Hunger Strikers: Weak but Defiant
After eight days into an indefinite fast without food and water, the general impression would be that of mentally worn out activists. Visiting doctor Sunil Mittal from Ram Manohar Lal Hospital
Himalayan Committee to go on hunger strike for Tibet
Some 250 members from the Himalayan Committee for Action on Tibet (HIMCAT) across the belt of Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh expressed their solidarity and support for Tibet by participating in a peace
Tibetans intensify Nepal protests before Olympics
Nepali police detained at least 80 Tibetans in Kathmandu on Monday as the exiles stepped up anti-China protests four days before the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing
Protests over Beijing home evictions
About 20 people angry about being evicted from their homes in central Beijing have demonstrated not far from Tiananmen Square, saying the Olympics should not curb their legal rights
Dalai Lama begins teachings for “Korean Dharma friends”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Monday began three-day Buddhist teachings at the Main Tibetan Temple (Tsuglag-khang) at the request of a Korean group, which he referred to as “our Korean Dharma friends”
It’s protesters vs. China, and the world will be watching
Activists savor the chance to steal the spotlight during the Olympic Games and air their grievances. They’d like to unfurl banners, streak across playing fields and hack into stadium screens
Into the dragon’s den I went and came out unscathed (Conclusion)
In the year of hosting the Summer Olympics things are going the opposite way for China. This time of the year when it should be balmy, summer peak-season for tourism, in western China hotel
Barry Sautman’s response to Jamyang Norbu’s opinion piece “Running-Dog Propagandists”
Being attacked by Jamyang Norbu is like being criticized by John Bolton, George W. Bush’s bellicose former US representative to the United Nations. Many movements have someone who does
“Dalai Lama’s Man in America” Joins Candle for Tibet
Robert Thurman, whom the New York Times called “The Dalai Lama’s man in America,” officially supports Candle for Tibet, the biggest single action in the world for a free Tibet
Athletes urged to act on Tibet
European Parliament president, Hans-Gert Pottering, has called on Olympic athletes to demonstrate against human rights abuses when they line up in China, saying one could not “forget”