http://www.uyghuramerican.org en-us http://www.uyghuramerican.org N/A zerepshan@gmail.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:07:31 -0800 20 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6704/1/Woman-Shot-After-Self-Immolation/index.html Chinese security forces are believed to have shot dead a Tibetan woman in southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday in a confrontation following another self-immolation to protest Beijing's rule, according to advocacy groups and exile sources. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6602/1/The-Netherlands-Urged-to-Address-China-Tibet-issues/index.html Tibetans and their supporters are urging the Dutch government to take part in international efforts to free Tibet. They commemorated the Tibetan monks who recently set themselves on fire and held a hunger strike in front of the Parliament in The Hague on Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6577/1/China-blames-incidents-in-Tibet-and-Xinjiang-on-separatists/index.html A senior Chinese official blamed Tibetan separatists for encouraging young people to commit suicide, noting that monks and nuns who set themselves on fire were not acting voluntarily in the autonomous region. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6524/1/Tibetan-writers-imprisoned-in-China/index.html 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. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6510/1/Dalai-Lama-demands-meaningful-autonomy-for-Tibet-through-bilateral-resolution-process/index.html 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. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6496/1/In-China-self-immolations-add-radical-bent-to-Tibetan-protests/index.html Nine suicides by young Buddhists in Sichuan province have unnerved the Chinese government and given momentum to the Tibetan movement. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6493/1/Tibetan-Activists-Adopt-Self-Immolation-As-Political-Tool/index.html In recent months several Tibetan monks and nuns have set themselves on fire to protest China's rule in Tibet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6483/1/Troops-Pour-Into-Lhasa/index.html 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. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6478/1/China-accuses-Dalai-Lama-of-encouraging-suicide-by-fire/index.html China has again accused the Dalai Lama of encouraging people in ethnically Tibetan parts of China to commit suicide. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6469/1/China-is-fuelling-the-fires-of-Tibetan-resistance/index.html A wave of self-immolation by young men in Tibet is a warning to China that pre-emptive oppression can lead to desperate acts zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6465/1/Trouble-Brewing-in-Tibet/index.html 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. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6462/1/Rights-group-finds-Chinese-security-measures-at-fault-for-self-immolations/index.html 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. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6452/1/2-Tibetan-Teenagers-Set-Themselves-on-Fire-in-Southwest-China/index.html 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. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6447/1/Dalai-Lama-cancels-South-Africa-Tutu-trip-over-visa/index.html The Dalai Lama has cancelled his trip to South Africa, where he had been invited by fellow Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6442/1/Tibetan-Flag-Removal-Triggers-Protests/index.html Protests flared in a Tibetan area in China's southwestern Sichuan province at the weekend after a photo of the Dalai Lama and a huge Tibetan flag were removed from a building and thrown in the street, eyewitnesses said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6421/1/Chinas-wrath-or-activists-outrage-Dalai-Lamas-visit-presents-dilemma-for-South-Africa/index.html South Africa officials may block the Dalai Lama from celebrating the 80th birthday of his friend and fellow Nobel Peace Laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, amid fears that Chinese pressure is trumping the country’s much-vaunted policies on freedom of speech and human rights. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6420/1/China-Warns-Dalai-Lama-About-Choosing-Successor/index.html China is warning the Dalai Lama he does not have the legal right to decide if he should be reincarnated.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6326/1/China-Announces-New-Top-Official-for-Tibet/index.html Chinese leaders have appointed a new Communist Party leader to govern the vast and sometimes restive region of Tibet, where economic development has been rapid but tensions between indigenous people and immigrants from China’s Han majority have been high, and where human rights have been an abiding concern. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6287/1/China-Officers-Surround-Monastery-After-Suicide/index.html In the days since a Tibetan Buddhist monk in southwestern Sichuan Province set himself on fire to protest Chinese policies, the authorities have sent as many as 1,000 armed police officers to surround the monk’s monastery and have restricted telephone and Internet access, according to advocacy groups. