NEW YORK TIMES “ATHLETE WANTED” AD APPEALS TO ATHLETES TO STAND UP FOR TIBET AT BEIJING OLYMPICS
July 29, 2008
On eve of Beijing Olympics, Tibetans and their supporters ask athletes to support Tibet
For Immediate Release: July 29, 2008
Contact: Tenzin Dorjee +1 917 289 0228
Han Shan +1 917 289 0228
New York – Less than two weeks before the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, Tibet supporters have placed a full-page ad in the New [...]
Beijing lockdown
July 26, 2008
By Geoffrey York, Globe and Mail
In the small Beijing suburb of Hongxialu, there’s a new force in town. The government has recruited a special unit of 288 residents, mostly middle-aged or elderly, to work as “security volunteers” in the lead-up to the Olympics.
Wearing red armbands with Olympic badges, the volunteers loiter near the entrance gates [...]
Beijing’s Complaint-Free Protest Zones
July 25, 2008
By Austin Ramzy, Time Magazine
The track stars have their Bird’s Nest; the cyclists their velodrome; and the swimmers their Water Cube. Now the protesters who are certain to appear at the Beijing Olympics have their corners, too. On Wednesday, the security director for the Beijing Olympics announced that three sites in city parks will be [...]
Dispatches from Tibet
July 25, 2008
July 25th, 2008
by Kathleen McLaughlin
Far Eastern Economic Review
Lhasa Diary
Posted on July 25, 2008
As I was strolling near the Jokham Temple in central Lhasa on Friday just after sunset, a young Tibetan man cycled up next to me on his bike.
He greeted me in clear, proper English, asking where I was from and how long I [...]
Chinese Olympics Propaganda: Pretending to Permit Protest
July 25, 2008
July 24, 2008
Posted by cold mtn on the SFT Blog
On July 23rd, at a press conference for foreign journalists in Beijing, Chinese authorities announced that it will “allow protests” in Beijing during the Olympics.
Wow. Really? That’s unexpected. A real about-face for the Chinese authoritarian regime!
But wait, there’s a hitch or two. Or ten.
To demonstrate, one [...]
US lawmakers Calls on China to end rights abuses in Tibet
July 24, 2008
24 July 2008
Tibet.net
Washington: A resolution was introduced in the US House of Representatives Wednesday that called on China “to immediately end abuses of the human rights and cease repression of Tibetan and Uighur citizens, and to end its support for the governments of Sudan and Burma (Myanmar),” Associated Press reported.
The resolution, proposed by Howard Berman, [...]
A rare Tibetan critic sues China’s government
July 24, 2008
By AUDRA ANG
The Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — The poet Woeser has long been a rarity — a Tibetan living in China who doesn’t flinch from publicly criticizing the Chinese government. Now the activist is taking another unusual step.
After being repeatedly denied a passport for three years, the Beijing resident has sued the government demanding to [...]
Iraq Team Barred From Olympics
July 24, 2008
July 24, 2008
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has upheld a ban on Iraqi teams at the Beijing Games, saying Thursday the government missed the deadline to address accusations of political interference.
The IOC decision culminates a drawn-out internal feud in Iraq that many see as an extension of Shiite payback to [...]
China Sets Zones for Olympics Protests
July 23, 2008
July 24, 2008
By JIM YARDLEY
The New York Times
BEIJING — Beijing will permit public protests inside three designated city parks during next month’s Olympic Games, but demonstrators must first obtain permits from local police and also abide by Chinese laws that usually make it nearly impossible to legally picket over politically charged issues, the authorities announced [...]
Statement of the Tibetan People’s Uprising Movement
July 22, 2008
For Immediate Release
July 22, 2008
Tibetan People’s Uprising Movement
July 22 Press Conference in DharamsalaWe are today at the crossroad of historic moment in the Tibetan people’s struggle for freedom, truth and justice. Our unity in action and focus in purpose during the following months will not only define the long and strategic preparations that we have [...]
