“Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama visually corroborates with his hands as horns as he speculates that the Chinese government probably thinks of him as the devi at a press conference in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. On this day, 50 years ago, he set foot in India as an exile.” Photo by Saurabh Das for the Associated Press.
Here are today’s stories about Tibet:
CNN reports on His Holiness the Dalai Lama thanking India on this, the occasion of his 50th year in exile.
The Committee to Protect Journalists “calls on the Public Security Bureau in China’s Gansu province to disclose the whereabouts and legal status of Kunga Tsayang, a monk from the Amdo Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery who has written online political commentary.”
In a similiar story from Bloomberg, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has urged China to open Tibet up to journalists and foreign observers the day after Chinese authorities announced it would re-open Tibet to tourists.
The Associated Press also reports that His Holiness has condemned the recent hacking of computers used by the Tibetan Government-in-Exile. He told reporters, “My officials are surprised that even some communication from my office in upper Dharmsala to our secretariat in central Dharmsala seems to reach the Chinese hands.”
Also according to the AP, the Chinese government has predictably dismissed reports about the “GhostNet” hacking as “lies.”
Reuters reports that France and China have agreed to repair ties damaged over the Tibet issue.
Leaders of Students for a Free Tibet in the UK have published an open letter to the leaders of the G20, which you can read at SFT’s blog Tibet Will Be Free.
SFT’s Lhadon Tethong also writes for Alternet about the newly-released footage from last year’s demonstrations in Lhasa.
The BBC reports on China’s faux Panchen Lama.
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“Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama visually corroborates with his hands as horns as he speculates that the Chinese government probably thinks of him as the devi at a press conference in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. On this day, 50 years ago, he set foot in India as an exile.” Photo by Saurabh Das for the Associated Press.
