Broadcasting Board of Governors exploits Dalai Lama’s support for Voice of America while hiding its plan to end VOA radio to Tibet

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The Broadcasting Board of Governors public relations officials should be ashamed to promote Dalai Lama’s support for the Voice of America in press releases and announcements while keeping hidden from the public in the same PR materials their plan to end Voice of America radio broadcasts to Tibet. “For a journalistic organization, it is shameful [...]

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Elimination, not reduction, of Voice of America Tibetan radio is proposed by BBG

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The Dalai Lama said that Voice of America Tibetan radio is “vital medicine” for Tibetans, and the Tibetan people consider it as one of the most valuable and priceless gifts from the people and government of the United States to them. The Broadcasting Board of Governors Chief Financial Officer Maryjean Buhler pointed out at last [...]

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Obama, Clinton, Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi congratulate VOA on 70th anniversary amid severe cuts

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As the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) plans to eliminate and reduce numerous Voice of America (VOA) broadcasting services as part of the Obama Administration proposed budget for fiscal year 2013, VOA celebrated 70 years of broadcasting this year, and marked this milestone on Wednesday, March 7th, with a special event at VOA headquarters in [...]

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Broadcasting Board of Governors Needs Sensitivity Training on Tibet

Mar 05, 2012 1 Comment

This commentary was written by Edite Lynch in response to the news that a Tibetan widow and a middle school girl set themselves on fire and died this weekend in China’s Sichuan and Ganzu provinces in self-immolation protests. They were demanding freedom and an end to Chinese rule. This brings to 25 the number of [...]

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Scholar of Tibetan history joins CUSIB's Advisory Board

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The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) announced that Jianglin Li, a scholar of Tibetan history, joined its Advisory Board. Jianglin Li is a researcher and writer, focusing exclusively on the history of Tibet after 1950. She has conducted research in Tibetan refugee camps in India and Nepal and interviewed hundreds of refugees. Since 2004, [...]

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