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Monthly Archives: August, 2008

Tibetan exiles, supporters worldwide to observe 12-hour fasting on August 30

Tibetan Solidarity Committee today announced Tibetans exiles and supporters of Tibet’s cause around the world were to sit for a 12-hour fasting on August 30 in their effort to resolve the current crisis

Medical Care Forced on Second Batch of Fasting Tibetans

After a much anticipated wait the police finally came down on TYC and took the hunger strikers in the afternoon today. A medical team came calling and deemed four of the six men critical. They

1,000 Tibetan protesters arrested in Nepal: police

Stick-wielding police in Nepal's capital Kathmandu arrested at least 1,000 Tibetan exiles as they protested outside a Chinese embassy building, police and witnesses said Thursday

French rights minister hopes to meet Dalai Lama

France's human rights minister, Rama Yade, said Thursday she hopes to see the Dalai Lama while he visits France, although the exiled Tibetan spiritual guide dropped plans to meet President

IOC: China should not prevent media from reporting

The International Olympic Committee said Thursday it frowned on the actions of Chinese security officials who allegedly manhandled a British journalist as he tried to report on a pro-Tibet

Cyclist Cadel Evans speaks out on Tibet as he leaves Beijing

Australian cyclist Cadel Evans has flown out of the Beijing Olympics today, voicing his opinion on the situation in Tibet. Evans, who finished fifth in the men's road cycling individual time trial

Arrested in Tibet: A Young American’s Journey of Fear

Wen-Yan King listens to Devendra Banhart, The Temptations and The Beatles. She likes hash browns. She drinks too much coffee. The Lion King is her all time favorite feel-good movie. Her

China deports pro-Tibet activists

Eight pro-Tibet activists who staged a protest near Beijing's main Olympic venues have been deported, a spokeswoman for the group Students for a Free Tibet says

I am a free spokesperson of the Tibetan people – the Dalai Lama

His Holiness the Dalai Lama said Wednesday that more than a leader of the Tibetan people he is the free spokesperson of the Tibetan people.

TYC dupes Indian police; replaces hunger strikers with volunteers

Tibetan Youth Congress replaced the six men on hunger strike with volunteers late in the evening yesterday causing much confusion among Indian police who took the healthy men to the hospital

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