WTN for December 2013

• TB Award Gets Caught In Politics - Wall Street Journal
• Icelandic MPs Denounce Chinese Actions in Tibet - Iceland Review
• Desperation in Tibet - New York Times
• David Cameron distances Britain from Dalai Lama during China visit - The Guardian
• Tibetan refugees ready to start over in Ottawa - Ottawa Citizen

• Chinese Functionary Rules Out Tibet Autonomy, Criticizes ‘Divisive Nature’ of Dalai Lama ‘Clique’ - Zurich Neue Zuercher Zeitung
• Hack Tibet: Welcome to Dharamsala, ground zero in China's cyberwar. - ForeignPolicy.com
• Tibetan herdsman dies following self-immolation - toll now 124 - Radio Free Asia
• Two popular singers arrested over alleged political songs for Tibet - Tibet Post International
• International Human Rights Day - China winning over West in debate about Tibet and human rights - The Economist

• Tibetans displaced within region 'amid rampant mining' - BBC News
• Chinese rroops surround Tibetan monasteries, detain 1000 in Driru - Radio Free Asia
• Follow spirit of Mandela, says His Holiness the Dalai Lama in tribute - Central Tibetan Administration
• China digs for gold on land grabbed from Tibetan pastoralists - Tibetan Review
• Tibetan refugees arrive in Canada from India as part of federal deal - Vancouver Sun

• China Detains Two Senior Tibetan Monks - Radio Free Asia
• French lawmakers propose Tibet Resolution in the National Assembly - Phayul
• Senior Tibetan scholar beaten to death in police custody - Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
• China opposes Dalai Lama's planned Norway visit - Reuters
• Police surround detained dissident’s village - Radio Free Asia

• Three Young Tibetans Held for Burning Chinese Flag in Driru - Radio Free Asia
• Chinese Authorities Detain 16 Tibetans Rallying for Religious Leader's Release - Radio Free Asia
• China tightens security in Lhasa as Tibetans gather for religious anniversary - Central Tibetan Administration
• The Disneyfication of Tibet: How tourism has become a tool of occupation - Washington Monthly
• China must implement its laws, says Tibetan PM - Wall Street Journal