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Monthly Archives: June, 2006

China quietly builds a barrage on Sutlej

China may be controlling the flow of the Sutlej into India — making no noise, breaking no treaty. For the past few years, Chinese authorities have been building a barrage

China to unveil rail to Tibet

China unveils an engineering marvel this weekend - a railway to Tibet that features high-tech systems to stabilize tracks over permafrost and cabins enriched with oxygen to help riders cope with high

Food poisoning sickens 80 students at Tibetan school

At least 80 students of a school in Mcleodganj near here were taken ill after eating meals last night. The students of Tibetan Transit School complained of stomach pain and headache

China to open rail link to Tibet

In an occurrence that may dramatically alter the face of isolated Tibet, China has completed a staggeringly difficult railway across high-altitude terrain to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. When the

Political repression intensifies as Tibet railway opens

The world's highest railway across the Tibetan plateau opens Saturday (1 July) in Lhasa in an increasingly repressive political climate. Security is tight in Lhasa this week as the government steps up its patriotic education

Free Tibet Activists arrested in Beijing for protesting China’s Tibet railway

Tibet activists scaled the façade of Beijing’s Central Railway Station and unfurled a banner reading “China’s Tibet Railway: Designed to Destroy." The protest was held on the eve of the launch of the new rail

Tibetan poet to bring political verse to Capital

TIBETAN freedom activist and award-winning writer Tenzin Tsundue will be in Edinburgh next month as part of a UK tour. Tsundue uses his poetry to

China to build three more railways in Tibet

The Chinese government is to build three more railway lines in Tibet as extensions of the newly-completed Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the official People's Daily said

China releases Nyima Choedon serving ten years prison term

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is happy to learn the release of Nyima Choedon, 38 years old, from Drapchi Prison. According to latest update from the U.S based Dui Hua Foundation, Nyima

North American Tibetan Cultural Immersion Camp

For 10 days in July the 108-acre premises of the Tibetan Culture Centre in Bloomington, Indiana, will host a group of interested Tibetan high school students from different parts of North

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