TPI/Sodor la


Dharamshala: Taiwan's second city,Kaohsiung, is currently playing hostto a month-long exhibition organisedby the Tibet Religious Foundation.The exhibition, which includes a seriesof lectures; displays of traditionalTibetan arts and crafts; and thepresentation of 22 documentary filmswith Tibetan themes, is taking place ata series of prestigious venues,including the Kaohsiung Museum ofHistory. The events are intended toraise awareness of Tibetan history andculture among the Taiwanese, and toencourage greater cultural exchangebetween the two peoples.Keynote speakers have included MrDawa Tsering, representative of HisHoliness the Dalai Lama, and ProfessorPen Mei Li of Jiaotong University,Taiwan, who spoke on the manifoldchallenges faced by the Tibetancommunity in exile.The present exhibition represents afurther strengthening ofunderstanding between Taiwan andthe Tibetan community, and follows aseries of lectures and film screeningsheld at Chiao Tung University,Hsinchu, Taiwan, in February andMarch of this year. Mr Dawa Tseringalso spoke at that event, taking as his

subject the "Sino-Tibetanrelationship".Ties have been reinforced by HisHoliness the Dalai Lama's several visitsto Taiwan, in 1997, 2001, and, mostrecently, in August last year, when hewas invited by several southernTaiwanese leaders to deliver Dharmasermons for the victims of TyphoonMorakot.The current programme includes adisplay of photographs, currentlyoccupying the third floor of theKaohsiung Museum of History, whichcelebrates the 50th anniversary ofdemocracy in the Tibetan communityin exile. His Holiness the Dalai Lamaintroduced democracy to the

community in 1960, and the TibetanParliament in exile (then known as theCommission of Tibetan People'sDeputies) first met in September of thatyear.At the unveiling of this display, theTibet Religious Foundation expressed,in a statement, their profound gratitudeto His Holiness for "his extraordinaryefforts to transform the Tibetan polityinto a genuine democracy".A common Tibetan and Taiwaneseinterest in democracy and culturalpreservation, evinced by thisexhibition, will contribute to therelationship between the two peoples.The exhibition is due to close on 28November 2010.

last Sunday and Wednesday.The Tibet Post has learned that thelocal governor and educationdepartment visited a teacher's collegein Tongren on Wednesday andthreatened to expel students whoorganize additional marches.

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His Holiness the Dalai Lamato Visit Ireland Next Year

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibetoffering a special prayer at Sera Monastery,Bylakuppe, South India. Photo: TPI/File


Dharamshala: It has been announcedthat His Holiness the Dalai Lama is dueto visit the Republic of Ireland in April2011, to take part in a series of eventswith three Irish-based NGO’s: Childrenin Crossfire, Afri and SpunOut.His Holiness is a patron of Children inCrossfire, an organisation dedicated todefending the rights of childrensuffering from “the injustice ofpoverty”. Representatives of Childrenin Crossfire extended the invitation tovisit the Republic during a trip toDharamshala earlier this year.Children in Crossfire was founded byRichard Moore, who was blinded at 10by rubber bullets fired by Britishsoldiers in Northern Ireland. At theannouncement of the visit, Moorepraised His Holiness, “There is perhapsno greater advocate for peace andcompassion as respected worldwide asthe Dalai Lama. He is a man of greatwarmth, depth, knowledge and insight”.Afri, of which Archbishop DesmondTutu is patron, has promoted peace anddevelopment in Ireland and around theworld for 35 years. SpunOut is a youth

Buddhist Leader Debates with Students atMiami University, Ohio

Emory students and staff present His Holiness the Dalai Lama with a card on October 18th,2010. Photo/Kay Hinton/Emory


Dharamshala: Tibet's spiritual leaderHis Holiness the Dalai Lama Thursday(20th October) held a debate aboutpeace and nonviolent struggle withthousands of students from MiamiUniversity, Ohio. He was presented withan honorary doctorate of laws from theUniversity.Dr Hodge awarded His Holiness withthe degree in “recognition of yourpersistent nonviolent struggle topreserve the cultural rights of thepeople of Tibet; to explain the basictenets of Buddhism to the world; topromote a greater understanding of ourcollective obligations to one another”.Later in the day, around 10,500 people,

mostly students, filled Millett Hall tohear His Holiness speak. He talked aboutcompassion and understanding, andimpressed those gathered with hissense of humour, and by speakingwithout notes for over an hour.He said that respecting all peoples andreligions is the first step to achievingunderstanding; that “Each of you andmyself, we are the same”, and drewsimilarities between the values ofBuddhism and other religions.He urged the students to make the 21stcentury a time of peace. “Ten yearspast, 90 years left to come”, he said,“You have the responsibility to createthis century [to] be a peaceful century”.

