Tibetan Monks Deported from Lhasa to Qinghai,China
August 30, 2008
Months after widespread Tibetan protests against Chinese rule, hundreds of monks are still detained in Qinghai.
LHASA,Tibet,(RUSHPRNEWS)08/30/2008–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.
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Americans Detained in Beijing Return to NYC
August 27, 2008
Some were activists, others artists, bloggers and photojournalists
By SARA KUGLER
NEW YORK (RUSHPRNEWS) AUGUST 27, 2008-–Eight American activists who were jailed by Chinese authorities during the Olympic games for participating in protests said Monday they were interrogated for hours, deprived of sleep and accused of having ties to the U.S. government.
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Woeser,Tibet’s Most Famous Woman Blogger Arrested by Chinese
August 27, 2008
Tibet’s most famous woman blogger, Woeser, detained by police
By Jane Macartney
LHASA, TIBET (RUSHPRNEWS)Tuesday, 27 August 2008– In Beijing, on 26 August 2008, Tibet’s most famous woman writer and blogger was accused of taking photographs of military installations and arrested by police after she returned home briefly to Lhasa, the capital.
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Fire Under the Snow,Film Profiles Activist Monk
August 14, 2008
A new film, Fire Under the Snow, sheds light on tensions in Tibet by looking at the life of an elderly Buddhist monk, Palden Gyatso, who survived years of torture and abuse in Chinese prisons.
WASHINGTON, DC (RUSHPRNEWS)AUGUST 14, 2008–Widespread protests in Tibet this year alerted Chinese authorities and the world to simmering resentment of Chinese rule in the region. Read more
Tibetan Monks Confined During Games
August 14, 2008
Chinese authorities have placed a curfew on Tibetan Buddhist monasteries during the Olympics, confining monks and forbidding travel to Beijing, sources said.
XINING, China (RUSHPRNEWS)AUGUST 14, 2008– Tibetan Buddhist monk walks along a pathway at Kumbum monastery in China’s Qinghai province on August 5, 2008. WASHINGTON-Authorities in Tibetan areas of western China have placed a curfew on Tibetan Buddhist monasteries during the Olympics, forbidding Tibetans from traveling to Beijing and confining some monks around the clock, informed sources said. Read more
Olympians Invited to Adopt China’s Prisoners of Conscience
August 9, 2008
BEIJING (RUSHPRNEWS) AUGUST 9,2008--As the 2008 Olympic Games are beginning in Beijing today, Olympic athletes are being asked to adopt China’s prisoners of conscience. Among other cases, Olympic Watch is now calling on the Chinese team to speak out on behalf of their compatriot Ye Guozhu, imprisoned for peaceful criticism of the pre-Olympic evictions in Beijing. Read more
Press release: The Dalai Lama Is Concerned About Tibet
July 19, 2008
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibet Issue
NEW YORK (RUSHPRNEWS) JULY 19, 2008 -In the light of recent news reports quoting Chinese officials that the issue of Tibet is only about the person of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, we would like to take this opportunity to clarify once again that the issue of Tibet concerns the future of six million Tibetans in Tibet and not His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Read more
Chinese Oppression of 2008 Summer Olympics
July 18, 2008
 NEW YORK (RUSHPRNEWS JULY 18, 2008- A boycott of this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing, China is being called for. Steven W. Mosher, a well-known expert of China, has developed the “Beijing Boycott Coalition” to oppose the Olympics, stating that the games will only serve to legitimize a one-party dictatorship that has a deplorable human rights record. Read more
80 Nuns Detained After Peaceful Protests in Kham
June 3, 2008
More than 80 nuns detained after peaceful protests continue in Kham from the International Campaign for Tibet
PHOTO: Sangye Lhamo, 26 years old, protested along with two other nuns from Dragkar nunnery in Kardze county on May 28 before being detained by authorities.
NEW YORK (rushprnews) 06/03/2008 - Sangye Lhamo, 26 years old, protested along with two other nuns from Dragkar nunnery in Kardze county on May 28 before being detained by authorities.Tibetan nuns have taken a leading role in dissent in Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Kham) with two further peaceful protests on Wednesday (May 28) and at least six more separate protests since more than 50 nuns were detained after a bold demonstration on May 14. More than 80 nuns have now been detained in the unrest in Kardze that has continued despite the severe ‘anti-separatist’ crackdown in Tibetan areas upheld even since the earthquake struck Sichuan on May 12.
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