Tag Archives: Protest

• China releases documentary on Tibetan immolations 25 December 2012 This post has no comments yet

  National broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) has released a documentary that it said "discloses the truth" about self-immolations in areas inhabited by Tibetans. ...

• Our Views: New round of repression 21 December 2012 This post has no comments yet

  The resentment of Tibet's people against Chinese Communist oppression is being demonstrated anew by a series of protesters who have set fire to themselves over the last few years. ...

• Pro-Tibet activists spread awareness on Tibet in Costa Rica 19 December 2012 | John Green This post has one comment

  Local Tibet supporters joined in the proclamation-activity of Costa Rica for Peace with Mother Earth 2012 held in the National Stadium in San José, and co-sponsored by the Chinese government, ...

• UK expresses concern over Tibetan self-immolations | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  Following a European Union statement on self-immolations in Tibet, the United Kingdom joined in to express its concern over the human rights situation in Tibet, and called for resumption of dialogue. ...

• Thousands stage new demonstration against Putin 16 December 2012 | Lynn Berry This post has no comments yet

  Thousands of opposition supporters gathered Saturday outside the old KGB headquarters in central Moscow to mark a year of mass protests against Vladimir Putin and his government. ...

• EU concerned over growing number of Tibetan self-immolations 15 December 2012 | Karafillis Giannoulis This post has no comments yet

  EU high Representative Catherine Ashton announced that EU is "profoundly saddened by the increasing number of Tibetans committing self-immolations, many of them young people." ...

• Edmontonians hold protest over the crisis in Tibet | Joel Lefevre This post has no comments yet

  A group of Edmontonians held an impromptu demonstration this afternoon to voice their concerns over 100 self-immolations in Tibet. ...

• Chinese court said to punish Tibetan students with prison terms 14 December 2012 | Andrew Jacobs This post has no comments yet

  A Chinese court has sentenced eight Tibetan students to prison for their role in street protests last month that unnerved security forces already coping with a wave of self-immolations. ...

• Tibet is burning 13 December 2012 | Xu Zhiyong This post has no comments yet

  On 19 February, an 18-year-old named Nangdrol set himself on fire. In a note left behind, referring to China's ethnic Han majority as "devils," he wrote, "It is impossible to live under their evil law, impossible to bear this torture that leaves no scars." ...

• Dalai Lama works against peace and Buddhism | Lisa Carducci This post has no comments yet

  The Dalai Lama was initially silent about the self-immolations by Tibetans, but later he let spread the notion that there was nothing in Buddhism that forbades suicide and the self-immolators should be considered "brave heroes". ...