British Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged China on Wednesday to make more progress on human rights, saying the issue needed to be addressed not only during the Olympic Games
Two elderly Chinese women who applied to hold a protest during the Olympics were ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday. Police later squelched a pro-Tibet
Beijing's foreign ministry on Wednesday sharply criticized plans by French government ministers to meet with the Dalai Lama. Ministry spokesman Qin Gang demanded more "consideration" for the
Access to Apple's online iTunes Store has been blocked in China after it emerged that Olympic athletes have been downloading and possibly listening to a pro-Tibetan music album
The Chinese government has reportedly detained 35 Pakistanis visiting China to watch Olympics after they were suspected of planning to attack proceedings of the Games
As police with riot clubs patrolled nearby, a merchant whispered that he feared a sweeping crackdown in China's northwestern Muslim region once the Olympic spotlight fades
Indian Olympic Association member and social activist Nafisa Ali cheers a Tibetan girl taking part in a Tibetan Youth Congress-led cycle rally from Jantar Mantar to Rajghat, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, August 20, 2008. The former national swimming champion, Miss India (1976) and Bollywood actress was also present earlier in April to support a symbolic Tibetan freedom torch relay when it was carried through the Indian capital. (Photo by Tenzin Dasel / Phayul.com)
Brian Conley, creator of the well-known videoblog Alive in Baghdad, and four other activists have been detained by Chinese police since early Tuesday morning, apparently for their active role as an
Two elderly Chinese women who applied to demonstrate at official Olympic protest zones have been ordered to serve one year each of reeducation through labour, a close relative said
Five pro-Tibet activists unfurled a banner spelling out "Free Tibet" in English and Chinese in bright blue LED "throwie" lights in Beijing's Olympic Park tonight. The five were detained by