Having delivered the lecture, HisHoliness was given a standingovation.During the question and answersession that followed, His Holinesswas addressed by a Chinese student,who challenged his opinions onconditions within Tibet. 21-year old Yuesaid that she had visited the countryrecently, and had seen no evidence ofoppression, but noted that “Tibet ispeaceful” and that people thereseemed to be benefiting from therelative lack of economic insecurity.His Holiness responded by drawingYue’s attention to the current protestsby Tibetan students, sparked by fearsthat Chinese will become the exclusivelanguage of education establishmentsthere. He said, “These do not comefrom happiness…Something islacking…some grievance there”.Miami University had been creating anelectronic database of Tibetandocuments and linguistic resources tocontribute to the preservation toTibetan culture and heritage. HisHoliness experienced a 3-D virtualmandala, an aid to meditation, createdby students at the college, andexpressed his appreciation of theseefforts.Miami University works in partnershipwith the University of BuddhistDialectics, the Tibetan University, inDharamshala, of which His Holiness isa patron. Together, they organisedsummer workshops in Tibet from 2004-2008, and Miami University now offersa Tibetan Studies programme.

Tibet's Female Writer Receives “2010 Couragein Journalism” Award

Tibetan female writer, Mrs Tsering Woeser. Photo: Tsering Woeser's Facebook

By Matthew Hayes, The Tibet Post

Dharamshala: Tibetan writer andblogger Tsering Woeser has received a"2010 Courage in Journalism" award inrecognition of her efforts to report onhuman rights abuses in Tibet. Woeser,who is based in Beijing, could notreceive her award in person becausethe Chinese government refuses togrant her a passport. The awardsceremony, hosted by the InternationalWomen's Media Foundation, took placein New York this week.The awards, held annually, are intendedto recognise "heroic womenjournalists" around the world,highlighting the importance of freepress and the hardships endured to

obtain it. All forms of journalism areeligible, and 56 women have receivedawards since they were started in 1990.Woeser, born in Tibet in 1966, originallyworked as a journalist in China beforemoving to Lhasa. She rose to fame afterthe publication of her second book,Notes from Tibet, and her subsequentrefusal to self-criticise, resulting in theloss of her job as an editor for theTibetan Literary Association. Sincethen, she has increasingly explored theuse of social media. Her blog, "InvisibleTibet", found at woeser.middle-way.net,is one of the best known in China today.Woeser also commentates for RadioFree Asia, communicates via Facebook

and Skype, conducts interviews withTibetan refugees, and continues to writebooks for publication in Taiwan. Today,Woeser lives in self-imposed exile inBeijing.Woeser has faced Chinese governmentopposition to her work for years. Mostnotably, in August 2008, during a trip toTibet to visit family, Woeser wasdetained, accused of photographing thearmy and police presence in Lhasa. Shewas interrogated for 8 hours, buteventually released without charge.Today, Woeser's movements aremonitored, her books banned, and herblog and Skype account have beenhacked and shut down multiple times.She is still prevented from travellingabroad.During her acceptance speech,presented at the awards ceremony inthe form of a pre-recorded videomessage, Woeser stated she "will keep[her] one-person media operationgoing, for it is the weapon of thepowerless".Three other women journalists werehonoured at the ceremony: VickyNtetema, a Tanzanian who reports onthe killing of albinos there for the use oftheir body parts in potions; ClaudiaJulieta Duque, a Colombia-basedjournalist who has been abducted,robbed and received death threats inthe course of her work; and AlmaGuillermoprieto, who reports on civilwars, drug wars and politics in LatinAmerica.

organisation which seeks to empoweryoung people and help them to engagewith health and social issues.His Holiness has twice previouslyvisited the Republic of Ireland, in 1973and 1991, as well as making 3 visits toNorthern Ireland, in 2000, 2005 and 2007,for the promotion of peace in the region.The announcement stated: “the visitcomes at an important time whenIreland, North and South, are looking atimportant questions of identity, peaceand progress”.More detailed information about thevisit will be available in due course onthe website: dalailamaireland.com

His Holiness the Dalai Lama smiles during a conversation with Richard Gere and PulitzerPrize-winning author Alice Walker at Emory University on 19 October 2010 Photo: TPI


Emory: His Holiness the Dalai Lamaparticipated in a talk entitled "TheCreative Journey: Artists inConversation with His Holiness theDalai Lama on Spirituality andCreativity" with Richard Gere andPulitzer Prize-winning author AliceWalker on Tuesday (19th October).The panelist discussed the topic to acrowd assembled at Emory University,where His Holiness is an honoraryprofessor. They all seemed in readyagreement that the arts play a largerole in promoting compassion through-out the world. His Holiness urged thepeople of world to use their creativityto uphold democracy, liberty andindividual freedom. He also discussedadmiration of America calling thecountry the champion of democracy,liberty and freedom. However hediscussed the risks of the role Americahas as the world's leading countrystaying that "if American's become

demoralized it would have a negativeimpact through-out the world."Both Richard Gere and Alice Walkertalked about His Holiness the DalaiLama as a role model for them and asource of inspiration. They alsodiscussed the story of the Tibetansaint, Milarepa and the message ofdespair and redemption that itillustrates. Alice Walker, who won thePulitzer Prize for fiction for her bookThe Coulor Purple, said that the trialsand tribulation of Milarepa echoed theexperience of her community. She addedthat she would be very happy for thestory to be known to Americans in thesouth of the countryAt the conclusion, Dr Rosemary Magee,Emory Vice President and Secretary,thanked His Holiness the calling him"Our Professor" and everyone elseinvolved with the programme saying ithas been an extraordinary spiritual,academic and scientific journey.

Richard Gere, Pulitzer WinnerA Walker Join His Holiness in

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