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6258/1/Tibetan-Monk-Sets-Himself-Ablaze/index.html In the second such case reported this year, a Tibetan Buddhist monk has set himself on fire and died in protest at Beijing’s rule in Tibetan-populated regions of China, according to a Tibetan source in exile. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6182/1/Dalai-Lama-says-his-demonization-by-China-childish/index.html The Dalai Lama said that Chinese leaders show through their strident denunciations of him that they are "childish" and lack their full brains, but voiced hope that China will change in time. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6161/1/China-set-to-defend-Tibet-unity/index.html The Chinese Vice-President, Xi Jinping, has vowed to crush any attempt to undermine stability in Tibet in a speech marking 60 years since China cemented control over the region. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6143/1/Kalachakra-attendees-mark-Global-Day-of-Action-in-Washington-DC/index.html Adding voice to the global call to protest the official celebrations of what China claims the 60th anniversary of Tibet’s peaceful liberation, Tibetans and Tibet supporters protested in front of the Chinese Embassy in the nation’s capital Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6142/1/Defying-China-Obama-to-meet-Dalai-Lama/index.html US President Barack Obama will meet Saturday with Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, defying warnings from China after calls built at home to welcome the monk, officials said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6125/1/Chinas-white-paper-nothing-but-a-white-wash/index.html Spokesperson of the Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration, Mr Thubten Samphel told phayul.com today that China’s latest white paper on Tibet is ‘nothing but a white wash to cover up their disastrous mismanagement in Tibet’. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6108/1/Another-cold-welcome-for-the-Dalai-Lama/index.html Two recent items highlight the connection between religious freedom and broader political trends in China.  First, our former NSC colleague Elliott Abrams points out over at his blog Pressure Points that the Dalai Lama is visiting Washington this week and next week. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6101/1/China-Cautions-US-Against-Official-Meeting-with-Dalai-Lama/index.html China has warned the United States not to hold official meetings with the Dalai Lama, who is in Washington as part of an 11-day meditation ritual. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6099/1/Tibetan-magazine-editor-given-four-year-jail-term/index.html The closed-door sentencing of a Tibetan magazine editor jailed without charge for over a year is another disturbing indicator of the lack of due process allowed to ethnic minority journalists in China, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6077/1/A-candle-light-vigil-for-Tibet/index.html This week, Tibetan support groups across the globe will be seen celebrating World Tibet Day as spiritual leader Dalai Lama celebrates his 76th birthday on July 6. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6076/1/Dalai-Lama-says-China-has-no-role-in-picking-heir/index.html The Dalai Lama said Friday that China's Communist leadership can play no role in deciding who succeeds him as the leader of Tibetan Buddhism upon his death and called Beijing's meddling in the issue "a disgrace." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6068/1/World-Tibet-Day-Celebrations-Set-for-July-6/index.html On July 6, Tibetans and Tibet supporters worldwide will celebrate the second annual World Tibet Day zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/6009/1/Governments-Voice-Strong-Concern-Over-Situation-in-Tibet-/index.html Various governments on Thursday, 16th June expressed their deep concern about the current situation in Kirti Monastery in Ngaba county of Eastern Tibet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5826/1/China-Defends-Tibetan-Development-Plan/index.html China is defending its economic plan in Tibet by saying development has brought prosperity to all people living in the region. At the same time, Tibetan activists outside of the country denounce what they see as Beijing's broader plan to wipe out their culture and religion. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5803/1/China-will-not-talk-to-new-Tibetan-leader/index.html A top Chinese official dealing with Tibetan contacts said Beijing would only meet with representatives of the Dalai Lama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5801/1/UPDATE-3-China-bank-bomb-wounds-49-suspect-caught/index.html A petrol bomb set off on Friday by a disgruntled former employee at a rural bank in a Tibetan region of northwestern China's Gansu province wounded 49 people, Xinhua news agency and the local government said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5717/1/-China-bans-foreigners-from-restive-Tibetan-areas/index.html China has banned foreigners from some restive, heavily Tibetan parts of southwestern Sichuan province, travel agents said on Friday, in an apparent attempt to close off a region shaken by recent clashes with the police. