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  • Archive for March, 2008

    Nepal detains 100 Tibetan protestors

    Monday, March 31st, 2008

    Agence France-Presse
    Monday, March 31, 2008 (Kathmandu)
    Nepalese police detained more than 100 Tibetan protesters outside a Chinese embassy building in Kathmandu on Monday as the exiles tried to demonstrate.

    Germany’s Chancellor won’t attend the Olympic Opening Ceremony

    Monday, March 31st, 2008

    Monday, March 31, 2008 15:28
    Ian Traynor in Brussels and Jonathan Watts in Beijing - The Guardian
    Pressure grows for united EU stance on Tibet crisis
    The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, on Friday became the first world leader to decide not to attend the Olympics in Beijing.As pressure built for concerted western protests to China over the […]

    Tibetan exiles barred from handing protest petition to Chinese embassy in New Delhi

    Monday, March 31st, 2008

    March 31, 2008 The Associated Press
    NEW DELHI: Indian police barred several hundred Tibetans from marching Monday to the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, where they planned to submit more than 1.4 million names from an Internet petition calling on China to act with restraint in Tibet.

    Tibetans deny Chinese protests in London

    Monday, March 31st, 2008

    Dharamsala, March 31: The Tibetan government-in-exile in India here Monday denied reports that Chinese students in Britain had protested against Tibet independence about a week ago.

    Exiled Tibetan nuns urge Aamir Khan to give Olympic torch relay a miss.

    Monday, March 31st, 2008

    Dharamsala, Mar 30 (ANI): Tibetan nuns living in Dharamsala have staged a hunger strike here, and urged Bollywood actor Aamir Khan to refrain from participating in the Olympic torch relay when it passes through New Delhi.
    The Olympic torch relay is scheduled to be held in the national capital on April 17.
    “Their appeal to Aamir Khan […]

    China asks Dalai Lama to use ‘influence’ to stop Tibet violence

    Monday, March 31st, 2008

    March 31, 2008 21:12 IST
    China has asked the Dalai Lama to use his ‘influence’ to stop violence in Tibet. In its first such statement, China said the door for dialogue with him was ‘always open’ but stepped up its crackdown in riot-scarred Lhasa, defying global pressure to exercise restraint.

    Never give up

    Monday, March 31st, 2008

    No matter what is going on
    Never give up
    Develop the heart
    Too much energy in your country
    Is spent developing the mind
    Instead of the heart
    Be compassionate
    Not just to your friends
    But to everyone
    Be compassionate
    Work for peace
    In your heart and in the world
    Work for peace
    And I say again
    Never give up
    No matter what is going on around you
    Never give up
    H.H. The […]

    TIBET is FREE…

    Monday, March 31st, 2008

    By Abhinav vat

    Pull your strings with all your might,
    turn the smiles into tears and cries.
    Hit, hurt.. burn, kill with your callous pride.
    Twist, break, spit fire, for you cruelty is a gift
    in your mind it is blessed bright.
    Make your man made boundaries touch the horizon,
    make them with the strongest of iron.
    Make your fist hit the empty […]

    Chinese Nationalism Fuels Tibet Crackdown

    Monday, March 31st, 2008

    By JIM YARDLEY Published: March 31, 2008
    BEIJING — Like so many Chinese, Meng Huizhong was horrified by the violent Tibetan protests in Lhasa. She cringed at videos of Tibetan rioters attacking a Chinese motorcyclist. Her anger deepened as Tibet dominated her online conversation groups, until it settled on what […]

    Tibetan Freedom Torch arrives in Munich

    Monday, March 31st, 2008

    News Source: Phayul[Monday, March 31, 2008 14:24]
    Tibetan Freedom Torch arrives in Munich as international protest against the Olympic Torch Relay intensifies
    Berlin/Munich, March 30, 2008: More than 1,000 Tibetans and Tibet supporters from all over Germany gathered together at Marien Square in Munich on Saturday, March 29, 2008, to welcome the Tibetan Freedom Torch as it […]