Pro-Tibetan doc gets rare screening in Beijing
A new documentary made by a pro-Tibet group on what Tibetans think of the Olympics premiered in Beijing on Wednesday under a veil of secrecy. The film, “Leaving Fear Behind”, was shown to a small
Activists Injured At Chinese Consulate In San Francisco
Two days before the opening ceremony of the Olympic games in Beijing, one activist was injured when officials at the Chinese consulate allegedly cut her climbing rope, causing her to drop around
Sarkozy says he will not meet Dalai Lama in France
French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s office says he will not meet with the Dalai Lama when the Tibetan spiritual leader visits France next week. Sarkozy’s office says in Wednesday’s statement
Himalayan Committee on Action for Tibet meets to strategize
The Himalayan Committee for Action on Tibet (HIMCAT) met in New Delhi today to plan and discuss strategies on activities post Olympics. The Committee has worked tirelessly to organize
TYC intensifies movement with second batch of hunger strikers
Six fresh faces sat on the second indefinite fast without food and water as part of TYC’s direct action campaign against China. These new men have embarked on another arduous journey of pushing
Bush: China must end detentions, ensure freedoms
Bound for the Beijing Olympics, President Bush is carrying a message of “deep concerns” about the state of human rights in China and urging the communist nation
China revokes visa of gold medalist, Darfur activist Cheek
Olympic gold medalist and outspoken Darfur activist Joey Cheek has had his visa revoked by the Chinese embassy, hours before the speedskating champion was set to fly to China. And he wasn’t even planning on wearing a mask
BEIJING 2008: US Christians protest in Tiananmen Square
After Tibet, the theme of religious freedom is once again at the centre of a fresh protest in Beijing 48 hours before the Olympic opening ceremony is to get underway. Three US Christian activists, two men and a woman
Dalai Lama offers ‘prayers and good wishes’ for Beijing Olympics
The exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today extended greetings and, offered prayers and good wishes for the success of the Beijing Olympics due to start on Friday
GetUp hopeful Pro-Tibet ad will screen before opening ceremony
Advocacy Group GetUp says it has not been told if the screening of its Tibetan human rights advertisment on Channel Seven at the start of the Olympic Games opening ceremony will breach event