WTN for June 2012

• Dalai Lama group urged to abandon separatism - China Daily
• Central Tibetan Administration Seriously Concerned by the Cycle of Self-Immolations Reaching Other Tibetan Regions - CTA
• How China Flouts Its Laws - Chen Guangcheng - NY Times
• Mother of three sets herself ablaze in Dzamthang - Tibet Express
• Detentions reported in Tibet capital after immolations - BBC
• Tibetan mother-of-three dies after setting herself on fire in lateset protest over Chinese rule - Daily Mail

• Hu Failed Tibet; Will Singh, Zuma and Rousseff be its champions? - Tibet
• Cambodian MP's Open Letter to President Hu Jintao Calls for Dialogue on Tibet - INPAT
• 27 year old Tibetan Jamphel Yeshi passes away - TYC
• TYC President banned entry into India in the wake of Hu Jintao’s visit - TYC
• TIBET ACTIVISTS UNFURL A HUGE BANNER TO PROTEST HU JINTAO VISIT - SFT
• Tibetan Self Immolations: Why Isn't the World Listening? - IANS
• Karma will catch up with Hu - Claude Arpi
• Dalai Lama Doubted Dr Lobsang Sangay: Chinese Media - PTI
• Don't Harass Protesters: HC to Delhi Police - IANS
• NYT: Case Based in China Puts a Face on Persistent Hacking - New York Times
• The Specter of the Cultural Revolution - New York Times
• Chen Guangcheng Fiasco Shows Dim Prospects for Political-Legal Reform - China Brief
• Exploring Constitutional Reform in the Wake of the Bo Xilai Affair - China Brief
• Chen hands Beijing a hollow victory - Asia Times
• Disparities in data - Asia Times
• New York hosts Tibetan expert and scholars - China Daily

• Detentions Reported After Lhasa Immolations - TCHRD
• In Occupied Tibetan Monastery, a Reason for Fiery Deaths - NY Times
• Tibetan Protest Movement Spreads - RFA
• US Urges China to Free Tiananmen Protesters - VOA

• China closes Tibet to tourists - AFP
• China warns foreign embassies not to monitor pollution - BBC
• Chinese Dissident Aims to Raise Awareness of Laogai System in Tibet - VOA
• Tibet’s success will be India’s success, says Kalon Tripa - Phayul

• Rethinking ethnic policy - China Policy
• China Admits Challenges to Human Rights Protection - TCHRD
• Police Hunt Tibetan Singer - RFA
• New action plan will safeguard human rights - China Daily
• Tibetan Monk Dies in Jail - RFA
• TIBETAN ACTIVISTS PROTEST HU JINTAO AS HE LEAVES INDIA - SFT
• European Parliament Hosts Seminar on Self-Immolations in Tibet - ICT
• Senate passes resolution calling on China to end crisis in Tibet; House resolution introduced - ICT
• China Sentences Eleven Tibetans for Protests - TCHRD
• Wave of Tibet immolations among history's biggest - AP
• 10 YEARS TOO LONG; TIBETANS ESCALATE CAMPAIGN FOR RELEASE OF INNOCENT BUDDHIST LEADER ON ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ARREST - SFT
• Apple agrees to China pollution audit - Financial Times
• Dharamsala to Host 2nd Special Meeting of Tibetans - CTA
• Tibet Society's report on actions at London Book Fair - Tibet Society
• Pillay urges states to inject human rights into Rio+20 - UN Human Rights
• Ma Jian protest paints the London Book Fair red - Guardian
• China erects Great Banner Wall at London Book Fair - Tibet Society

• A Tibetan Nomad Dies After Burning Self - TCHRD
• New Study Finds Revealing Patterns in Chinese Internet Censorship - WSJ
• Tibetans Sentenced for Corruption Protest - TCHRD

• Tibetan Monk Tortured, Dies in Custody - TCHRD
• China: witnessing the birth of a superpower - Guardian
• Two Tibetans set themselves on fire in Qinghai - BBC

