WTN for January 2014

• China shuts down Drongna monastery in Driru, arrests teacher - Phayul
• China sentences monk to six years in prison over false self-immolation charges - Central Tibetan Administration
• China to access southern Tibet by railway this year - Tibetan Review
• Educate, but don’t convert: Dalai Lama - The Hindu
• Bright light of hope shines at Montreal's annual Tibetan cultural fair - Canada Tibet Committee

• Chinese authorities detain eight Tibetans over links to grassroots literacy campaign - Tibetan Review
• Twenty Tibetans held in protest against tunnel digging in Sichuan County - Radio Free Asia
• Three Tibetans sentenced over self-immolations in Gansu - Radio Free Asia
• How Xi can solve the Tibet problem - The Diplomat
• Thousand-year-old Tibetan town burns to the ground in intense ten hour blaze - The National Post

• Tibetan environmental blogger released after five years imprisonment - Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
• Hundreds of Tibetan protesters demand release of detained monks - Radio Free Asia
• Tibetans find warm welcome as they reach new home in Calgary - Calgary Sun
• Release of two new reports about human rights in Tibet - Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
• Tibetan Kalon arrives in Sydney on first official visit to Australia - Central Tibetan Administration

• Tibetan monk, brother detained in monastery clampdown - Radio Free Asia
• Tibetan Temple converted to boutique hotel - Wall Street Journal
• One month after detention, Tibetan religious leader in critical condition - Radio Free Asia
• China says it has completed controversial nomad relocation in Tibet - Voice of America
• Unique project helps stateless Tibetans find homes in Canada - CTV