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US Congratulates Newly Elected President of Tibetan Govt. in Exile, Penpa Tsering
United States greeted Penpa Tsering as the next Sikyong/president of the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamshala (CTA). “Penpa Tsering is congratulated by the United States on his election as next Sikyong in the Central Tibetan Government (CTA). We are happy to cooperate with him and the CTA to help Tibetan global diaspora, “Speaker Ned Price of…
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China’s treatment of Uyghurs, Tibetans Is a repeat of Their Own Repression
According to the outgoing Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, Tibetans in China are facing mass persecution close to that faced by ethnic minority Uyghurs in the western part of the region. “It’s not exactly the same, but it is similar,” Sikyong said. “Labor camps are set up in Tibet.” China is forcefully attempting to convert Tibet into…