• Power Shift in China – Part I - Yale Global
• Arrests, Beatings reported in Kardze After Official Attempts to Close Local Organization - TCHRD
• Open letter to the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt - Tibetan Community Sweden and Swedish Tibet Committee
• Chinese leader under scrutiny issues essay in official newspaper showing authority still holds - AP
• Free The Press… From Imprisonment - US State Department
• TIBETAN NGOs DEMAND THAT CHINA DIVULGE THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE 11TH PANCHEN LAMA ON HIS 23rd BIRTHDAY - Tibet
• Former Noble Peace Prize winners pledge support to Tibet - CTA
• Nepal Ministry of Home Affairs has in principle taken a decision to deny entry to 11 Tibetan leaders - Kathmandu Post
• In China, a Fall From Grace May Aid a Rise to Power - New York Times
• Memorandum to SG Ban Ki-Moon - Tibetan Youth Congress
• Tibet Resolution passed at IUSY World Congress - ISUY
• Tibetan MPs raise issue of Tibet at NCCI - Assembly of the National Council of Churches in India
• Signs of a New Tiananmen in China - The Diplomat
• OTTAWA DECLARATION ON TIBET - CTA
• Chinese Government Notification Restricts Tibetan NGOs in Kardze - TCHRD
• Sixteen Tibetans Get Heavy Prison Terms for Drango Protests - TCHRD
• United States Ambassador to China Gary Locke Briefs the Press - US State Department
• Activist Chen Guangcheng: Let Me Leave China on Hillary Clinton’s Plane - Daily Beast
• Tibet inadequately covered in UK's annual human rights report - Tibet Society
• Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng given US fellowship - BBC
• Al Jazeera English correspondent, Melissa Chan, has been expelled from China - Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China
• S.Korea cracks down on flesh capsules from China - AFP
• Does the West still want to free Tibet? - Foreign Policy
• China: Fear for the safety of Tibetan singer Lo Lo whose whereabouts and fate are unclear since his arrest - OMCT
• State Council Agrees to Research Construction of Sichuan-Tibet Railroad in Five Years - Beijing Youth Daily
• Report on Bianca Jagger at Westminster for Tibet - Bianca Jagger
• Human Rights, Not So Pure Anymore - New York Times
• Three US House members call for end to 'One China' policy, normal relations with Taiwan - The Hill
• Father Succumbs to Shock over Son’s Arrest in Shigatse - TCHRD
• Bo ally gives up China security roles - Financial Times
• Dalai Lama: China may have plotted to poison me - Reuters
• Uyghur Conference Sparks Japan-China Row - RFA
• Does the Law Matter in China? - International Herald Tribune
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Austria today - CTA
• Suspect substance found before Dalai Lama Belgium visit - The Telegraph
• Currency case: Court drops charges against Karmapa - Hindustan Times
• Has China's security chief Zhou Yongkang escaped chop? - BBC
• Answer to written question on VP/HR Ashton- Tibet: young monk sets himself on fire - ICT
• Disquieting Days for Foreigners in China - New York Times
• China: Unaccountable “Chengguan” Forces Fuel Public Resentment - Human Rights Watch
• SFT RELEASES RE-CREATION OF TIBET’S PROCLAMATION OF INDEPENDENCE AHEAD OF 100TH ANNIVERSARY - SFT
• China: EU Rights Talks Sliding Toward Irrelevance - Human Rights Watch

• China’s Thuggish Para-Police - The Diplomat
• China to Recognize Mongolian Signatures - RFA
• “DIE-IN” STAGED IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO TO DRAW ATTENTION TO CHINA’S REPRESSION IN TIBET - SFT
• China Confirms Twin Self-Immolation in Lhasa - TCHRD
• Tibet Spring reaches the capital Lhasa - Free Tibet
• EU and China hold Human Rights Dialogue - Council of the EU
• Google change will alert Chinese users when search terms are being censored - Guardian
• TWA mourns the death of a mother who died in self immolation protest in Tibet - TWA
• Answer to written question on Human rights violations and self-immolations in Tibet - Council of the EU
• Human rights violations and self-immolation: testimonies by Tibetans in exile - FIDH and ICT
• China: Legacy of Tiananmen Denial Erodes Rule of Law - Human Rights Watch
• Amnesty: China Must End Crackdown After Self-Immolations in Tibet - Amnesty International
• Kalon Tripa Accepts Resignations of Special Envoy Lodi G. Gyari and Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen - CTA