WTN for August 2016

• Dalai Lama meets with Muslim community in Ladakh - Office of the Dalai Lama
• Former Tibetan prisoner re-arrested and tortured after criticizing Chinese policies - Radio Free Asia
• Niece of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche escapes to India, calls for investigation into his death - Associated Press
• China denies claims it tortured revered Tibetan monk Tenzin Delek Rinpoche - Reuters
• 600 buildings demolished at Larung Gar Buddhist Institute despite international outcry - Phayul

• Chinese authorities block reporting from Larung Gar as demolition continues - Radio Free Asia
• Canadian study of Tibetan monks suggests meditation can improve long-term brain activity - CBC News
• Tibetan festival banned after villagers refuse to fly Chinese flag - Radio Free Asia
• Nepal-China [Tibet] railway ‘technologically and economically feasible’ - Kathmandu Post
• Student entrepreneurship clubs established in Tibetan refugee schools - Central Tibetan Administration

• Urbanization threatens livelihoods and ecology in the Tibetan grasslands - Reuters
• As demolitions continue, Larung Gar residents forced to return to family homes - Radio Free Asia
• A writer’s quest to unearth the roots of Tibet’s unrest - New York Times
• Nepalis flock to Tibetan border market under annual regional trade agreement - Kathmandu Post
• China asks Tibetan monks to resist influence of ‘foreign forces’ - Indian Express

• Tibetans forced from their land in town near Larung Gar - Radio Free Asia
• Tibet's exiles in India confront an uncertain future - NIKKEI Asian Review
• 72 U.S. lawmakers call on President Obama to make Tibet a priority - Office of Congressman Jim McGovern
• Opinion - Blinded in Beijing: Trudeau, China and human rights - iPolitics
• China publishes new rules to curb protest and use of social media in Tibet - Phayul

• The slow creep and chilling effect of China’s censorship - The Daily Dot
• U.N. rights envoy says Chinese authorities interfered with his work - Reuters
• China’s new Tibetan language search engine censors results - Wall Street Journal
• China names new Tibet chief in party reshuffle - Reuters
• PM Trudeau faces calls to raise human rights, Tibet during China visit - The Guardian