Demise of a Place: An Obituary
A prominent part of Mcleod Gunj, Dharamsala, was gutted by a fire two days ago. Luckily, no lives were lost; but the blaze that was subdued all too late left forever scarred and altered a small town
Letter: Modernising Tibet
Chinese journalist Lin Gu has just spent a month in Tibet, an intoxicating and spiritual place, where Buddhism remains a dominant force, despite Chinese Communist control.
China’s Human Rights Abuses
Serious human rights abuses continue in China. At a congressional hearing on human rights and China’s one-child-per-family policy, Michael Kozak, U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights
Political Prisoner Hada Suffers Torture in Prison
Human Rights in China (HRIC) called today for the urgent release of prominent Inner-Mongolian prisoner of conscience Hada. Deemed to be “resisting reform,” Hada is reported to be routinely subjected to torture and ill-treatment, and held under a particularly harsh disciplinary regimen at Chifeng Prison, Inner Mongolia.
BJP wants immigrants’ deportation
The BJP has demanded identification and deportation of illegal immigrants, who are allegedly “causing population explosion” in the region.
Obituary of Tibetan writer Yidam Tsering
On 24 October 2004, the 71 year-old Tibetan writer Yidam Tsering passed away in Lanzhou city, Gansu Province. Yidam Tsering only wrote in Chinese but his work was translated into Tibetan and was widely read.
Court in Tibet sentences three Nepalese for drug trafficking
Three Nepalese who helped smuggle 30 kilograms (65 pounds) of heroin into Tibet were sentenced Tuesday to long prison terms, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.