Other Voices
This page aggregates news related to Buddhism, Tibet, and human rights from around 35 blog and news sources. Subscribe to the Other Voices RSS Feed here.
Major Tibet News Sources:
- Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
- Phayul
- International Campaign for Tibet
- Tibet Will be Free
- TIBETSPACE (Check out the Atrocity Update and Compassion Watch sections.
» Hamas: Journalist's Detention Violated Due Process
(New York) - The 25-day detention by Hamas authorities of the journalist Paul Martin seriously violated his due process rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Martin was arrested on February 14, 2010, and was released today.
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VOA News: Tibet » China Slams Dalai Lama's Speech བོད་སྐད།
China is reacting angrily to the Dalai Lama's latest speech on religious and ethnic rights, saying it exposed his intent to split China. [Link]
VOA News: Tibet » Tibetans in Asia and Europe Marks March 10th Anniversary བོད་སྐད།
Groups of Tibetan exiles, monks and activists protested in Taiwan and Belgium on Wednesday to mark the 51st anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against China. [Link]
» Hamas: Journalist's Detention Violated Due Process
(New York) - The 25-day detention by Hamas authorities of the journalist Paul Martin seriously violated his due process rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Martin was arrested on February 14, 2010, and was released today.
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» Hamas: Journalist's Detention Violated Due Process
(New York) - The 25-day detention by Hamas authorities of the journalist Paul Martin seriously violated his due process rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Martin was arrested on February 14, 2010, and was released today.
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Tibet Custom » Tibetans And Supporters Mark 51st National Uprising Day In Taiwan
Tibetans and Taiwanese supporters pray during a
candlelight vigil at the Liberty Square in Taipei on
10 March 2010, to mark the 51st anniversary of the
Tibetan National Uprising Day
Taipei: The Taiwanese friends of Tibet joined Tibetans in commemorating of the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising …
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Tibet Custom » EU Body Inspired By Tibetan Community In Exile
Dharamshala: The visiting delegation from the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), a consultative body of the European Union, said "they were highly impressed by the model of civil society and democracy in the exile Tibetan community".
The delegates visited the Tibetan reception centre to meet the newly arrived refugees, and …
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Tibet Custom » Czech Green Deputies Show Support For Tibetans' Nonviolent Struggle
The Greens say they want to demonstrate their support to all nations
and groups whose rights are suppressed. (ČTK)
Dharamshala: The Czech Green (SZ) deputies on Wednesday expressed support for Tibetans in their non-violent efforts on the occasion of the 51st Tibetan National Uprising Day. The deputies hoisted the Tibetan flag …
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» Syria: Repression Grows as Europe, US Avoid Discussing Rights
(New York) – Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign relations chief, should raise human rights concerns with Syrian officials during her visit next week and seek specific commitments to improve their record, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Monkey Mind » Gone Sitting
This afternoon Jan & I are off to sesshin, leaving auntie & the cats in charge of the homestead. This means it is unlikely there will be any additional posts before Sunday evening…
In the meantime here's something to chew on…
Nothing
Nothing sings in our bodies
like breath in a flute.
It dwells in … [Link]
» Syria: Repression Grows as Europe, US Avoid Discussing Rights
(New York) – Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign relations chief, should raise human rights concerns with Syrian officials during her visit next week and seek specific commitments to improve their record, Human Rights Watch said today.
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» Syria: Repression Grows as Europe, US Avoid Discussing Rights
(New York) – Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign relations chief, should raise human rights concerns with Syrian officials during her visit next week and seek specific commitments to improve their record, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Phayul Latest News » March 10 around the world - compiled report
As thousands of Tibetans and Tibet supporters in dozens of countries took to the streets yesterday to commemorate the 51st anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and to show solidarity with a new nonviolent resistance movement ga [Link]
Monkey Mind » Happy birthday, Bobby…
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Tibet Custom » Nepal does China's bidding on aniversarry of Uprising in Tibet
Nepalese police try to stop hundreds exiled Tibetans from protesting against the Chinese government at Baudhanath Stupa, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
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thinkBuddha.org » Missing Out
A couple of years back I reviewed Charles Taylor’s book A Secular Age. Since reading Taylor’s book, I have found myself thinking about the claim that he makes there about missing out. It is a common charge in religious circles directed towards naturalistic understandings of the world. Here is an example, …
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Phayul Latest News » March 10 rally in Ottawa calls on G8 leaders to promote Tibet dialogue with Hu
The Canada Tibet Committee (CTC) called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as host of the G8 summit, to bring his counterparts together to deliver an unambiguous [Link]
China View » Update: Chinese Artist’s Abducted Husband Being Held at Brainwash Class, at Risk of Torture
The Falun Dafa Information Center, Mar. 9, 2010-
NEW YORK— According to reliable sources inside China, a Falun Gong practitioner who was abducted at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on February 18 en route to the United States is currently in the custody of the Public Security Bureau in Anhui province. The …
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China View » Censorship and threats after 13 Chinese newspapers publish joint editorial about Hukou
Reporters Without Borders, Mar. 9, 2010-
Reporters Without Borders urges the Propaganda Department to lift the censorship imposed on a joint editorial in 13 Chinese daily newspapers calling for the elimination of the internal passport system known as the “hukou.” The press freedom organisation has learned that journalists working for news …
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China View » Recent examples of China Propaganda Department’s Directives on Censorship
Reporters Without Borders, Mar. 9, 2010-
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Censorship continues to be a “Chinese disease” because of the Propaganda Department and local authorities. Editors often receive written or oral directives forbidding them to cover a national or international story. Sometimes the order instructs them to limit themselves to using the official version …
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Phayul Latest News » Angry China blasts Dalai Lama's Tibet anniversary speech
Officials of the Chinese Communist government have reacted with anger to a speech by exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama in which he said Tibetan Buddhists were living in prison-like conditions and, expressed sympathy with the people of East Turkestan and Chinese intellectuals campaigning for greater freedom. [Link]
Tibet Custom » US House Speaker Remembers Tibet's Struggle on National Uprising Day
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, and deputy
speaker of the Tibetan Parliament, Dolma Gyari, right, in Dharamsala, India, on
21 March 2008/Photo:The Associated Press
Washington, DC: US Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, released the following statement yesterday on the 51st Anniversary …
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Tibet Custom » China Urged To Change Its Approach On Tibet Negotiations
Jerzy Buzek, the president of the European Parliament
Dharamshala: At the opening of this week's Strasbourg plenary session, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek appealed to the Chinese leadership to change its approach and to resume the dialogue with the representatives of the Dalai Lama.
"The 10th of March is the 51st …
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Phayul Latest News » Tibetans in Paris March for Freedom
Hundreds took to the streets of Paris on Wednesday in honor of the 51st Tibetan National Uprising Day. While holding signs reading, “Stop the Torture in Tib [Link]
China View » Belgium Musician Calls Shen Yun A ‘Godsend’ And ‘Grandiose’
BRUGES, Belgium—For a third season, New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts has come to Belgium but this was its first performance in Bruges, the European capital of Europe in 2002. The venue, Het Concertgebouw, where Shen Yun performed is reputed to have one of the best acoustics in the world. The …
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