WTN for April 2012

• Authorities openly threaten those who circulate information with “torture” - Reporters without Borders
• Twin Self-immolation in Barkham County - TCHRD
• Case Based in China Puts a Face on Persistent Hacking - NYT
• Limits to Beijing's bullying - CNN
• Burning soul - A struggle for freedom - Tibet Sun
• India Suspends Freedoms of Tibetans - WSJ - India
• Report: China Threatens “Torture” For Tibet Informants - VOA
• The Tibet question: What kind of India are we? - FirstPost
• The Dalai Lama is the best hope for a Tibet resolution - Guardian

• China's Tibetan herders face uncertain future - AFP
• Wave of Tibet immolations among history's biggest - AP
• Talks possible if Dalai Lama gives up Tibet independence demand: China - China Daily
• Tibet Burning: The Politics of Self Immolations - Phayul
• China detains 22 after Inner Mongolia protest: group - Reuters

• How China steals American secrets - Int'l Herald Tribune
• China Sentences Tibetan Abbot to 2 Years' Imprisonment - TCHRD
• [Updated] China Launches 'Strike Hard' Campaign in Tibetan Areas - TCHRD

• Lies, damned lies, and Chinese propaganda - Asia Times
• Monk Official of Drango Monastery Arrested - TCHRD
• US official talks to Nepal about Tibetan refugees - AP

• China Said to Detain Returning Tibetan Pilgrims - Tibet

• Tibet: A Reporter Looks Back - RFA
• Tibetans Beaten, Arrested for Protesting Official Corruption - TCHRD
• Rotting From Within - the massive corruption of the Chinese military. - Foreign Policy
• Vivid new footage shows young Tibetan being beaten by police while on fire - ICT

• India test fires long-range nuclear missile - Guardian
• Tibetan School Forcibly Closed, Teachers Arrested - TCHRD
• Two Tibetans set themselves on fire: Report - AFP
• Two young Tibetan men die after self-immolation protest in Ngaba region - ICT
• TAR Authorities Held First Award Ceremony for ‘Harmony Model Monasteries’ and ‘Law Abiding Monks and Nuns’ - TCHRD
• Dalai Lama's US Visit Draws Attention to Tibet Turmoil - VOA
• Harper quietly holds face-to-face talks with Chinese propaganda chief - Globe and Mail

• Tibetan Singer Arrested for Politically Charged Album - VOA
• 17 Years and Counting: Disappearance of Panchen Lama - TCHRD
• Nearly a dozen held in Lhasa for ‘Dalai’ contents in their mobile phones - Tibetan Review
• New report finds elements of cultural genocide in Tibet - ICT
• China's dilemma: power vs freedom - Asia Times
• Dalai Lama: World belongs to 'humanity,' not leaders - CNN
• Panchen Lama, Tibetan Buddhist leader chosen by Beijing, makes rare public speech in Hong Kong - AP
• China dissident Chen Guangcheng escapes house arrest - BBC
• Call For Transparency in Bo Probe - RFA
• State of Injustice: What the bizarre cases of Bo Xilai and Chen Guangcheng can tell us about China - Foreign Policy