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9Th CIRCUIT COURT
ENDS TPS, SUPPORTS DJT ETHNIC CLEANSING : DEPORTATIONS
T0 PROGEED FOR 60,000 LONG-
TERM RESIDENTS FROM NEPAL,
HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA
This wk, a three-judge panel on the #WestCoast's typically more liberal 9th Circuit U.S. #Court of Appeals explained they had to follow pr…

Surveillance tools exported by China, based on US tech and obtained by Chinese companies, to countries like Nepal are being used to stifle Tibetan refugees (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/china-tibet-nepal-sur…

Chinese surveillance based on US tech is used to silence Tibetans in Nepal
Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology, from cameras in Vietnam to censorship firewalls in Pakistan to citywide monitoring systems in Kenya. This technology is now a key part of China’s push for global influence, as it provides cash-strapped governments cost-effective, if invasive, forms of policing — turning algorithms and data into a force multiplier for control. The irony at the heart of this digital authoritarianism i…

US judge blocks Trump move to end protected status for thousands from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua (Ted Hesson/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-blocks-trump-move-end-protected-status-thousands-honduras-nepal-2025-12-31/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251231/p51#a251231p51

Help Stop Cruel Sports Events at the Chitwan Elephant "Festival" #AnimalRights

Help Stop Cruel Sports Events at the Chitwan Elephant Festival
Please send an urgent letter to representatives of Nepal's Ministry of Forests and Environment urging them not to provide government elephants for the Chitwan Elephant Festival’s cruel sports events like polo and football.

Virtual Information Session: Buddhist Studies Graduate Programs of Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Nepal
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US tech enabled China's surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/china-tibet-nepal-surveillance-technology-silicon-valley-eadac8211c5d0ca88374afecfbba00d5
http://www.memeorandum.com/251220/p35#a251220p35

Virtual Information Session: Buddhist Studies Graduate Programs of Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Nepal https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20133798/virtual-information-session-buddhist-studies-graduate-programs

Gen Zers have taken on their governments. From around the world, they tell us why. - CSMonitor.com https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2025/1124/Gen-Zers-have-taken-on-their-governments.-From-around-the-world-they-tell-us-why

Gen Zers have taken on their governments. From around the world, they tell us why.
From Nepal to Peru and from Madagascar to Morocco, Generation Z-led protests have rocked governments. The revolution has brushstrokes of youth, from the use of a gaming platform to organize it to a ubiquitous symbol – a Jolly Roger flag. Perhaps most extraordinary about the Gen Z protests: their interconnection. A global generation has spawned a global movement.

Ich hatte die rezenten Unruhen in Nepal zwar am Schirm, aber nicht das Ausmaß niedergebrannter Gebäude in Kathmandu, von dem mir gestern erzählt wurde. Mitarbeiter*innen der National Archives konnten knapp verhindern, dass das Gebäude niedergebrannt wurde, indem sie sich selbst davorstellten. (Die National Archives sind auch für Sanskrithandschriften sehr, sehr wichtig.)

Eleven organizations just won a combined $5.9M for solutions that are actually changing lives.
The 2026 Zayed Sustainability Prize winners are tackling everything from AI diagnostics to eco-brick production. Since 2008, this prize has impacted over 411 million people through innovations in health, water, energy, and climate action.

Zayed Sustainability Prize Honours Global Pioneers Advancing Progress - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. US$5.9M awarded to 11 organisations and high schools from the UAE, Brazil, Canada, Nepal, Switzerland, Uganda and across six sustainability categories From AI-enabled diagnostics to Cooling-as-a-Service, this year’s winners deliver locally adapted innovations that empower millions In 18 years, the ... [continued]