WTN for June 2016

• Tibetans in Amchok protest mining project on sacred mountain - International Campaign for Tibet
• Tibetan homes, shops torn down by police near Qinghai Lake - Radio Free Asia
• Former prisoner of conscience vanishes into custody again - Radio Free Asia
• Tibetan Innovation Challenge to encourage employment in Tibetan communities - Rochester University
• Lithium, water, and protest at Tibet’s Minyak Lhagang mine - Tibet Policy Institute

• Tibetan monk detained following peaceful protest - Radio Free Asia
• Tibetan government denies involvement in Amchok mine protests - Phayul
• Canadian Parliamentary Friends of Tibet hosts Lhakar reception on the Hill - Canada Tibet Committee
• Tibet stands out at Shanghai International Film Festival - New York Times
• China to demolish world's largest Buddhist monastery: Human Rights Watch - NDTV

• Dalai Lama launches “Peace Day” campaign with prayer for Orlando victims - USA Today
• President Obama meets with His Holiness the X1V Dalai Lama - The White House
• Tibetan women farmers protest landgrab, inadequate compensation - Radio Free Asia
• China foreign minister complains to Secretary of State Kerry after Dalai Lama visits Washington - Reuters
• World Refugee Day: Tibetan refugees among human influxes that shaped India - Indian Express

• Opinion: China should talk with monks, not evict them - Human Rights Watch
• China changes primary school textbooks from Tibetan to Chinese language - Tibet Post International
• China faces criticism at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva - Tibet Bureau Geneva
• Rep. Jim McGovern leads Special Order on Tibet in the U.S. House of Representatives - International Campaign for Tibet
• Five Tibetan protesters detained in Chinese 'show of force' at Qinghai Lake - Radio Free Asia