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Monthly Archives: August, 2008

Bush: China must end detentions, ensure freedoms

Bound for the Beijing Olympics, President Bush is carrying a message of "deep concerns" about the state of human rights in China and urging the communist nation

China revokes visa of gold medalist, Darfur activist Cheek

Olympic gold medalist and outspoken Darfur activist Joey Cheek has had his visa revoked by the Chinese embassy, hours before the speedskating champion was set to fly to China. And he wasn't even planning on wearing a mask

BEIJING 2008: US Christians protest in Tiananmen Square

After Tibet, the theme of religious freedom is once again at the centre of a fresh protest in Beijing 48 hours before the Olympic opening ceremony is to get underway. Three US Christian activists, two men and a woman

Dalai Lama offers ‘prayers and good wishes’ for Beijing Olympics

The exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today extended greetings and, offered prayers and good wishes for the success of the Beijing Olympics due to start on Friday

GetUp hopeful Pro-Tibet ad will screen before opening ceremony

Advocacy Group GetUp says it has not been told if the screening of its Tibetan human rights advertisment on Channel Seven at the start of the Olympic Games opening ceremony will breach event

YETI: A film about Tibet, releasing online 08/08/08

YETI is a film documenting the Tibetan freedom struggle that has been in the making since the beginning of this year. YETI is inspired by the bravery and perseverance of the Tibetan people in their

Spain to hear Tibetan lawsuit against Chinese leaders

Spain's top criminal court agreed Tuesday to hear a lawsuit from Tibetan rights groups that accuses Chinese leaders of genocide in connection with the unrest that erupted in the region in March

4 activists detained in Beijing for Tibet banners

Police detained four activists Wednesday after they unfurled "Free Tibet" banners outside the Beijing National Stadium, site of the Olympic Games' opening ceremony later this week

Police Take Hunger Strikers to Hospital for Medical Care

As the six hunger strikers entered their ninth day without food and water, the Delhi police today took them to Ram Monohar Lohia Hospital for emergency medical

Hunger Strikers deemed critical; Medical treatment advised

The six Tibetan men who have survived on their strength of character so far see their material loss as a higher gain. Visibly weak on their 9th day without a morsel or drop of water the voice

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