• China Handing Down ‘Death Sentence’ to Tibetans: Dalai Lama
• Critical Eighth Round of Dialogue Underway
• ICT Release New Images of Tibet Crackdown

China Handing Down ‘Death Sentence’ to Tibetans: Dalai Lama
With his envoys in Beijing for further talks with Communist Party officials, on Sunday the Dalai Lama talked turkey with a group of reporters in Tokyo:

“Tibetans are being handed down a death sentence. This ancient nation, with an ancient cultural heritage is dying.”

“Today, the situation is almost like a military occupation in the entire Tibetan area. It is like we’re under martial law. Fear, terror and lots of political education are causing a lot of grievance.”

AFP: China handing down ‘death sentence’ to Tibetans: Dalai Lama
AP: Dalai Lama says his faith in China is shrinking

Critical Eighth Round of Dialogue Underway
The Dalai Lama’s senior envoys - Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen ? arrived in Beijing on Thursday for a further round of talks with representatives of the Communist Party’s United Work Front Department. The talks come just days after the Dalai Lama signalled the possibility of a radical shift in the Central Tibetan Administration’s policy on Tibet’s future and three weeks ahead of an emergency summit in Dharamsala where Tibetan exiles will debate future courses of action.

AP: Dalai Lama’s envoys to arrive in Beijing Thursday

ICT Releases New Images of Tibet Crackdown
New images and footage from Tibet depict the continuing crackdown in Tibet and convey an atmosphere of fear and intimidation across the plateau. Although Beijing has sought to impose an information blackout, reports on the situation on the ground in Tibet continue to emerge following six months of protest across Tibet since the March 10 anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising.

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