Young Tibetan Women embark on a Leadership stint
The fifth annual Tibetan Women’s Leadership Program (TWLP) commenced today at Bangalore. Organized by Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA), 27 young female partici
Liu Xiaobo
A supporter of one of China’s most prominent dissidents, Liu Xiaobo, is pulled away from journalists outside the courthouse where Liu is on trial in Beijing December 25, 2009. China’s most prominent dissident, Liu, who turns 54 on Monday and a veteran of the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests, was sentenced on Friday to 11 years in prison on charges of “incitement to subvert state power”, his lawyer said. Liu was a main author of the Charter 08 manifesto which called for sweeping political reforms. He has been in custody since a few days before Charter 08 was launched online on Dec. 10, 2008, to mark the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.(REUTERS/David Gray)
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo jailed for 11 years for subversion
China’s communist party leaders appear to be sending a message to anyone else who might want to challenge their total grip on power: don’t. Chinese people have been given many freedoms since reforms were first begun 30 years ago but
United by Ngabo’s death, Dharamsala and Beijing mourn
The exile Tibetan government said it mourned the demise of the former Tibetan minister Ngabo Ngawang Jigme while the General Office of the