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World Human Rights Day Page 2 Vol. 01, Issue 32, 15 December 2010

Preserve Tibetan Culture in Exile

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Tibetans Around the World Call on China to Free Liu Xiaobo By YC. Dhardhowa, The Tibet Post

The 12 board members of the Tibetan Community of New York and New Jersey, wearing honorary white scarves and standing before a painting of the Potala Palace in Lhasa. Photo from the Tibetan Community

New York - Karma Khadup no longer eats yak, a tender red meat that is a staple in his native Tibet, where the bison-like animals roam alongside nomadic herders in the region's vast high-altitude grasslands. While dining at the Himalayan Yak Restaurant in the New York borough of Queens, Khadup Continues on Page 7

Walk for Tibet and Taiwan

Dharamshala: Thousands of Tibetans and supporters around the world on Friday (10th December) celebrated 21st anniversary of Tibetan spiritual His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving the Nobel peace prize as well as commemorated the 62nd International Human Rights Day. On both occasions, exile Tibetans and government have called on China, the communist regime of Asia to release the jailed Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Liu Xiaobo, honored for his great efforts to bring democratic reforms in China and strong support for the right of the people in Tibet to selfdetermination. Over five thousands of people including Tibetans living in exile, foreign supporters from different countries, monks, nuns and students from various institutions and schools gatthered at the ground of the main Tibetan temple in McLeodganj (Dharamshala) to celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving the Nobel peace prize in 1989 and the 62nd anniversary of International Human Rights Day. Both exile Tibetan NGOs and the government have called on China to release the jailed 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner. "The An important development that we should be happy about and proud of is the conferment

Over five thousands of people including Tibetans living in exile, foreign supporters from different countries, monks, nuns and students from various institutions and schools gatthered at the ground of the main Tibetan temple in McLeodganj (Dharamshala) to celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving the Nobel peace prize in 1989 and the 62nd anniversary of International Human Rights Day. Both exile Tibetan NGOs and the government have called on China to release the jailed 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner. 10th December 2010. Photo: TPI

Continues on Page 2 A campaign for Tibet and Taiwan, walk "for World Peace and Human Rights, and Tibetan Independence" held in Taiwan on Friday (10th December) to mark the International Human Rights Day. Photo: TPI/Feng Chu Liu

Taipei: A campaign for Tibet and Taiwan, walk "for World Peace and Human Rights, and Tibetan Independence" held in Taiwan on Friday (10th December) to mark the International Human Rights Day. Over 50 Exile Tibetans and supporters in Taiwan have started to walk from the north to the south of the island to raise public awareness of

China Rewrites Tibet History: Monks Recently Escaped from Tibet

A New College for Tibetan Nuns

Continues on Page 5 His Holiness the Dalai Lama (c) with former minister, Mrs Rinchen Khando, the director of Tibetan Nuns Project (L), on his arrival at the inauguration and consecration of Shugseb Nunnery and College near Dharamsala on 7 December 2010. Photo: TPI/ Chenrab Drimed Gyaltsen

China Crackdown on Tibet's Culture

Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama today inaugurated and Continues on Page 2

Awareness for Artists Jailed in Tibet

China’s military invasion nor the continuing occupation has transferred the sovereignty of Tibet to China. Photo: File

Dharamshala: In a statement of the Tibetan Human rights Group (THRD) issued on 62nd anniversary of World Human Rights day said, people of Tibet stand together with the millions of Chinese people in the struggle for human rights and freedom in China and Tibet. "10 December 2010, is the 62nd anniversary of proclamation of Universal Declaration of Human Rights and also a moment to celebrate the occasion of Mr.Liu Xiaobo receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. The Tibetan people stand together with the millions of Chinese people in the struggle for human rights and freedom in the People's Republic of China (PRC). With enormous economic advancement in the past three decades, it is about Continues on Page 4

Lobsang Norbu (L) Kung Rinchen (C) Khedup Gyatso (R) at The Tibet Post International. Photo: TPI By YC. Dhardhowa, The Tibet Post

Dharamshala: - Lobsabg Norbu and his fellow two monks had been hiding almost two years in the hills and mountains of Dege county, eastern Tibet after spread documents, banners and flags in 2009 to against Chinese rule over Tibet. The three brave monks safely managed to escape from Tibet recently, currently they have started to enjoy freedom of expression in this Himalayan hill town where His Holiness the Dalai Lama lives in exile.

As the Tibetan and foreign journalists reported out of their peaceful protests in eastern Tibet, Norbu and his friends unfurled banners they had wrapped inside the folds of their crimson robes and held aloft the documents, banners and flags of Tibet in the streets, towns and villages. Three Tibetan monks from Gonsar monastery, Dza Bharma village of Dege county, eastern Tibet; Kunga Rinchen, 30, Lobsang Norbu, 26 and Continues on Page 5

New York: Tibetan classical musician Techung and the non-profit Built On Respect are working with other musicians and NGOs to raise awareness for two Tibetan artists i l l e g a l l y imprisoned in Tibet. Well-known Tibetan musician Techung and other local Tibetan musicians in each city; all bands will be performing in various places in US and India, December 2010-January 2011. Heidi Minx from Built on Respect travels between NYC and Dharamshala, India -- concentrating on See on Page 6


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