Tibetans arrested in Tibet under fear of torture and inhuman treatment: TCHRD
Tibetans arrested from Barkhor in Lhasa are under fear of torture and inhuman treatment, a Tibetan rights body said on Tuesday. The group also said it received the names of four of the
March to Tibet: 2008
Exiled Tibetans, accompanied by supporters, walk along the hilly road on the outskirts of Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile in India, on the second day of their return march to Tibet. The “100 Core Marchers” on Tuesday morning braved Indian police order, served late Monday night, restraining them from leaving the local district to continue with their march. The marchers are determined to cover 20kms each day. The marchers were Tuesday still 40kms from the district border and were uncertain when the police would stop them. (Photo by Tenzin Dasel / Phayul.com)
Crowd rallies for a free Tibet
Protesters gathered Monday in Union Square for the 49th Tibetan National Uprising Day. Organizers stood on a stage and led an audience of hundreds, many waving Tibetan flags
300 demonstrators in Marseille to support Return March to Tibet
Around 300 people gathered in Marseille (France) to commemorate the Tibetan Uprising Day. This year, the demonstration has a specific angle: to publicly contest the Beijing Olympics and support
Tibetans light Beijing 2008 protest flame at Olympia
A group of Tibetans on Monday lit a symbolic flame at Olympia, birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, to protest against their country’s occupation by China, host of this year’s Olympics.
Government leader in Tibet confirms protests by monks in Lhasa
The head of China’s regional government in Tibet confirmed Tuesday that about 300 Tibetan monks staged a protest march this week in the capital of Lhasa but said authorities diffused the incident without arrests.
NGO Urge UN Expert Group to Seek Clarifications from Nepal and China
Yesterday at the Seventh Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Society for Threatened Peoples, a Non-Governmental Organisation based in Germany, criticized Nepal as a country which maintains
March 10 in Italy
Tibetans and Tibet support groups commemorated the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan people’s uprising against the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Tibetans and many supporters protested in front
China warnings could be aimed at dissent: rights groups
China’s warnings of a series of sinister Tibetan and Muslim threats could be part of a campaign to silence all manner of dissent ahead of the Olympics, rights groups and activists say.
Czechs rally in support of Tibet
About a hundred people met outside the Chinese embassy in Prague Monday afternoon, carrying banners and Tibetan flags, and lighting candles in commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese oppression.