CHINA has rejected repeated requests from Australia to allow diplomats to visit Tibet, just two weeks before a visit to China by Kevin Rudd. Australian embassy officials in Beijing made a written request to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs last…
Update for Wednesday, 26 March 2008, last updated 2pm (IST) Re: Tibet demonstrations Tight restrictions continue in Lhasa Tsuglagkhang temple and Barkhor (area surrounding the Tsuglagkhang) continue to remain sealed by the military. Shops (except a few Chinese owned) remain…
The following statement was read by Amnesty International at the UN Human Rights Council on the afternoon of 25 March 2008. Mr. President, Amnesty International is deeply concerned at human rights violations during recent events in the Autonomous Region of…
You are probably reading in horror about the events in Tibet we feel we have no control over. But sometimes there is a window when we have real power to play an active role in stopping human rights abuses overseas….
Those who are on mailing lists of Tibetan activist or support groups should be especially vigilant, and the usual advice of not opening e-mails or attachments that you are not expecting, or that come from unusual sources, applies.