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5690/1/China-police-blockading-Tibetan-monastery-say-exiles/index.html 2,500 monks under house arrest at Kirti Buddhist monastery in Sichuan province, according to reports relayed from scene zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5624/1/China-says-settling-down-nomads-good-for-stability-unity/index.html The political purpose underlying China's forced settling down of Tibetan and Uighur nomads in the name of preserving and protecting the environment was made clear by Premier Wen Jiabao on Mar 30. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5579/1/Dalai-Lama-proclaims-success-of-Tibetan-democracy-hands-over-government-duties-to-elected-Tibetan-leader/index.html Amidst the Tibetan people's annual commemoration of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising against the Chinese Communist occupation of Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has proclaimed a victory for Tibetan democracy by announcing his desire for the full devolution of his responsibilities in the Tibetan exile government to the elected Tibetan leader or Kalon Tripa. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5574/1/Dalai-Lama-Asks-to-Hand-His-Political-Role-to-Tibetan-Government-in-Exile/index.html The Dalai Lama told Tibetans he wants to end his role as the political head of their government- in-exile. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5550/1/UK-groups-urge-Cameron-for-robust-approach-on-human-rights-dialogue-with-China/index.html Thirteen organizations based in the United Kingdom have issued a joint statement on the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue held on January 13 – 14. The organizations which include 6 Tibet related groups called for the UK government to review ways in which the dialogue can meaningfully make progress and sought the UK government’s attention to “deep-seated concerns held on the 19th round of annual UK-China Human Rights Dialogue. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5356/1/Tibets-Chinese-boss-fights-ghost-of-independence-struggle/index.html Tibet Autonomous Region’s (TAR) Chinese boss Mr Zhang Qingli, who is famous for having described the Dalai Lama as a wolf in monk’s robe with the heart of a beast in 2008, has said dealing with alleged separatist forces in Tibet is more complicated than fighting the Uighurs in Xinjiang and required a different strategy. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5177/1/Beside-the-Harmony-Mask-China-Held-Symposium-on-Minorities/index.html Despite wide-spread world media coverage of China's arrests and sentences over writing the reality of Tibet by many Tibetan writers and intellectuals, China claimed that it has held the first symposium on minority ethnic literature on Nov 20.  zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5119/1/Language-opens-another-rift-between-Tibetans-Chinese/index.html Billboards for a planned business and entertainment complex in Tongren show sketches of ethnic Tibetans in traditional clothes happily walking among fancy new buildings. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/5026/1/China-tightens-control-of-Tibetan-monasteries-blames-quotseparatistsquot/index.html China plans to tighten control over Tibetan Buddhist monasteries to reduce the influence of the exiled Dalai Lama and other 'internal and external separatist forces,' according to a government notice seen on Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4934/1/Decades-after-call-for-reform-Tibet-remains-in-crisis/index.html The response of Chinese leaders is to tighten hardline policies further, writes John Garnaut. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4901/1/Tweeting-Dalai-Lama-says-voices-for-Tibetan-independence-growing-stronger/index.html With over 600,000 people, including hundreds of Chinese, following him on networking site Twitter, the Dalai Lama has said the non-resolution of the Tibet issue is making the voices of those seeking independence of Tibet from China grow stronger. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4658/1/Tibets-prime-minister-in-exile-visits-Stanford/index.html The “Free Tibet” bumper stickers may have faded since the 1990s, but for Samdhong Rinpoche, Buddhist scholar and Tibet’s prime minister-in-exile, the issue remains as clear as ever. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4625/1/Tibet-crackdown-breeds-more-dissent/index.html Though Chinese leaders have restored Internet services and installed a new party chief with a lighter touch in the troubled far western region of Xinjiang, another restive region, neighboring Tibet, continues to roil under Beijing's heavy hand. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4590/1/Dalai-Lama-tells-AP-Exiles-must-press-China-talks/index.html Years of negotiations with Beijing have achieved little for the Tibetan people, the Dalai Lama said Friday, though he insisted that talks still needed to press ahead and that the Chinese leadership could _ eventually _ soften its stand on Tibet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4437/1/China-Says-Only-Socialism-Can-quotSavequot-Tibet/index.html The new Chinese-appointed governor of Tibet said on Sunday that only socialism can "save" the remote region and guarantee its development, and blamed the Dalai Lama for Tibet's problems. