WTN for August 2013

• The Dalai Lama arrives in Ladakh for meditation retreat - Phayul
• China detains, expels Tibetan for carrying Dalai Lama photos - Phayul
• US raises Tibet concerns in annual rights dialogue with China - Reuters
• Earliest haunting images of Tibet revealed - Daily Mail
• China shuts down Tibetan monastery in Nagchu - Central Tibetan Administration

• China rejects Dalai Lama's demand for greater autonomy - Press Trust of India
• Tibetan self-immolates in Kathmandu - Annapurna Post
• Tibetan writer and four others sentenced to more than 5 years in prison - Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
• Tibetan singer arrested for "political" concert - Phayul
• Tibet 'water grab' puts Himalayan ecology in danger - The Guardian

• After political and religious repression, Tibet faces…an onslaught of private equity bankers? - Quartz.com
• Dalai Lama's website hacked, infect others: expert - Reuters
• China's diamond rush, protest and crackdown in Tibet - Radio Free Asia
• Images of heavy troop presence at annual Tibetan horse festival - International Campaign for Tibet
• Husband of self-immolater sentenced to death - Central Tibetan Administration

• The “Patriotic Education” of Tibet - The Diplomat
• Canada and China pledge deepened military cooperation - Xinhua
• Tibetan youth sentenced to two years for self-immolation links - Phayul
• China claims praise from Australian journalists for its Tibet policy - Tibetan Review
• Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts celebrates 54th anniversary - Canada Tibet Committee