by Dan Martin Wed Apr 30, 3:42 PM ET
BEIJING (AFP) - China hailed the 100-day countdown to the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday, but simmering controversies over Tibet and the torch relay, as well as heavy pollution, cast a shadow over the milestone.
By TINI TRAN, Associated Press Writer Wed Apr 30, 2008
BEIJING - China has stepped up persecution of Buddhist monks with mass detentions, Tibet activists said Wednesday, as China prepares to take the Olympic torch to the top of Mount Everest.
Sangay Taythi by Email
April 28, 2008 St Paul, MN: The main hall of the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota found itself filled with several hundred Minnesota Tibetans and supporters today. The crowd sat on the floor of the hall facing a throne with a picture of His Holiness the Dalai Lama […]
April 30, 2008 The Associated Press
HONG KONG: The Olympic torch returned to Chinese soil Wednesday after a turbulent 20-nation tour, landing in the bustling financial capital of Hong Kong, where officials deported at least seven protesters before the flame’s arrival.
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30 Apr 2008 15:07:22 GMT Source: Reuters
By Jay Shankar (bloomberg.com)
April 30 (Bloomberg) — Samdhong Rinpoche sits in his office facing snow-capped mountains, listening to the chants of Tibetan monks and nuns while he runs a government that is challenging China for autonomy. He is in India, not Tibet.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
A wide-ranging group of US Jewish leaders intend to call upon Jews worldwide to boycott the Summer Olympics in Beijing, citing China’s troubling record on human rights and Tibet.
Imagine… your country invaded and occupied
and not a soul around the world notices or cares
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008 From Staff and Wire Reports
KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal has deported a Virginia mountaineer found on Mount Everest with a “Free Tibet” banner and has banned him from climbing in the country for two years, officials said yesterday.
30 April 2008 [For Immediate Release] TCHRD
China’s state media today morning announced that 17 Tibetans have been sentenced between three years to life imprisonment in connection with the Lhasa revolt in March 2008. It is the first instance of a group of Tibetans handed down with harsh prison terms since protests broke out in […]
