| The Tibet Update enewsletter is a bimonthly summary of news and governmental actions related to Tibet. Past issues in PDF format are located at http://www.savetibet.org/media-center/tibet-weekly-updates. MARCH 10 STATEMENT: The Dalai Lama's March 10 message to Tibetans - "Truth will prevail." His Holiness the Dalai Lama today delivered his annual March 10 statement to the Tibetan people from Dharamsala, India, stressing openness, transparency and the free flow of information within China as the means for building greater understanding of the true situation in Tibet and greater trust between the Tibetan and Chinese peoples, and among Tibetans themselves. In what appears to be a new initiative, the Dalai Lama invited Tibetan officials in Tibet to visit Tibetan communities "in the free world" to understand the aspirations of Tibetans in exile. Calls for first-hand observation in Tibet to ascertain the truth are frequently used by the Chinese government as a way of defending its policies in Tibet.
Read the complete report . . . Statement of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the 51st Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day
INSIDE TIBET:
ICT Report: Protests and Harsh sentences continue in Tibet
Exile Tibetan sources have confirmed the detention and sentencing of three Tibetans from Nyarong county in Sichuan Province which were announced in the official Ganzi Daily newspaper on March 18, 2009. The sources reported that on November 17, 2009 Pema Yeshi, a 28 year old farmer from Nyarong received a death sentence, suspended for two years. It is rare that people given suspended death sentences are actually executed unless they commit significant transgressions in prison.
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ICT Report: Tibetans celebrate Dalai Lama meeting with President Obama despite crackdown
On February 18, Tibetans defied intense security by chanting prayers and setting off fireworks in a second day of celebrations in the Amdo area of Tibet, where the Dalai Lama was born, marking his meeting with President Obama that day. Tibetan sources said that while security appeared to be stepped up in an area already under crackdown, there were no detentions. He said: "The purpose of the ceremony was to mark the meeting between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and President Barack Obama in the hopes that it will bring a productive outcome for Tibet's future. We are very happy about the meeting and we are praying and making offerings to ensure there is justice and truth for this cause."
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U.S. GOVERNMENT: ICT Report: Dalai Lama concludes three day Washington visit His Holiness the Dalai Lama departed Washington, D.C., Friday, February 19 following meetings with President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and after being awarded the Democracy Service Medal by the National Endowment for Democracy. Speaking to the press at the White House following the meeting with President Obama on February 18, His Holiness said he was "very happy" and noted that the President supported his "full commitment to the 'Middle Way' approach." The White House's statement noted that the "President commended the Dalai Lama's "Middle Way" approach, his commitment to nonviolence and his pursuit of dialogue with the Chinese government."
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White House Statement from the Press Secretary on the President's meeting with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama
Nancy Pelosi Statement on President Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama
ICT Report: Tibet Lobby Day 2010 concludes
Tibetan Americans and Tibet supporters from across the United States have concluded two days of meetings with their Congressional representatives as part of Tibet Lobby Day 2010 (March 1-2). Showing up in numbers, they advocated for greater support for Tibet. The themes of the meetings included thanking the U.S. Congress for its continuing support for programmatic and policy initiatives on behalf of Tibetans in Tibet and in exile, as well as for its ongoing support for the Dalai Lama's attempts to find a peaceful solution the Tibet issue.
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EUROPE:
ICT Opinion: The Obama-Dalai Lama meeting should inspire European leaders
ICT's EU policy director, Vincent Metten argues that the meeting between US President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama should inspire European leaders not to shun the Tibetan leader. In a contribution sent to the EurActiv Vincent says, "The warm and construction meeting between the two Nobel Peace Prize Laureates should inspire European leaders to end their equivocation and develop a unified response that supports and does not shun the Tibetan leader."
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CHINA:
Handpicked Panchen Lama appointed to China's top advisory body
On February 28, the official Xinhua news agency reported that China had appointed its handpicked Panchen Lama Gaincain Norbu a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPCC), the country's top advisory body. China installed Gaincain Norbu as its own Panchen Lama soon after the Dalai Lama recognized Gendhun Choekyi Nyima as the 11th Panchen Lama on 14 May 1995.
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FROM THE ICT BLOG:
The Spotlight on Obama and the Dalai Lama - February 17, 2010
China's Annual Tibetan Ritual: Are these enough? - March 4, 2010
Comments by Lodi Gyari at a Reception Hosted by ICT for Tibetan Americans and Tibet Supporters Participating in Tibet Lobby Day 2010 - March 5, 2010
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