WTN for February 2017

• Only Syria is less free than Tibet, says Freedom House 2017 annual report - Freedom House
• China destroys passports of Tibetan pilgrims returning from India - Radio Free Asia
• Tibetan singer freed from prison after serving four years - Radio Free Asia
• Elliot Sperling, scholar of Tibet and China history, dead at 66 - Lion's Roar
• China official says U.S. should stop using Dalai Lama to stir trouble - Reuters

• Dalai Lama donates to help homeless, needy in US - Phayul
• Dalai Lama promotes secular ethics to 1300 Indian students - Tibetan Review
• Actor Richard Gere meets Angela Merkel to talk about Tibet - Deutsche Welle
• Chinese police bar Tibetan pilgrims from Kirti Monastery - Radio Free Asia
• Tibetan leader Lobsang Sangay hopes Trump will support Sino-Tibetan dialogue - Associated Press

• Chinese security forces swarm religious festival at Tibetan monastery - Radio Free Asia
• University of California rejects calls from Chinese students to dis-invite Dalai Lama - Press Trust of India
• Freed Tibetan singer barred from travel, public performance - Radio Free Asia
• China speeds up construction of second railway line to Tibet - Tibetan Review
• We must all stand with Tibet - McGill Daily

• China believes domestic tourism can promote “ethnic unity” - The Economist
• No access to justice for Tibetans, says new report on human rights in Tibet - Tibetan Centre for Human Rights & Democracy
• UN experts call upon China to explain Larung Gar demolitions - Canada Tibet Committee
• As Beijing’s promotes its Panchen Lama, whereabouts of Dalai Lama designate still a mystery - Reuters
• Man arrested for 'refugee espionage' in Sweden targeted Tibetans - The Local