Transcript of Video-Conference with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Chinese Activists
I knew Ngabo even before 1950. People who knew Ngabo at that time viewed him as an honest person, someone of integrity. I also viewed Ngabo as progressive and trusted
China rights activists hope Obama won’t disappoint
The wife of missing Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng fought back tears Wednesday as she spoke of her children’s pain living without their father, who disappeared in April 2010
Chinese activists
Geng He (L), the wife of missing Chinese dissident Gao Zhisheng, participates in a press conference to discuss Chinese human rights records on the eve of President Hu Jintao’s White House arrival on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (AFP/Tim Sloan)
Minnesota Tibetans take to the streets of Chicago
Before the sun rises Thursday in St. Paul, Jigme Ugen and other Minnesota Tibetans will board buses for the streets of Chicago, where they will join other Tibetans protesting the Chinese government and visiting Chinese President Hu
‘A lot to be done’: Hu tackles human rights
It was, unquestionably, the most important public moment of Hu Jintao’s visit to the US so far. The moment President Hu Jintao was put on the spot about China’s human rights record
Canadian paleontologists reveal earthly origins of mysterious Tibetan footprints
When giant, human-shaped footprints were found stamped in rock at a construction site in Tibet in 1999, local residents celebrated what they believed to be the discovery of ancient traces left by the legendary figure King Gesar, the hero of
Obama presses Hu on human rights
On Tibet, Obama said the United States supports dialogue between China and representatives of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, and wants Beijing to respect the religious rights of the Tibe