A group of 14 Norwell High School students, accompanied by their principal Stephen Mahoney, were among more than 1,000 young activists to attend a demonstration in New York City Monday to protest human rights abuses.
F W DE KLERK - Former president of South Africa, co-recipient with Nelson Mandela of the Nobel peace prize in 1993. "Right from the beginning I took the view that the international community needs to take strong action against the Saddam Husseins of this world
For the past two weeks, Cornell's East Asia Program has been collaborating with Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) in the yearly "Ithaca-Cornell Tibet Weeks" event. The highlight of this week occurred Wednesday evening at Anabel Taylor Hall as world-renowned Tibetan monk Palden Gyatso
As the Beastie Boys drift towards middle age, Adam Yauch tells the 'Taipei Times' why they're bringing the Tibet cause to Taiwan, and even a little bit about the music. I call up the Tokyo hotel, give the desk clerk the correct alias
The fall of Baghdad happened so quickly that no one had time to come up with an antiwar song that spoke to our doubts and fears and resentments of the military-industrial complex. No "Masters of War," not even a "Fixin' to Die Rag."
From left, "Freddy," concert organizer, Legislator Hsiao Bi-khim, Chen Sheng, singer, and Lennon Hsu, singer from Tizzy Bac, show off their Tibetan Freedom Concert tattoos on their fists during a press conference in Taipei yesterday. (Peter Mah , Taiwan News)
Squashing rumors of a possible pullout, the famous hip-hop trio Beastie Boys is set to headline the Tibetan Freedom Concert this Sunday at the Sungshan Cigarette Factory in Taipei. This year's show marks the 10th concert for the event since 1996 and its first time to be held in Taiwan.
Tibetans in Lhasa and other areas of Tibet are talking about an imminent visit not only by envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, but by the Dalai Lama himself, according to Radio Free Asia Tibetan service.