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4403/1/Google-will-pave-way-to-freedom-in-China-Dalai-Lama/index.html The Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, said the United States and other countries could help his campaign for a free Tibet by promoting an open society in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4386/1/Tibetans-mark-new-year-with-protest-in-China/index.html Some 400 Tibetans in south-western China's Sichuan province staged a sit-down protest to mark the start of the Tibetan lunar new year, a news report said on Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4322/1/China-wants-Dalai-Lama-to-be-realistic/index.html His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Special Envoy Lodi G. Gyari and Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen arrived in China on January 26,2010, for the ninth round of discussions with the representatives of the Chinese leadership. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4321/1/China-sticks-to-hard-line-in-talks-on-Tibet/index.html China stuck to its hard line in its first talks with Tibetan envoys in 15 months, refusing to discuss changes to the Himalayan region's status and thus dashing hopes of a breakthrough. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4312/1/New-China-Tibet-talks-highlight-shift-in-Beijings-policies/index.html New talks with the Dalai Lama’s envoys are highlighting subtle shifts in China’s approach to its restive, riot-scarred western regions of Tibet and Xinjiang. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4291/1/China-Tibet-talks-resume-amid-bitter-climate/index.html Talks on Tibet's future resume this week after a 14-month hiatus that has seen China tighten its grip on the Himalayan region, leaving few signs Tibetan autonomy hopes will be realised soon, observers say. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4270/1/Tibet-envoys-leave-for-fresh-talks-with-China/index.html Top envoys of the Dalai Lama will arrive in China for talks on Tuesday, the Tibetan government-in-exile said, the latest attempt to revive dialogue that has stalled since 2008. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4269/1/Tibet-envoys-leave-for-fresh-talks-with-China.html Top envoys of the Dalai Lama will arrive in China for talks on Tuesday, the Tibetan government-in-exile said, the latest attempt to revive dialogue that has stalled since 2008. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4233/1/China-appoints-former-soldier-as-new-governor-in-restive-Tibet/index.html China has appointed a former soldier as the new governor of restive Tibet, reasserting hardline policies toward the Himalayan region which two years ago witnessed the largest uprising against Chinese rule in decades. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4187/1/Movies-pulled-out-after-organisers-declined-Chinas-request-/index.html The director of the Palm Springs International Film Festival has said two Chinese movies selected for the event have been withdrawn after organisers declined Chinese government representatives' request to cancel screenings of a documentary about Tibet's freedom struggle. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/4062/1/Dharamsala-to-host-film-festival/index.html The fifth three-day Free Spirit Film Festival will be organised in this Himachal Pradesh hill station from Dec 10, an organiser said Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3959/1/China-Throws-its-Weight-Around-/index.html Beijing forces the cancellation of a Tibetan photo exhibit in Dhaka zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3956/1/China-and-India-tensions-up-again-over-Dalai-Lama/index.html Less than a month after tensions rose between India and China over the latter's territorial claims in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, India has announced it will bar foreign media from a trip by the 14th Dalai Lama, the de jure head of state of Tibet, to a monastery in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, territory of which is claimed by — you guessed it — China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3907/1/2-Tibetans-executed-in-China-over-riots-last-year-/index.html  Two people have been put to death for their roles in deadly protests last year in the Chinese-controlled region of Tibet, the first known executions for the violence, an overseas monitoring group said Tuesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3814/1/Chinese-association-lobbied-for-Dalai-Lama-to-be-denied-New-Zealand-visa/index.html The Dalai Lama, the 73-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader, is scheduled to speak at the Vector Area in Auckland on December 6, although it is not yet known if the New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will accept the invitation to watch him speak. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3686/1/China-tourists-boycott-Taiwan-city-over-Dalai-Lama/index.html China has told tour groups to call off planned trips to a south Taiwan city following a controversial visit there by the Dalai Lama, local media said Thursday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3677/1/West-appeasing-China-on-Tibet-says-PM-in-exile/index.html Tibetan prime minister-in-exile Samdhong Rinpoche on Tuesday accused the United States and other Western nations of appeasing China in regard to the mountain territory. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3671/1/China-opposes-US-officials-meeting-Dalai-Lama/index.html China criticized a meeting between aides of President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, saying Tuesday it opposed any such engagements with the Tibetan spiritual leader, but stopping short of threatening a response. