Tag Archives: Protest
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Pro-Tibet activists try to disrupt Chinese Olympic bid pitch
10 June 2015
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Pro-Tibet protesters tried to disrupt a presentation in Lausanne Wednesday for Beijing's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics. ...
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Thousands rally in Hong Kong for Tiananmen vigil
4 June 2015 | Dennis Chong, Laura Mannering, Aaron Tam
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A park in central Hong Kong turned into a sea of candles Thursday as tens of thousands gathered to mark the 26th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown. ...
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No end to Hong Kong political battle as last-ditch meeting fails
31 May 2015
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Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers said on Sunday they would "definitely" veto the government's planned political reforms after a last-ditch meeting with Chinese officials failed to reach any agreement. ...
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China jails outspoken journalist for seven years
17 April 2015
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Gao Yu — named one of International Press Institute's "world press heroes" in 2000 — "illegally provided state secrets to foreigners", said Beijing's No. 3 Intermediate People's Court. ...
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Followers of Jonang school of Tibetan Buddhism seek recognition
28 March 2015 | Lobsang Wangyal
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The demonstrators demanded that Jonang be represented in the exile Parliament from the 16th Parliament, due to be elected in March 2016. ...
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Tibetans protest outside Chinese embassy in Delhi
10 March 2015
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To mark "Tibetan National Uprising Day", student protesters carried out demonstrations in front of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi. ...
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Monk dies after setting himself afire in Tibet
24 December 2014
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Tibetan monk Kelsang Yeshi died after he set himself afire protesting against the Chinese government's repressive policies in Tibet, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said Wednesday. ...
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Teenage girl dies in self-immolation protest in Amdo Ngawa
22 December 2014 | Tibet Sun Onlinenews
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A 19-year-old girl, Tsepe, has died after setting herself on fire to protest Chinese rule in Tibet, in Ngawa in Tibet's Amdo province. ...
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Tibetan dies in self-immolation to protest China’s rule
17 December 2014
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A Tibetan has died after setting himself on fire to protest at China's rule of the Himalayan region in the first self-immolation for three months, a rights group and overseas media said today. ...
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Hong Kong Occupy protest leaders turn themselves in to police
3 December 2014
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The founders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy Occupy movement surrendered to police Wednesday in a symbolic move, as they try to take the protests off the streets after more than two months. ...