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Sep 2, 2010, Tibet's Cry for Freedom - Lara Damiani

“Tibet’s Cry for Freedom” to screen on Channel 31 in Melbourne Victoria, will be screening "Tibet's Cry for Freedom" for the first time on September 5th at 8.30 pm. There will be a second screening at another date to be announced !

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Sep 2, 2010, China Continues to Undermine Tibet’s Religious Leaders

The Central Tibetan Administration has denounced China’s appointment of the sixth incarnation of the Gyalrong Dedrug Rinpoche, a senior religious figure associated with Tibet’s Drepung Monastery, as politically motivated.

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Sep 2, 2010, International Photography Comp

Out of 15,000 entries from 103 countries, received an honourable mention in the International Photography Awards comp for photos of Tibetan kids.

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Sep 2, 2010, Celebrating 50 Years Of Tibetan Democracy

On 2 September 1960 the first groups of thirteen Tibetan People’s Deputies took their oaths of office in Dharamsala, setting in motion the Dalai Lama’s vision of a fully democratic exile community and a model for eventual democratic self-rule in Tibet.

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Sep 2, 2010, China Tightens Grip on Tibet's Business Class

Dorje Tashi, a property developer and owner of the Yak Hotel in Lhasa, was convicted of funding overseas Tibetan groups

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Aug 13, 2010, Free Runggye Adak

Runggye Adak, a nomad from Lithang, Kham in eastern Tibet was arrested for publicly calling for the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet. During the Lithang Horse Racing Festival in Tibet, Runggye took the microphone on the stage and called to the crowd,"These days there are those who say we don't need the Dalai Lama. The... Dalai Lama is the one that we six million Tibetans truly [need]...".

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Aug 13, 2010, Big Brother Widens Watchful Eye In China

Mark MacKinnon

Xining, China — From Friday's Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010

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Aug 9, 2010, UNICEF - Put It Right

Globally, 1 in 6 children work. 218 million children aged 5 - 17 are involved in child labour world wide. 126 million children work in hazardous conditions. The highest numbers of child labourers are in the Asia/Pacific region, where there are 122 million working children.

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Aug 6, 2010, Travel To Tibet - The Magic - The Beauty - The People - The Book

Travel to Tibet, see many places and tell the world, said the Dalai Lama. I did, I have and I am telling YOU.

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Aug 6, 2010, Donate to Australian Tibet Council

ATC works for the human rights and cultural freedoms of the Tibetan people. As a financial supporter, you are an essential partner in ATC’s vital work.

You can contribute in a number of ways...

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Aug 6, 2010, Banjo's War

check out Lara Damiani's new documentary, 'Banjo's War'....please help spread the word and pass it on to others...a powerful story about an Indigenous community's struggle for self-determination...a great bunch of people whose story deserves to be told !

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Aug 6, 2010, Amnesty International "Ink" 2008

beautiful new video from Amnesty.

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Aug 6, 2010, Tibetan Language at Risk Under Chinese Rule

Tibetans have had their own language and many dialects for centuries. But that all seems to be changing. These days, Tibetan students study most of their classes in Mandarin Chinese—a language that's often key to finding a good job—especially now that so many ethnic Chinese have migrated to Tibet.

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Aug 6, 2010, Fewer Tibetan exiles make it to Dharamsala

Tibet's Government in exile says China is succeeding in its efforts to reduce the number of Tibetans seeking exile in the Indian town of Dharamsala.

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Aug 6, 2010, UN 'concerned' over Nepal's Deportation of Tibetans

Nepal returned three Tibetan refugees to Chinese border police in early June, the United Nations said on Wednesday, adding it was "extremely concerned" by the move.

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Jul 2, 2010, Chinese officials assert role in choosing the next Dalai Lama

Future Tibetan spiritual leaders, including the Dalai Lama, must be approved by the Chinese central government, a senior Communist Partyofficial said. The remarks were among the clearest indications yet that China will appoint a reincarnation of the Dalai Lama after the current Dalai Lama dies, setting off a struggle with exiled Tibetan leaders over religious control of the Chinese territory.

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Jul 2, 2010, Dalai Lama 75th birthday

Born on the 6th of July 1935 in a small Taktser hamlet in northeastern Tibet, at the age of two the Dalai Lama was recognised as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama and he began his monastic education at the age of six. In those 75 years, the Dalai Lama has become an icon of peace and wisdom

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Jul 2, 2010, John Garnaut in Lhasa

Sydney Morning Herald journalist John Garnaut's piece from Lhasa says much about the conditions on the ground and the Chinese Government's efforts to reframe opinions on Tibet. We take a close look at this latest piece of reporting from inside Tibet and explore how, despite China's scripting of such media visits, it is impossible to hide the tensions and divisions in Tibet's capital.

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Jul 2, 2010, China cracks down on inflential Tibetans

Karma Samdrup, an influential Tibetan environmentalist and antiques dealer, is not only the highest profile Tibetan to be arrested in recent years. He is the latest victim in what appears to be China's largest crackdown on Tibetan intellectuals, writers and artists since the Cultural Revolution.

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Jun 29, 2010, Parliament votes no to congratulating The Dalai Lama On His 75th Birthday

The Government and Opposition yesterday voted down a motion from Greens Senator Scott Ludlam congratulating the Dalai Lama on celebrating his 75th birthday in July and expressing hopes for a peacefully negotiated settlement between the Tibetan people and the People’s Republic of China.

This was the ninth motion on Tibet in a row to be rejected by both the main parties. Speaking in a debate back in February on a motion calling on the Prime Minister to meet the Dalai Lama, Senator Bob Brown called this pattern of blanket rejection of all motions on Tibet “an extraordinary abuse by the government of the Senate”.

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