Sharon Stone hurts China’s feelings
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on May 30, 2008
Oh, give me a break. These Chinese are so terribly sensitive — except, of course, when they’re killing and torturing people.
Here is exactly what Sharon Stone said:
This is apparently what upset China so:
… and then all this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and I thought, ‘Is that karma? When you’re […]
Central Tibetan Administration Responds to Chinese Allegations - Part 2
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on May 26, 2008
CTA’s Response to Chinese Government Allegations: Part Two
26 May 2008
Ever since peaceful protests erupted in Tibet, starting from 10 March, the Chinese government used the full force of its state media to fling a series of allegations against the “Dalai Clique”. These allegations range from His Holiness the Dalai Lama masterminding the recent […]
Central Tibetan Administration Responds to Chinese Allegations
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on May 15, 2008
CTA’s response to Chinese government allegations
15 May 2008
Ever since peaceful protests erupted in Tibet, starting from 10 March, the Chinese government used the full force of its state media to fling a series of allegations against the “Dalai Clique”. These allegations range from His Holiness the Dalai Lama masterminding the recent Tibet protest […]
The Terrified Monks
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on May 15, 2008
Via Tricycle and Danny Fisher:
In the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof writes an interesting and more-balanced-than-usual commentary on the violence and repression in Tibet.
In the last couple of months, this greater Tibet has also become a land of arsonist monks, armed troops and bloodied protesters. It’s not formally under martial law today, but that’s […]
Tibet-China-Olympics Update: May 14, 2008
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on May 14, 2008
The volume of news and commentary has slowed considerably in recent weeks. This is unfortunate, as the repression and brutality of China against Tibetans has only increased. Here’s a sampling of what’s still out there:
Escaped Tibetan rioter tells of Chinese repression
Before fleeing across a mountainous border, Kusang Sonam says he hid for […]
Tibetan Government-in-Exile Statement Regarding China-Tibet Talks
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on May 8, 2008
Statement by Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Kasur Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari
Dharamsala, 08 May 2008
Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen and I had the honour of briefing His Holiness the Dalai Lama immediately after our arrival yesterday from China. Kalon Tripa, Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, joined us in the briefing. We also briefed the Deputy […]
China to Spy on International Visitors to the Olympics
Filed Under Human Rights, China | Posted on May 4, 2008
China ‘using internet spy filters’
A US politician has accused the Chinese government of ordering US-owned hotels in China to install internet filters that can spy on international visitors coming to watch the summer Olympic games. Republican Senator Sam Brownback made the claim as he and other politicians denounced China’s record of human rights abuses […]
Tibet-China-Olympics Update: April 30, 2008
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on April 30, 2008
ICT: Mass detentions of monks, suicides and despair as enforced condemnation of Dalai Lama provokes dissent
Mass detentions of monks have continued in the past week and more monasteries have been sealed off by armed troops as a rigorous patriotic education campaign across the Tibetan plateau leads to increasing unrest. As the crackdown deepens, reports […]
Tang Danhong: Reflections on the Tibetan Situation
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on April 28, 2008
This comes via TIBETSPACE. Tang Danhong, a Han Chinese and filmmaker currently living in Israel writes “a moving appeal for human equality coming from someone with first-hand experience of the struggle from both the Tibetan and the Chinese sides.”
It is, indeed, a powerful and moving appeal. The full text of the article […]
Desmond Tutu Joins the Call for Olympics Boycott
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on April 28, 2008
Phayul reports that Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu is calling on world leaders to boycott the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony. Tutu is quoted as saying:
The leaders of the free world, for goodness sake, don’t attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games until it is quite clear that they (the Chinese) mean business […]
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