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3595/1/Uneasy-EngagementChina-and-India-Dispute-Enclave-on-Edge-of-Tibet/index.html This is perhaps the most militarized Buddhist enclave in the world. Perched above 10,000 feet in the icy reaches of the eastern Himalayas, the town of Tawang is not only home to one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most sacred monasteries, but is also the site of a huge Indian military buildup. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/3560/1/The-importance-of-the-Dalai-Lamas-Taiwan-visit-/index.html The Dalai Lama has arrived in Taiwan for a six-day visit, angering China. Claude Arpi looks at the significance of the Tibetan spiritual leader's attempt to reach out to ordinary Chinese. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2993/1/China-denounces-Parisian-honor-to-Dalai-Lama/index.html China on Tuesday expressed "strong discontent" that Paris had honored the Dalai Lama, warning the act would harm Sino-French relations. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2992/1/China-Creates-Specter-of-Dueling-Dalai-Lamas/index.html For centuries, the selection of the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama has been steeped in the mysticism of a bygone world. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2888/1/Spanish-High-Court-rules-that-Chinese-leaders-must-testify-on-Tibet/index.html A Spanish judge has today informed the Chinese Ministry of Justice of rulings against eight Chinese leaders, including Tibet Autonomous Region Party Secretary Zhang Qingli, in the Spanish High Court. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2879/1/Chinese-Dictators-face-possible-international-arrest-warrants-being-issued-over-atrocities-in-Tibet-Uighur--other-regions/index.html A Spanish judge has today informed the Chinese Ministry of Justice of rulings against eight Chinese leaders, including Tibet Autonomous Region Party Secretary Zhang Qingli, in the Spanish High Court. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2845/1/Tibetan-students-protest-in-China/index.html Hundreds of students at a Tibetan school in China's northwest held a daring protest, demonstrating over education conditions, locals and an overseas Tibetan group said Saturday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2835/1/China-urges-US-not-to-play-host-to-Dalai-Lama/index.html China on Thursday urged the United States not to let the Dalai Lama, whom Beijing brands a separatist, visit the country. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, who fled his homeland in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, starts a visit to the United States this week. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2824/1/Will-Obama-meet-with-Chinas-nemesis-Dalai-Lama/index.html A closely watched visit is set to take place in October, when a frail, 74-year-old Buddhist monk seeks an audience with President Barack Obama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2791/1/Tibet-will-be-free-when-China-is/index.html Last month saw the 50th anniversary of what Tibetan activists like to call Tibetan National Uprising Day, the day in 1959 when Tibetans in Lhasa revolted against Chinese Communist Party rule. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2761/1/Prince-and-China-leader-in-talks/index.html The Prince of Wales has held talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao which included discussion of the sensitive issue of Tibet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2750/1/HEARING-ON-TIBET-AN-UPDATE-ON-THE-CURRENT-SITUATION-AFTER-THE-BREAKDOWN-OF-NEGOTIATIONS-WITH-CHINA/index.html Statement as prepared for delivery by Kelsang Gyaltsen, Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The European Parliament  –  Committee on Foreign Affairs zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2708/1/Sino-EU-ties-hijacked-by-Tibet-issue-/index.html This month, the European Union (EU) parliament passed a resolution on the Tibet issue, urging the Chinese government to resume dialogue with the Tibetan spiritual leader in exile, the Dalai Lama, for "real autonomy for Tibet". zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2698/1/China-Tibet-and-the-dialogue-of-the-deaf/index.html Is it possible to be 'neutral' over the issue of Tibet? Probably not, but if for sake of argument, it were possible then a 'neutral' person might wonder why it is this issue which causes so much friction between China and the outside world. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2697/1/China-may-block-Dalais-world-travel/index.html China indicated on Wednesday it is going to build on its first major success in creating hurdles against Dalai Lama’s foreign visits. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2683/1/Chinas-New-Offensive-on-Tibet-/index.html China's new offensive on Tibet may demand a different strategy in reply, writes Tibet scholar Warren Smith. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2682/1/Large-protests-by-Tibetans-in-western-China/index.html The protests near the Rabgya Monastery in a Tibetan enclave of Qinghai province are triggered by reports of a monk's suicide in police custody. