‘Timing not right’ for Sarkozy meeting: Dalai Lama spokesman
The Dalai Lama’s representative in France said Thursday the month of the Olympics was the wrong time for him to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy, but that a meeting would take place later
Security tightened at Chinese Embassy in Delhi
With the stage set for Beijing Olympics tomorrow, a multi-layer security cordon was thrown around the Chinese Embassy here as a precautionary measure to ward off protests by Tibetans as
Taiwanese, Tibetans urge China hold ‘human right Olympics’
More than 200 Taiwanese, Tibetans and Chinese dissidents held a rally on the eve of the opening of the Beijing Olympics to demand China hold a “human rights Olympics.”The rally at Taipei’s
German fencer to skip opening ceremony in protest
A German fencer is fashioning her own opening ceremony, skipping the official one to protest China’s communist government. Imke Duplitzer, who won a silver medal in Athens, will stay away from
Tibetans, Uighurs and Mongolians protested in front of the Chinese embassy in Berlin
A day before the Olympics open in Beijing, around 100 protestors rallied in front of the Chinese embassy in Berlin Thursday to demonstrate for human rights. Similar protests are planned in
TYC launches Tibetan People’s Mass Movement
The Tibetan People’s Mass Movement was launched on the eve of the Beijing Olympics in New Delhi today. Around forty two regional chapters of the organization across the country showed up
Tibetan exiles stage mass demonstrations to protest Beijing Olympics
With Olympic games’ opening ceremony to kick off less than few hours in Beijing, hundreds of restless Tibetans today rallied in Dharamsala, the Tibetan administrative capital in exile, to condemn against, what they
Protesters detained by Beijing police
At least two women who have protested being evicted from their homes ahead of the Olympics were taken to a police station amid ramped up efforts by activists to use the games to spotlight
Norwegian Tibet committee encourages people to join light protest
Tomorrow, the 7th of August, is the day before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing. The Norwegian Tibet Committee joins a grassroot campaign called ‘Candle for Tibet’ and urges
Nearly 2,000 Tibetans protest in Nepalese capital
An estimated 2,000 Tibetan exiles demonstrated in Kathmandu Thursday, a day ahead of the official start of the Olympic Games in Beijing. The demonstration was the biggest by Tibetan exiles