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Update on Tibet Demonstrations, 24 May 2008

May 2008: Sog (Ch: Sou) County, Nagchu Prefecture (Ch: Naqu Shen), “TAR” – A 15-year boy protested against Chinese government and was arrested On 9 May Sonam Gyalpo, a 15-year boy, shouted slogans such as “Tibet is an independent country”,…


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Dalai Lama Urges Olympics Respect

London, UK, 21 May 2008 (BBC News) – The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, has appealed for Tibetans not to protest during the Olympic Torch visit to the region. Pro-Tibet protests had erupted at many sites along the torch’s…


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Update on Tibet Demonstrations, 21 May 2008

17-19 May: Karze (Ch: Ganzi) County, Karze “TAP”, Kham (incorporated into Chinese Province of Sichuan) – A series of peaceful protests carried out at County government office. On 19 May, Dorjee Gyaltsen and Tashi Wangyal, both lay, from Tharmey Village,…


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Kashag issues guidelines to all the Offices of Tibet

Dharamshala: The Kashag (the Cabinet ), of the Central Tibetan Administration issued the following guidelines for implementation by all the Offices of Tibet. 1) Recently many Tibetan and Chinese areas in the Sichuan Province of the People’s Republic of China…