Press Release

July 31, 2008

Four Tibetans Arrested for Protesting Against Summer Festival to Greet Olympics:
According to a reliable source, on July 28, 2008, Tibetans in Drogshog Township, Nangchen County, Jyekundo (Ch: Yushu) “Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture” (’TAP’) in Qinghai Province has sent an appeal letter to its county authorities stating the immediate release of four Tibetans […]

Popularity: 4% [?]

Dharamshala: Update on Tibet Demonstrations, 31 July 2008 Last updated 4 p.m. (IST) June 2008
Lhasa - Some arrested protestors from Lhundup county given sentences
Some of the people, who were arrested for participating in protests on 15-16 March at Phenpo Lhundup (Ch: Lingzhi) county, were given arbitrary sentences by the concerned court of Lhasa City in […]

Popularity: 5% [?]

by Lingxi Kong
Ten students are gathered round a table in a seminar room at Columbia University discussing whether greeting scarves should be presented with one hand or two. Six of the students in the group, including me, are Chinese. We are getting a crash course in basic Tibetan etiquette from four Tibetan students […]

Popularity: 2% [?]

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama will begin a three-day teaching on Atisha’s ‘Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment (jangchup lam ki drolma)’ on 4 August here at the Tsuglagkhang, main temple.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama/File Photo

The teaching will be conferred at the request of a Korean Buddhist group.
Around 300 to 400 Korean Buddhists are […]

Popularity: 2% [?]

CT[Thursday, July 31, 2008 20:02]

Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday condemned China for its ‘broken promises’ in the buildup to the Olympics and called upon President Bush, who is attending the Games’ Opening Ceremonies, to make a strong public statement in Beijing about China’s repression of human rights and to request a visit […]

Popularity: 2% [?]

Wednesday, 30 July 2008 Saso Popovski competing in single kayak discipline was the first Macedonian to arrive at the Beijing Olympic village.
The first thing Saso did was displayed two large Macedonian flags from the balkony of the Building B6.
The flags were noticed by Chinese Security Officials who mistook them for the […]

Popularity: 2% [?]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon actress has hit out at critics of China’s human rights record in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.

By Anita Singh, Showbusiness Editor
Last Updated: 10:03PM BST 29 Jul 2008
 
The 29-year-old said she was puzzled by the protests.
“I don’t see why people are so negative. The games […]

Popularity: 2% [?]

Local ahtlete reflects on comeptition vs. activism on eve of her third Games

by Anna Thomas
If you’re an athlete going to the Olympics in Beijing this summer, you have plenty to think about. Not just the usual seeds, millisecond finishes and grueling training schedules. In the wake of worldwide protests over China’s human rights record, athletes […]

Popularity: 2% [?]

The Huffington Post[Thursday, July 31, 2008 20:49]

A photo received by TCHRD taken on the streets of Lhasa shows Chinese security forces responding to the protests of March 14, 2008.

Tenzin Norgay has been following reports of human rights violations coming out of Tibet for over six years now. The hardest part, he says, is the unrealistic […]

Popularity: 2% [?]

WASHINGTON (AFP) — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Chinese counterpart held talks Monday on President George W. Bush’s trip to the Olympics in Beijing and international issues, the State Department said.
Rice met with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at her office in the afternoon before a working dinner, officials said.
They “discussed the president’s […]

Popularity: 2% [?]