[This post has been updated as of 5:45 p.m. EST on 8.7.09.]
Here’s the latest Tibet-relevant news:
Reuters and Voice of America report that His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said (in Reuters’ words) that “ethnic riots in northwest China have exposed the failings of Beijing’s minority policies, and a more ‘realistic’ stance toward Tibetans and others could emerge within a decade.”
Tibetan Review notes that Reporters Without Borders has criticized China for jailing four Tibetan writers on August 4th.
PR Newswire brings us the news that His Holiness has been honored by the National Civil Rights Musuem with a Freedom Award.
Radio Free Asia reports that a Tibetan town closed after the break-out of a plague has been re-opened.
The Agence France-Presse reports that the Chinese government has told a United Nations human rights hearing that “last year’s unrest in Tibet and July’s violence in Xinjiang were instigated by separatists abroad.”
Punjab Newsline reports that “the Tibetan Parliament in Exile has chosen Dharamsala as the location to erect a stone pillar in memorial of all those Tibetans who have sacrificed their lives for Tibet.”
Phayul reports that “the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy expressed its disappointment at the exclusion of its ‘alternative report’ from the 75th session of the United Nations Committee on the elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).”
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