Beijing Olympics 2008: Tibet policy angers IOC chiefs
June 25, 2008
By Richard Spencer in Beijing, The Telegraph
The International Olympic Committee has lost patience with China, issuing an unusual criticism of the authorities for linking policy on Tibet to the Olympics.
It acted after the ruling Communist Party appeared to violate the very principle both its leaders and the IOC have regularly called upon to ward off [...]
Nepal Tibetans begin their March to Tibet
June 25, 2008
Phayul, By Tenzin Sangmo
New Delhi, June 25 – Forty two Tibetans comprising of 23 monks, 17 nuns and 2 laymen began their journey from Kathmandu to Tibet today. The peaceful movement was spearheaded by volunteers who got together in view of the current Tibet crisis and the Nepalese Government’s treatment of Tibetan protestors on its [...]
Keep politics out of Olympics, IOC tells China
June 25, 2008
ABC News (Australia) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reminded China to draw a line between sports and politics, after a Communist party official lashed out at independence sentiment in Tibet during the Olympic flame relay there.
“The IOC regrets that political statements were made during the closing ceremony of the torch relay in Tibet,” [...]
IOC investigates anti-Dalai Lama torch relay speech
June 25, 2008
By Nick Mulvenney, Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is investigating a speech made by Tibet’s Communist Party boss at the end of last weekend’s Beijing torch relay leg in Lhasa in which he denounced the Dalai Lama.
But it was not immediately clear what the IOC, which is unlikely to resort to its [...]
Thoughts on the eve of the torch relay in Tibet
June 24, 2008
From Beijing Wide Open:
The torch relay in Tibet was not just a farce but a complete shame on the Chinese leadership, the IOC and everyone in the Olympic movement who allowed it to happen. During the official ceremony outside of the Potala palace the head of the Communist Party in Tibet vowed to “totally smash [...]
Olympic torch visits tibet to limited media coverage
June 23, 2008
Radio Australia – Listen to the audio program
In Tibet the Chinese Government on the weekend, proceeded with its controversial plan to conduct the Olympic torch relay through the capital, Lhasa under tight security.
Instead of the Olympic flame being a focus for human rights demonstrations, the torch was a rallying point for local pro-China political [...]
It’s Not the Economy, Stupid!
June 23, 2008
From Jamyang Norbu’s blog, Shadow Tibet – June 22nd, 2008
There is considerable disagreement about what exactly happened in Lhasa on March 14th – and why, but I think everyone is agreed on this one fact that the only accredited foreign journalist in Lhasa when the uprising began was James Miles, of the Economist. In an [...]
Analysis: once Olympics are over there will be a settling of accounts
June 23, 2008
By Jane Macartney, Times Online (UK)
Where maroon-robed Tibetan monks would clap their hands and shout in spirited Buddhist debate daily, now only birdsong can be heard. Barely a dozen tourists a day visit Sera monastery on the edge of Lhasa and the monks are nowhere to be seen. Many are confined to their quarters. Some [...]
Lhasa’s monks all but vanish in Chinese crackdown
June 23, 2008
Severe restrictions, including checkpoints and surveillance, imposed since wave of anti-government protests in March, exiles say
By GEOFFREY YORK, from Monday’s Globe and Mail
LHASA — The pilgrims returned to the Potala Palace yesterday, spinning their prayer wheels and prostrating themselves in front of the Dalai Lama’s ancient palace on a mountaintop in Lhasa.
For two days, the [...]
Why the March Matters
June 22, 2008
By Tenzing Sonam, on www.TibetanUprising.org - June 22, 2008
The Return March to Tibet ended three days ago at the entrance to the remote border town of Darchula, deep in the hills of Uttarakhand state. The fifty remaining marchers surrendered peacefully, albeit with great emotion and passion, to several hundred policemen who blocked their way. Having [...]
