Open letter from ex party officials calls for end to media censorship in China
A group of former high-ranking political and cultural officials published a rare, strongly worded open letter to the top legislature calling mainland media censorship unconstitutional and saying it should be abolis
Another student leader of Machu school protests sentenced to 2 years prison
Another Tibetan student leader detained in March this year for leading a protest against the Chinese government on the second anniversary of the 2008 nation-wide uprising has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, Dolkar Kyap, a native
Nobel award highlights China’s incomplete evolution
There is a satisfying symmetry in the coincidence that the announcement by the Nobel Committee of the award of this year’s Peace Prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo came within a few hours of the 99th anniversary of the revolution that
Dalai Lama slams China’s treatment of Nobel Peace Laureate
Criticising China’s irate response to awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiabao, exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama Monday said Beijing must transform itself into a transparent society
Nun mentally unsound after prison torture, discharged to family: rights group
A Tibetan nun jailed in May 2008 had become “mentally unsound” after being reportedly tortured in prison and was handed over to her family in September 2008, Tibetan
China Nobel laureate’s wife slams ‘house arrest’
The wife of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo slammed the government on Wednesday for keeping her under “illegal house arrest” since her husband won the award last week
The Dalai Lama’s message resonates for San Jose crowd
The 75-year-old spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists sat cross-legged on a tall, golden yellow throne as robed monks sat on the huge stage before him and clergy of other faith
German lawmakers support wife of jailed Tibetan filmmaker on Europe tour
A group of German parliamentarians have called for the release of a jailed Tibetan filmmaker who is currently serving a six-year prison sentence for making “Le