Two students of KanlhoTibetan Middle School were expelled from their school on 19 June 2009 for their involvement in peaceful protest on 24 April 2009, according to confirm information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy(TCHRD).

The expelled students were identified as Dolma Tashi a.k.a. Dolta, 21 years old and Dolma Bum a.k.a.Dolbum, 22 years old, both hailed from Sangkhok Township, Sangchu County,Gansu Province.

The welfare society of Central Dhokham Chushi Gang Druk, was founded 50 years ago. The anniversary celebration was concluded on June 16 in Delhi at the Tibetan Sanye Ling settlement; ceremonies began with a moment of silence and guests singing the national anthem. The chief guests included former Justice commission of Tibet exile government Shadur Sonam Sangpo, former speaker of Tibetan Parliament in exile Mr. Karma Choephel and a representative of Tibetan parliament, Geshe Tse Ringpo.

On June 25, 2009, WEI Jingsheng and HUANG Ciping were invited to appear at Voice of America's "Issues and Opinions" TV/Radio Program hosted by Li Bao. They talked with Chinese viewers, audience and Internet users about the Chinese government's Internet monitoring software "Green Dam" which is supposed to be mandatory on all the new computers sold in China after July 1, 2009.

9Th North American Regional Tibetan Youth Congress Working Committee Meeting Convenes in Minnesota
Minneapolis, March 28 - Representatives of nine Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC) chapters in US and Canada met in Minneapolis for two days starting June 27 for the 9th Working Committee Meeting of the North American Regional Tibetan Youth Congress.

A report from Tibet said, that Mr. Tashi, a Tibetan and a local official from Bhathang county eastern Tibet, was arrested on his way home on 19 June suspected of organization of a bomb attack in Tibet at the height of anti-China protests nearly three months ago.
Before the arrest many protesters suspected of hanging politically motivated banners in the area managed to escape.

Dharamsala, June 26: - Thirty-five Tibetans, including eight women, were reportedly arrested by Nepal police Friday near the Tibetan border as they tried to cross over and stage a protest march in Tibet as part of a “Free Tibet” campaign.
The group of Tibetan exiles, some of whom are said to have Nepali citizenship or ID cards, left from a Buddhist monastery in the capital early in the morning, according IANS. They left Kathmandu around 4am today as the world observed the "International Day Against Torture".

Spanish legislators voted Thursday to change a law that let judges indict Osama bin Laden and Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, narrowing its scope to cases with a clear link to this country and yielding to criticism that Spain should not act like a global cop.
The reform will not be retroactive, so the dozen or so cases now being investigated at the National Court will continue, the Justice Ministry said.
These include investigations of alleged Chinese abuses in Tibet.

Kunleng invites Jamyang Norbu, writer and activist, and Hortsang Jigme, ex-member of Tibetan Parliament in exile, to discuss the combining of religion and politics: Did this system work in the past, can it be beneficial for the future, and how this system will impact the selection of successor to the 14th Dalai Lama.

See : http://www.voanews.com/tibetan/2009-06-24-voa2.cfm

Xinhua News Agency announced on June 24, 2009, that the formal arrest of independent intellectual and Independent Chinese PEN Center president Liu Xiaobo on charges of “inciting subversion of state power” was approved by the Beijing procuratorate on June 23. Liu has been detained since he was subpoenaed by the Beijing police on December 8, 2008, in connection with his signing of Charter 08. The Beijing Public Security Bureau claims that Liu has incited the subversion of state power and the overturn of the socialist system through the fabrication of rumors and slander.

Beijing, DPA, 23 Jun 2009 - A court in south-western China sentenced a Tibetantour guide to three years in prison after convicting him of "inciting separatism" by sending email and text messages about unrest among Tibetans, a US-based rights group said on Tuesday. The Dui Hua Foundation circulated copies of two court documents for the first trial and appealed the sentence of Gonpo Tserang, 32, in the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture ofYunnan province.

The residents of Gyama Township ,near Lhasa,are protesting against a mining company that is carrying out a water-diversion project in Gyama region.
The large-scale facility is being built to channelize water to the mining site. The pipes are laid across agricultural lands, which have been forcefully taken away from farmers without compensations. The mining has been going on in the upper hills of Gyama for nearly two decades. Toxic wastes dumped into Gyama Shingchu river resulted in the death of a large number of cattle last year.

Tibetans cite a new government effort to control what news they hear.
KATHMANDU—Chinese authorities have begun to remove satellite dishes in a Tibetan-populated region of China in an effort to block access to foreign broadcasts, according to Tibetan sources.
Tibetan-language broadcasts by Radio Free Asia and Voice of America appear to be particular targets of the campaign, one source said.

DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama has encouraged Tibetans in exile to embrace the democratic system of electing a leader, saying it was essential to keep step with the larger world and to ensure the continuity of their government.
In a video clip shown to hundreds of monks, nuns and lay people in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala late on Saturday, the 73-year-old also said it was no longer essential to thrust spiritual and political leadership on one person.

Authorities the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), home to the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic minority, have detained a number of youths in an anti-separatism campaign ahead of the sensitive 60th anniversary of communist rule, sources in the region said.

The latest "100-day Strike Hard" campaign was launched following a nationwide teleconference by Beijing's ministry of public security in April, which called on police departments across the country to be especially vigilant as the Communist Party prepares to celebrate its 60th anniversary on Oct. 1.