Contact is taking a break after 25 years of bringing you news of Tibet and Tibetan issues. We are celebrating our 25 years by bringing you the story of Contact and the people who have made it happen, and our archive is still there for you to access at any time, and below you can read the story of Contact, how it came into being and the wonderful reflections of the people who have made it happen over the years.
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News has just emerged of two Tibetan tour guides sentenced to life imprisonment in 2010. Tsering Samdup, in his mid 20s from Shigatse was sentenced when an American climber from his group hoisted a Tibetan national flag at Mt Everest base camp and took pictures of it. Another unidentified Tibetan guide was sentenced to life for infringing the official descriptions of the Dalai Lama to foreign tourists visiting the Potala Palace.
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