Update on Tibet Demonstrations, 20 Jun 2008
18 June 2008: Karze (Ch: Ganzi) County, Karze “TAP”, Kham (incorporated into Chinese province of Sichuan) – Two nuns severely beaten and arrested for staging a peaceful protest Shitso, age 26, and Dhungtso, age around 20, both nuns from Gewa…
Documentary, Tibet’s Cry For Freedom
The Tibet Project is the journey behind an independently produced documentary about Tibet. A broadcast version of the documentary, Tibet’s Cry For Freedom, Directed and Produced by Lara Damiani, is now ready and interest is being shown by broadcasters worldwide….
China confirms one-day torch relay in Tibet
BEIJING (AFP): The Olympic torch will travel to Tibet this Saturday but only for a day, the organising committee behind the Beijing Games said, citing “adjustments” due to last month’s earthquake. “After the Sichuan earthquake on May 12, the Beijing…
Buddhist Scholar Robert Thurman on ‘Why the Dalai Lama Matters’
Buddhist Scholar Robert Thurman The plight of the Tibetan people, whose cultural and religious heritage has been steadily undermined since their country was invaded by the Chinese government in 1950, has become a cause celebre for the likes of Richard…