Dalai Lama: Time Cover Story
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights | Posted on March 22, 2008
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is on the cover of the current edition of Time magazine. You can read the story, “A Monk’s Struggle” by Pico Iyer online.
As the world prepares for the Olympic Games in Beijing this August—and as Tibetans (and those in other occupied areas across China, like Xinjiang) inevitably […]
Chinese Military don Monks’ Robes?
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on March 22, 2008
Apparently, members of the Communist Chinese People’s Liberation Army enjoy playing dress-up.
Phayul.com reports that the riots that began in Lhasa on March 10 were actually incited by agents of the PLA dressed in monk’s robes.
Britain’s GCHQ, the government communications agency that electronically monitors half the world from space, has confirmed the claim by the […]
Germany’s Example
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on March 20, 2008
Germany demonstrates to the world that morality and justice can still outweigh political and economic interests in framing governmental foreign policy. Here’s hoping that other countries follow Germany’s example.
From Phayul.com:
In a fresh blow to Berlin-Beijing relations, Germany has said it is freezing aid talks with the Chinese government as a result of China’s […]
Stand with Tibet
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on March 20, 2008
Avaaz.org is collecting online signatures on a petition to Chinese president Hu Jintao, urging him to end the violence in Tibet.
After decades of repression, Tibetans are crying out to the world for change. China’s leaders are right now making a crucial choice between escalating brutality or dialogue that could determine the future of Tibet, […]
Increasing Global Awareness on the Situation in Tibet
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on March 17, 2008
The Wall Street Journal publishes an Opinion piece by Robert Barnett, Director of Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia University.
The BBC reports “Eighty Killed in Tibetan Unrest.
Phayul reports on this statement from the floor of the EU Parliament: “The European Union must do its utmost to foster a peaceful solution of the current situation in […]
Statement by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the Violence in Tibet
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on March 16, 2008
Washington, DC - March 15, 2008
I am deeply saddened to learn that the turmoil that erupted yesterday in Lhasa following what began as peaceful protests has resulted in the loss of lives, and I am concerned that the violence appears to be continuing. I also am concerned by reports of a sharply increased police […]
Statement of Senator Barack Obama on the situation in Tibet
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on March 16, 2008
Chicago, IL | March 14, 2008
Chicago, IL — “I am deeply disturbed by reports of a crackdown and arrests ordered by Chinese authorities in the wake of peaceful protests by Tibetan Buddhist monks. I condemn the use of violence to put down peaceful protests, and call on the Chinese government to respect the basic […]
An open letter to the United States government regarding the violence in Tibet
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on March 15, 2008
I’ve just sent the following letter to President Bush, Senators Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln, and Representative John Boozman. I’ll republish it here, in case anyone else in power stumbles across it.
Dear …,
The world watches in horror as the Communist Chinese government escalates its brutality and violence against the peacful Tibetan people. […]
How will the world respond? How will we respond?
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights, China | Posted on March 15, 2008
Chinese violence against the Tibetan people is escalating. Beijing Wide Open provides the following report from a phone call from within Tibet:
“The Chinese shot at everybody in sight and blood and piles of corpses are lying around the main temple Tsuglakhang in Lhasa. Many people have been put into prison where they are […]
And now the violence …
Filed Under Tibet, Human Rights | Posted on March 14, 2008
Too much sad news to digest coming out of India, Nepal, and Tibet. Reports of Tibetans killed by the Chinese police in Lhasa; monks injured in Nepal; protestors arrested and detained in Dharamsala and Delhi; Lhasa is “on fire”; monks attempt suicide…
The following is just a small sampling of the headlines currently […]
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