Pilgrims fear returning back to Tibet
China has placed around a dozen special security checkpoints en route to the Tibetan capital Lhasa from neighbouring Nepal to scrutinise and investigate Tibetan pilgrims returning back from Indian and Nepal.
School children kick off cycle rally for Tibet
Three Tibetan school students began a cycle rally for Tibet from the Tibetan settlement of Bylakuppe in the south Indian state of Karnataka to the Indian capital city New Delhi, yesterday.
Chinese dissident tells of torture, seeks US asylum
Amidst the alarming consistency with which China has been sending its dissenting writers and legal activists to lengthy jail terms, another of its writers is planning to seek asylum in the US.