WTN for May 2017

• Calls grow for release of Tibet's Panchen Lama, as he reaches 28th birthday - Radio Free Asia
• Should the Chinese government be in our classrooms? - New York Review of Books
• Dalai Lama plays down possibility of Indo-China armed conflict - Press Trust of India
• City of Ottawa declares “Tibetan Community Recognition Day” - Project Tibet Society
• India-Pakistan-China: No Alternative to Dialogue in Diplomacy - The Citizen (India)

• UN human rights expert on poverty criticizes Chinese policies in Tibet - International Campaign for Tibet
• Concerns about UNESCO plan to declare Tibet’s Kokoshili a World Heritage Landscape - Rukor.org
• House Leader Nancy Pelosi leads U.S. by-partisan congressional delegation to Dharamsala - Hindustan Times
• Tibetan teenager self-immolates in protest of Chinese policies - Radio Free Asia
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama congratulates French President-elect Emmanuel Macron - Central Tibetan Administration

• U.S. Congressional delegation calls for "rethink" of policies for human rights in Tibet - Office of Congressman Jim McGovern
• China objects to US Congress delegation meeting Dalai Lama in India - Times of India
• Tibetan self-immolator released after serving five-year term - Radio Free Asia
• HH the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa to make first Canadian visit - Karma Kagyu Association of Canada
• Nepal in talks with China for $8 billion rail link to Tibet, part of OBOR - Reuters

• Chinese embassy in Botswana mum on Dalai Lama impending visit - Journal du Cameroun
• Lie detector test used to evaluate government officials in Tibetan area of China - Hindustan Times
• After 22 years,Tibet’s Panchen Lama still missing - Asia News Network
• Tibetan monk stages latest self-immolation protest, total reaches 150 - Radio Free Asia
• Canadian students discuss secular ethics with the Dalai Lama - Central Tibetan Administration

• Canada Tibet Committee raises Tibet issue with UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights - Canada Tibet Committee
• Indian government lifts Karmapa’s travel restrictions - Phayul
• Trump budget proposal reverses aid commitment to Tibetan community - Indian Express
• Dalai Lama brings his life lessons to Montreal in October - Montreal Gazette
• UN human rights experts publish joint communication concerning Tibetan human rights defenders - Central Tibetan Administration