WTN for April 2016

• China charges Tibetan education advocate with inciting separatism - New York Times
• U.S. Congressmen urge Secretary Kerry to raise Tibetan political prisoners with Chinese authorities - Office of Tibet DC
• Tibetans shot by police in dispute over stolen livestock - Radio Free Asia
• Nepal should provide legal identity to Tibetan refugees - Republica
• China detains three for social media discussion of Tibetan exile election - Radio Free Asia

• Tibetan blogger asserts his innocence in eloquent letter from prison - International Campaign for Tibet
• Government of India to fund TB prevention program in Tibetan refugee settlements - Central Tibetan Administration
• In conversation with Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden - The Brooklyn Rail
• U.S Congress invites Tibetan monk to testify about torture - U.S Congressional Executive Commission on China
• Tibetans detained for protesting unfair job dismissals, corruption - Radio Free Asia

• Tibetans sentenced for attempt to retake communal land - Radio Free Asia
• Photos of nude model at sacred Tibet lake spark debate in Chinese social media - Time Magazine
• US State Department annual Human Rights Report highlights "severe repression" in Tibet - Phayul
• Indian scholar offers new insights about Tibet's “transformatory age” - Indian Express
• Dalai Lama, Archbishop Tutu sign interfaith climate statement - Climate Change News

• Senior religious leader released from prison in uncertain health - Radio Free Asia
• Pop star Selena Gomez banned from China due to photo with Dalai Lama - New Zealand Herald
• Dalai Lama greets Queen Elizabeth on her birthday - IANS
• China's Tibetan legislators visit Washington, meet U.S.officials - Xinhua News Agency
• Tibetans mark Panchen Lama birthday, demand his release from enforced detention - Tibetan Centre for Human Rights & Democracy