WTN for September 2014

• Tibetans forced to turn out for visit of Beijing-backed Panchen Lama - Radio Free Asia
• Tibetan monk handed nine-year prison term in secret trial - Radio Free Asia
• Sino-Tibetan Conference encourages “people-to-people” dialogue - Big News Network (IANS)
• Xi Jinping expected to raise Tibet concerns during visit to India - Times of India
• Update: Canada’s Tibetan Resettlement Project - Department of Home (CTA)

• Speaker marks 54th anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day with retrospective - Tibetan Parliament in exile
• Dalai Lama denied South Africa visa for Nobel summit - Associated Press
• China doubles number of police checkpoints in Driru County - Radio Free Asia
• Critics say Chinese government-funded Confucius Institutes shut down debate on topics like Tibet - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Dalai Lama says no need for a successor - South China Morning Post

• Government of China will confer title of Dalai Lama says China's Foreign Ministry - Christian Science Monitor
• Canada ratifies controversial foreign investment treaty with China - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Tibetans badly hurt from police beating after grazing rights clash - Radio Free Asia
• China to take foreign defence attaches on Tibet tour - Press Trust of India
• The pushback against Confucius Institutes - The Economist

• Opinion: Will Modi maintain support for Tibet following Xi Jinping visit to India? - Hindustan Times
• Tibetans receive harsh prison sentences for online anti-fur campaign - Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
• Lone protester sentenced to ten years in prison - Phayul
• US Special Coordinator to visit Tibetans in India and Nepal - Central Tibetan Administration
• Tibetan student perishes in first self-immolation in five months - Radio Free Asia

• Dalai Lama to visit Vancouver, give religious teaching - Canada News Wire
• Drunken Chinese police detain & torture Tibetan festival-goers - Radio Free Asia
• Tibetans ordered to 'celebrate' festival or risk imprisonment - Radio Free Asia
• Nobel Laureates boycott Summit following Dalai Lama visa denial - Nobel Women's Initiative
• New conditions for Village Committees exclude Tibetans with links to "Dalai clique" - Phayul