China reopens Tibet to foreign tourists
June 25, 2008
By HENRY SANDERSON, Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — Tibet reopened to foreign tourists on Wednesday, three months after the Chinese government banned such visits in the wake of violent anti-government riots and protests that tainted the image of the country ahead of the Olympics.
The first foreign tourists, a retired Swedish couple, arrived at the airport near [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
500 Tibetans detained in Nepal in protest over Lhasa torch relay
June 21, 2008
KATHMANDU (AFP) — Some 500 Tibetan exiles were held Saturday by Nepal police after demonstrating outside the Chinese embassy against the Olympic torch relay’s visit to Tibet.
Hand-picked spectators cheered runners as the flame passed through Tibet’s capital Lhasa earlier in the day, just three months after deadly riots against China’s rule in the region.
“We have [...]
Tibetan monk makes appeal for niece
June 20, 2008
World News Australia – A Tibetan monk living in Australia is appealing for help in the search for his niece, who has been missing in his homeland for nearly a month.
Geshe Sonam Tharhye told SBS his niece, a nun, went missing in Ganzi in eastern Tibet during a protest three weeks ago.
An eyewitness to the [...]
Nepal cracks down on Tibet exiles
June 20, 2008
By Charles Haviland
BBC News, Kathmandu
There is a substantial Tibetan refugee population in Nepal
Nepalese police have detained three refugee community leaders in a significant hardening of its position against Tibetan refugees.
It says it will hold them for up to three months without trial.
The trio were picked up early on Thursday morning and later in [...]
Tibet protesters missing, Amnesty says
June 19, 2008
LONDON, England (AP) — More than 1,000 protesters detained during anti-government riots in Tibet three months ago are missing, a human rights group said Wednesday.
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Amnesty International said a quarter of about 4,000 people detained by police during the riots in Tibet in March are still unaccounted for. The rest have been [...]
Tibetan monks forced to take “patriotic tests”
June 13, 2008
by Lucy Hornby, Reuters
June 13th, 2008
GANNAN PREFECTURE, China – Three months after demonstrations flared up in Tibetan towns and monasteries across China, monks say they now have to pass a patriotic test, possibly in September, to be allowed to remain as monks.
Tension runs high in Gannan, a heavily Tibetan area in southern Gansu province, which [...]
