World Tibet News

Tibetan news website

World Tibet News

Available in| English, French
Created by| Thubten Samdup
URL| www.tibet.ca
Commercial| No
Launched| November 28, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-11-28)

World Tibet News (WTN) as well as World Tibet Network News, is a website created in 1992 by Thubten Samdup and the NGO Canada Tibet Committee.[1] This site publishes daily information about Tibet and Tibetans in exile in English and French.

## History

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The Tibetan community in Canada initially supported the Tibetans in India, in Nepal and Tibet by the Canada Tibet Committee, an association founded in 1987.[2] With this association that he co-founded, Thubten Samdup[3] and three other editors created in 1992 an information website in order to connect all Tibetans and Tibet support groups in Canada.[4] Its aim was then to educate the Canadian public on issues concerning Tibet as well as practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism, both the converts and those who immigrated to Canada from Tibet and India to provide them with information and prompt them to develop social networks in their communities.[2] This site initially called CanTibNet (CTN),[5] was quickly used and valued by many Tibetans and friends of Tibet outside Canada. Therefore, it was renamed World Tibet Network.[1] The site based in Montreal offers free annonces and send regularly its newsletter on Tibetan issues extracted from global sources[6] among which the research and news organization about Tibet Tibet Information Network,[5] as well as press releases, for "urgent action alerts" and information of non-governmental and governmental organizations such as the Central Tibetan Administration and various support groups for Tibet. WTN has played an important role in several campaigns, including the release of Gendun Rinchen and opposition campaigns to the Beijing Olympics bid and renewal of the Most favoured nation by President Bill Clinton.[5] In 1999, the service reached more than 40 countries.[6] Its archives dating back 1992 have 8000 articles. Three of the five publishers are Tibetans.[7] Nowadays, WTN is among the still active networks[8] and informs the Tibetans and their friends around the world about Tibet and Tibetans in exile.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Gyaltsen Gyaltag, Exiled Tibetans in Europe and North America (translated by Susanne Martin), in Exile as challenge: the Tibetan diaspora, Hubertus von Welck, Orient Blackswan, 2003, ISBN 9788125025559, p. 257
2. ^ a b Lori Gail Beaman, Peter Beyer, Religion and Diversity in Canada, Volume 16 de Religion and the Social Order, BRILL, 2008, ISBN 9789004170155, p. 140-141
3. ^ An Unsung Hero’s Mission for Tibet: An Interview with Thubten Samdup, Tsamtruk Online Network , 1 septembre 2014
4. ^ Brian J. Given,Encyclopedia of the Developing World, Thomas M. Leonard, Routledge, 2013, ISBN 9781135205089, p. 1549
5. ^ a b c Meg McLagan, Computing for Tibet: Virtual Politics in the Post-Cold War Era in Connected: Engagements with Media, George E. Marcus, University of Chicago Press, 1996, ISBN 9780226504414, p. 163-164
6. ^ a b Michael Buckley, Tibet Travel Adventure Guide, ITMB Pub., 1999, ISBN 9781895907988, p. 261 : "The services are free of charge. Due to potential high e-mail volume you might request digest format. WTN-L or World Tibet Network News is an announcement service based in Montreal, Canada: it regularly sends out batches of news items on Tibetan matters culled from global sources. The service reaches more than 40 countries. To subscribe, send an e-mail to"
7. ^ Peter Ferdinand, The Internet, Democracy and Democratization, Routledge, 2013, ISBN 9781136332524, p. 165
8. ^ Jenny George Daccache, Brandon Valeriano, Hollywood's Representations of the Sino-Tibetan Conflict: Politics, Culture, and Globalization, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, ISBN 9781137290489, p. 136

## External links

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* Official site