Oireachtas committee seeks Olympic boycott

The Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs is to ask the Government to consider not sending representatives to the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, in protest at the abuse

Candlelight vigil aims for Tibetan freedom

Jan Ligarde began volunteering with Tibetan exiles in the early 1990s. “I think if one person, just one, is being abused in injustice, we should stand up for that one person

Three day peace protest in Mumbai

The first day of a three day series of prayer meetings, candlelight vigils and marches began yesterday in Mumbai. The program organized by the

Carrying a torch for Tibet

The Olympic torch relay is becoming an embarrassment to China as demonstrators are lining the relay route in protest of China’s human-rights record in Tibet

Olympic president makes rare criticism of China

China faced rare criticism of its human rights record from the head of the International Olympics Committee on Thursday, even as calls for a boycott of the opening ceremony of the games grew louder in Europe