30 August 2008 Ema Corro (greenleft.org Australia)
Students from Melbourne’s Collingwood College protested on August 21 in defence of a student who was threatened with suspension for wearing a “Free Tibet” T-shirt.
Saturday August 30, 2008 DHARAMSHALA, India (AFP) — Tibetan exiles and supporters staged a symbolic 12-hour fast for peace in Tibet on Saturday as Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama joined in from his hospital bed.
Friday, August 29 2008 (tibet.net)
Today on 30 August 2008, the last day of the sixth month of Earth-Mouse Year in Tibetan Calender, Tibetan Solidarity Committee appealed the Tibetans, Tibet supporters and peace loving people all over the world to observe a symbolic fasting and prayer service […]
By Jill McGivering […]
Saturday, August 30, 2008 By Jill Drew Washington Post Foreign Service
BEIJING, Aug. 30 — Violent outbursts are continuing in the Xinjiang region of western China, with the latest resulting in the deaths of two policemen who were attacked Wednesday while searching a cornfield for a woman they believe is involved in a separatist cell.
August 29, 2008 The Associated Press BEIJING: A major Buddhist monastery in Tibet reopened this week five months after being shut by authorities during anti-government riots that rocked the region’s capital, a staff member said Friday.
Friday August 29, 2008 By Bappa Majumdar
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, has been admitted to a hospital in India with “abdominal discomfort” but there was no cause for concern, doctors said on Thursday.
Thursday August 28, 2008 KATHMANDU (AFP) — About 120 Tibetan exiles were arrested Thursday in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu as they attempted to protest in front of a Chinese embassy building, police said.
Thursday, August 28, 2008 The Ottawa Citizen
I was saddened during a recent peaceful demonstration at the Human Rights Memorial in Ottawa, organized to show solidarity with the people of Tibet. Two women drove up and began shouting at our group, saying things like “You are stupid. You do not know China. You cannot do this.”
Thursday, August 28, 2008 (Radio Free Asia) KATHMANDU—Hundreds of Tibetan monks detained after widespread protests against Chinese rule earlier this year were deported from the Tibetan capital Lhasa to remote Qinghai province, where they remain in custody, according to Tibetan sources.