A group of Tibetans on Monday lit a symbolic flame at Olympia, birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, to protest against their country's occupation by China, host of this year’s Olympics.
The head of China's regional government in Tibet confirmed Tuesday that about 300 Tibetan monks staged a protest march this week in the capital of Lhasa but said authorities diffused the incident without arrests.
Yesterday at the Seventh Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Society for Threatened Peoples, a Non-Governmental Organisation based in Germany, criticized Nepal as a country which maintains
Tibetans and Tibet support groups commemorated the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan people’s uprising against the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Tibetans and many supporters protested in front
China's warnings of a series of sinister Tibetan and Muslim threats could be part of a campaign to silence all manner of dissent ahead of the Olympics, rights groups and activists say.
About a hundred people met outside the Chinese embassy in Prague Monday afternoon, carrying banners and Tibetan flags, and lighting candles in commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese oppression.
Up to 60 Buddhist monks were arrested in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa as authorities quashed protests marking an uprising that led to the exile of the Dalai Lama, Radio Free Asia said Tuesday.
Tibetan flags were fluttering today in front of the Chinese embassy in Warsaw. Some dozen Tibetan supporters manifested at the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising (1959)
Tibetans and Germans today have commemorated the Tibetan uprising day and gathered in front of the Chinese embassy in Berlin. The "Association of Tibetans in Germany"
On 8th March, Tibet Support Network Japan and Tibetan community in Japan observed the 10th March Tibetan uprising anniversary in Tokyo. In the morning, some fifteen to twenty Tibetan and Japanese
