Full Coverage: Tibet
11.03.2009
The Tibet Film Festival includes undercover documentaries, films that shed light on the little understood system of reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhist tradition and films exploring Tibet in relation to its neighbours.
more...Related topics/regions: [Information & media] Image: Tibet House Trust
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10.03.2009
Chinese authorities in Tibet should open the region to foreign journalists and release imprisoned Tibetan journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today - the 50th anniversary of an uprising against Chinese rule.
more...+ Freedom of expression “systematically violated” in Tibet + Unrest in Tibet continues as human rights violations escalate Related topics/regions: [China] Image: Chinese flag in front of Tibet's Potala Palace © Tibet Information Network
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11.07.2008
Nervous about letting the kids go on a school trip? Forget it – and forget health and safety. Put your worries in perspective by watching six blind Tibetan children trying to climb the 23,000-ft Lhakpa Ri on north side of Mt Everest.
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [Disability] Image: Sonam Bhumtso, 15 years old — after joining Braille Without Borders’ school in 2000 she became one of the first blind students to be integrated into a sighted elementary school. She recently graduated first in her class from her sighted middle school. She speaks English, Chinese and Tibetan.
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23.06.2008
To describe Kekexili (Mountain Patrol) as a film about wildlife conservation is akin to saying Hamlet is about a disturbed son. It just doesn't convey the forcde of the drama.
more...From: OneWorld UK Image: Kekexili (Mountain Patrol)
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13.06.2008
A new film season looks at what it means to be Tibetan, offering a window into a fascinating culture protected and developed within the exile community.
more...Image: Kekexili (Mountain Patrol)
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10.04.2008
China is worried that the recent resentment and resistance among the Tibetans could spread to other major minorities whose traditional territories have been colonised and exploited by the majority Han Chinese. The Tibetans clearly want some form of autonomy, which they will not get, says Mathieu Vernerey.
more...From: Le Monde diplomatique Related topics/regions: [China] |
06.04.2008
Police had to bring in reinforcements to marshal the Olympic torch relay through London after a series of protests along the 31-mile route by critics of China's human rights record.
more...+ IOC memo minimises events in Tibet From: Guardian Unlimited Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [China] Image: olimpiadi in Cina - da Olympicswatch.org
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24.03.2008
In contrast to Chinese and Western media, local bloggers are providing balanced assessments and objective accounts on the current situation in Tibet, writes Xujun Eberlein.
more...From: New America Media Related topics/regions: [China] |
21.03.2008
"The government of Nepal should cease arbitrary arrests and detentions, harassment, and the use of excessive force to silence Tibetan protesters, activists and journalists," says Human Rights Watch.
more...From: Human Rights Watch Related topics/regions: [China] [Nepal] Image: A woman and child pass Nepalese riot police. © Amnesty International USA
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21.03.2008
The last thing China wanted, in the year it is to host the Olympic Games, was the world watching its army brutally suppressing protesters, says Lindsay Hilsum.
more...New Statesman + Nepali Government Should Stop Doing Beijings Bidding * Unrest in Tibet Related topics/regions: [China] Image: Chinese flag in front of Tibet's Potala Palace © Tibet Information Network
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19.03.2008
China has barred or expelled virtually all international reporters from Tibet, but the world is still watching. OneWorld TV has compiled a YouTube playlist of top Tibet coverage.
more...From: OneWorld TV Related topics/regions: [China] |
19.03.2008
With international attention focused on the violence in Tibet, the Chinese media are confronting massive censorship, leaving the Chinese public largely in the dark, says an international media network.
more...+ Call for Boycott of Beijing Olympics Ceremony Related topics/regions: [China] |
17.03.2008
China expects India to somehow persuade the Dalai Lama to call for peace in Tibet and resume the process of negotiations, The Times of India reported.
more...+ 'The world will not look away' + Crackdown away from the eye of the media From: Times of India Related topics/regions: [China] |
15.03.2008
The Chinese authorities announced on Saturday that people who took part in riots that rocked Tibet's regional capital, Lhasa, must surrender by Monday midnight, Xinhua news agency reported.
more...From The Times of India * 'Cultural Genocide' Claims in Indian Parliament * News and pictures from Tibet Related topics/regions: [China] Image: Military in Lhasa (from savetibet.org; library photo)
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14.03.2008
Serious violence broke out in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, which witnessed shops and police vehicles being set on fire on Friday.
more...From Times of India Related topics/regions: [China] Image: New prison buildings in Lhasa, Tibet © Tibet Information Network
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14.03.2008
Rajinder Puri says Tibetan protests are occurring now because China wants to showcase the Beijing Olympics as proof of its arrival as a world superpower and Tibetans smell their chance to create enough embarrassment for Beijing to force it to revise its Tibet policy.
more...From The Statesman Related topics/regions: [China] Image: Students demonstrate for the liberation of Tibet
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12.03.2008
Several hundred Tibetan exiles defied an Indian government ban and pressed ahead on Wednesday with a march protesting Beijing's hosting of this summer's Olympic Games.
more...From Times of India Related topics/regions: [India] [China] Image: Chinese flag in front of Tibet's Potala Palace © Tibet Information Network
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