Tibet
Tibetan writers imprisoned in China
- Tue, 11/01/2011 - 12:00
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the imprisonment of two Tibetan writers, one of whom was sentenced after a year of detention without trial, according to reports.
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Dalai Lama demands meaningful autonomy for Tibet through bilateral resolution process
- Fri, 10/28/2011 - 12:00
Acknowledging China's "growing international influence", Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today pressed for "meaningful autonomy" for Tibet through bilateral resolution process to preserve its culture and religion.
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In China, self-immolations add radical bent to Tibetan protests
- Wed, 10/26/2011 - 12:00
Nine suicides by young Buddhists in Sichuan province have unnerved the Chinese government and given momentum to the Tibetan movement.
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Tibetan Activists Adopt Self Immolation As Political Tool
- Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:00
In recent months several Tibetan monks and nuns have set themselves on fire to protest China's rule in Tibet.
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Troops Pour Into Lhasa
- Thu, 10/20/2011 - 12:00
Chinese security forces in large numbers have moved into Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa in an apparent bid to discourage local protests against rule by Beijing, according to sources in Tibet.
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China accuses Dalai Lama of encouraging suicide by fire
- Wed, 10/19/2011 - 12:00
China has again accused the Dalai Lama of encouraging people in ethnically Tibetan parts of China to commit suicide.
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China is fuelling the fires of Tibetan resistance
- Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:00
A wave of self-immolation by young men in Tibet is a warning to China that pre-emptive oppression can lead to desperate acts
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Trouble Brewing in Tibet?
- Sun, 10/16/2011 - 12:00
A teenage former monk in Tibet has reportedly set himself on fire, the eighth self-immolation this year in what has become an increasingly restive region.
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Rights group finds Chinese security measures at fault for self immolations
- Thu, 10/13/2011 - 12:00
A “dramatic increase in security expenditure” by the Chinese government in the Ngaba area of eastern Tibet has contributed to the ongoing “local discontent and unrest” says Human Rights Watch.
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2 Tibetan Teenagers Set Themselves on Fire in Southwest China
- Mon, 10/10/2011 - 12:00
Two Tibetan teenagers in China's remote southwest set themselves on fire Friday to protest the Chinese government's Tibet policies, and at least one of them died, an advocacy group said.
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