Prince Charles urged to push Tibet cause

The Prince of Wales has been urged to speak out in support of Tibet when he holds a private meeting with the Chinese president on Thursday. The Free Tibet campaign group has written to Charles listing a range of human rights concerns

Defiant farmers in Kardze face arrests, beatings: Report

Chinese authorities in Kardze in Sichuan province are on an “arrest and beating drive” against Tibetan farmers in eastern Tibet who have defiantly undertaken a “Farming Boycott Movement” to protest against China’s repressive measures

‘We cleared the route for the Dalai Lama’

Ratuk Ngawang was one of the senior leaders of the Chushi-Gangdruk (Four Rivers, Six Ranges), a Tibetan guerrilla outfit which fought against Chinese rule and played a key role in the Dalai Lama’s escape to India in March 1959

Chinese seek to ban Dalai Lama from NZ

The 73-year-old Tibetan exiled spiritual leader is scheduled to visit Auckland on December 6. He will speak at the Vector Arena and plans to meet Prime Minister John Key

China orders tightened Internet controls

China issued new rules Thursday cracking down on the posting of “harmful” political or religious videos online, two weeks after footage of police allegedly beating Tibetan monks circulated on the Web