Statement by working group on arbitrary detention following visit to China
The Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Leïla Zerrougui, issued a statement today.
U.N. group says China lags on human rights
A team of United Nations experts said on Monday that China was lagging in bringing human rights laws into line with international agreements and suggested this left the door open for continued abuse of dissenters.
3 Tibetans Among Those Killed in Dimapur Blasts
Three Tibetans are among those who died in the twin explosions in Dimapur, Nagaland. Talking over the phone to Voice of Tibet radio service, Samdup, head of the Tibetan business community of Dimapur
Dalai Lama: China dumping nuke waste in Tibet
Deformed birds and other animals born with birth defects in remote corners of Tibet are evidence China is dumping nuclear waste there, the Dalai Lama said Sunday.
‘Kundun’ to be screened at Tibetan Film Festival
“Kundun”, the film depicting the early life of Dalai Lama, which kicked of a controversy after it was withdrawn from Asian Film Festival in Mumbai in August this year, will now be screened at Tibetan Film Festival
Seventh Art Gets Tibetan Doc, “What Remains of Us”
Seventh Art Releasing has acquired François Prévost and Hugo Latulippe’s “What Remains of Us.” The doc is the story of a young Tibetan refugee who carries a videotaped message from the Dalai Lama to the Tibetan people, allowing her to reconnect with her family.
Musical monks, sand painting usher in Tibet exhibit ARTS
Just before the first Gulf War, while traveling in Nepal, I bought a cheap prayer wheel. Shortly afterward, I suffered gut rot at 14,000 feet and chanted the wheel’s mantra to inspire each foot ahead of the other: “Om mani padme hum,” I said and I thought.