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.
[Gyaltsen Gyaltag, ''Exiled Tibetans in Europe and North America'' (translated by Susanne Martin), i]
Exile as challenge: the Tibetan diaspora
Hubertus von Welck, Orient Blackswan, 2003, , p. 257
This site publishes daily information about Tibet and Tibetans in exile in English and French.
History
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.
[ Lori Gail Beaman, Peter Beyer]
Religion and Diversity in Canada
Volume 16 de Religion and the Social Order, BRILL, 2008, , p. 140-141 With this association that he co-founded,
Thubten Samdup and three other editors created in 1992 an information website in order to connect all Tibetans and Tibet support groups in Canada. Its aim was then to educate the Canadian public on issues concerning Tibet as well as practitioners of
Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (also referred to as Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Lamaism, Lamaistic Buddhism, Himalayan Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism) is the form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan, where it is the dominant religion. It is also in majo ...
, 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.
This site initially called CanTibNet (CTN),
[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, , p. 163-164 was quickly used and valued by many Tibetans and friends of Tibet outside Canada. Therefore, it was renamed World Tibet Network.
The site based in Montreal offers free annonces and send regularly its newsletter on Tibetan issues extracted from global sources
among which the research and news organization about Tibet
Tibet Information Network
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Taman ...
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as well as press releases, for "urgent action alerts" and information of non-governmental and governmental organizations such as the
Central Tibetan Administration
The Central Tibetan Administration (, , ), often referred to as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, is a non-profit political organization based in Dharamshala, India. Its organization is modeled after an elective parliamentary government, comp ...
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
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In 1999, the service reached more than 40 countries.
[Michael Buckley, ''Tibet Travel Adventure Guide'', ITMB Pub., 1999, , 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"] Its archives dating back 1992 have 8000 articles. Three of the five publishers are Tibetans. Nowadays, WTN is among the still active networks
[Jenny George Daccache, Brandon Valeriano]
Hollywood's Representations of the Sino-Tibetan Conflict: Politics, Culture, and Globalization
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, , p. 136 and informs the Tibetans and their friends around the world about Tibet and Tibetans in exile.
References
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External links
Official site
Mass media in Montreal
Tibet
Tibetan diaspora
Tibetan news websites
Tibetan society
Internet properties established in 1992
1992 in Tibet