2011 – Worst year in a decade for activists in China
A prominent Chinese human rights group has said that conditions for activists in China deteriorated to the worst ever in a decade last year. Hong Kong based Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) in its annual report released at the weekend said almost 4,000 incidences
Italian Parliamentarians pledge support to stop violence in Tibet
A delegation of Italian parliamentarians, whohave come to attend the 53rd Tibetan National Uprising daycommemorations said they will lobby their government and the EuropeanUnion to put pressure on China, urging an “immediate cessation” of violence in Tibet