Peace March for ‘Tibet’s Freedom – India’s Security’
Ten members of the ‘Youth Volunteers for Free Tibet’ (YVFT), a Delhi based Tibetan Youth activist group working on the issue of Tibetan freedom struggle, are leading a Peace March from
Tibetan college students meet for the second all India conference
Some 60 Tibetan college students’ delegation from 18 different students’ chapters across India have made it to the 2nd All India Tibetan College Students’ Conference (AITCSC) that began yesterday
China: Talk of maintaining new rules for foreign journalists after Olympics is greeted with scepticism
We have monitored 65 cases of foreign journalists being arrested, beaten, prevented from doing a report or threatened since the new rules were supposed to take effect on 1 January
Displaying Dalai Lama’s picture in Tibet
In this undated picture taken in Tibet, a Tibetan man shows off images of his spiritual leaders, including the Dalai Lama at right. The Chinese government has banned images of the Dalai Lama from being displayed in monasteries, though many Tibetans value such depictions of the leader. Photojournalist Howell approached the man in a friendly, nonthreatening manner and built a rapport with him that led to the man allowing this photo to be taken. (Joe Howell: howell@knews.com/Knoxnews.com)
As Beijing Olympics approach, questions abound about how China will limit freedoms
In a prelude to likely protests, in August several foreign activists hung a 4,800-square-foot banner from the Great Wall that read “One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008
For China’s Journalism Students, Censorship Is a Core Concept
About 200 Tsinghua University journalism students filled a classroom one recent Friday evening for a two-hour lecture on the political history of Tibet
Spreading warmth
The city has seen some drastic changes over the past few years. But amongst some of the signposts that have withstood the ravages of time are the Tibetan stalls that come up on the sides of the roads