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2654/1/Tibet-Cabinet-Says-Talks-With-China-Are-Welcome/index.html The Tibetan government in exile in India said over the weekend that it welcomed further talks with China over policies in Tibet, but reiterated that it was still seeking autonomy for Tibetans as outlined in the Chinese Constitution. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2653/1/Bomb-thrown-at-China-government-office-report/index.html A government office in an ethnic Tibetan part of China's southwestern province of Sichuan was hit by a bomb early on Monday but no casualties were reported, the official Xinhua news agency said. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2647/1/Tibet-Atrocities-Dot-Official-China-History/index.html Gone from Tibet are the shackled slaves, the thumbscrews and the scorpion pits that awaited serfs who defied their masters. Gone, too, is the Dalai Lama, that “jackal clad in Buddhist monk’s robes,” who fled to India 50 years ago this week during an uprising that China claims was aimed at preserving his feudalistic rule. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2638/1/Chinas-West-Bank/index.html Even as it tightens control over the fraught Tibetan region, China is losing its grip. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2635/1/Unrest-in-Tibet-continues-as-human-rights-violations-escalate/index.html Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising in 1959, which led the Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, to flee to India. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2634/1/Canada-concerned-about-human-rights-in-China-Tibet/index.html On Tuesday's 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising, the Dalai Lama called the Chinese control of his former homeland "hell on earth." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2612/1/China-says-Tibetan-quotprotestquot-was-celebration/index.html Monks who gathered outside a Tibetan monastery on Sunday were celebrating their new administrator, not protesting, a top official was quoted saying on Tuesday, rejecting foreign reports of the incident. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2611/1/West-uses-Tibet-to-attack-China-/index.html China has published a paper praising its rule in Tibet and accusing the West of trying to inflame tensions there. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2592/1/China-Tibet-Closed-to-Foreign-Tourists/index.html The Chinese government has quietly barred foreign tourists from entering Tibet before the 50th anniversary of a rebellion against Chinese rule, according to news reports confirmed by a Tibetan human-rights activist. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2514/1/Dalai-Lama-Visits-Italy-Germany-as-UN-Reviews-Rights-in-China/index.html The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s Buddhist spiritual leader, will visit Italy and France next week to receive awards, at the same time as the United Nations reviews human rights in China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2488/1/United-Nations-Review-of-China-Beijings-Tibet-Gag-Lobby/index.html As China come under the examination by the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council, several sources say that the Chinese Mission to the United Nations in Geneva is trying a gag UN Members, especially Western countries from raising questions on Tibet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2425/1/Tibet-Bureau-Compiles-UN-Recommendations-for-China-on-Human-Rights-in-Tibet/index.html The Tibet Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama based in Geneva has compiled a document containing all the recommendations and procedures passed by the United Nations for China to improve human rights situation in Tibet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2328/1/China-calls-Tibet-youth-group-worse-than-bin-Laden/index.html A rundown two-story building in this Himalayan hill station might hardly seem to be the command center of a subversive group jangling the nerves of neighboring China. Monkeys clamber over the rooftop, and any stranger may walk through its front door. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2316/1/Tibetan-exiles-back-Dalai-Lama-challenge-talks-with-China/index.html The Special Meeting called by the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India closed today with a strong endorsement of the 'Middle Way' approach, which seeks a genuine autonomy within the framework of the People's Republic of China (PRC), but also clearly stated that exile Tibetans might take a position seeking independence if results of engagement were not evident "in the near future". zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2313/1/The-folly-of-spurning-the-Dalai-Lama/index.html It is easy to call on the world's freedom movements to seek the path of negotiation over the way of violence. But what happens if it gets you nowhere? That was the bleak question asked by Tibetan exiles at a meeting in Dharmsala in India that ended at the weekend. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2275/1/China-wants-India-to-block-Dalai-Lamas-Dharamshala-meet/index.html China on Thursday made a direct request to India for blocking the proposed six-day meeting organised by the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala from November 17 to discuss the future of Tibet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2270/1/The-end-of-the-Dalai-Lamas-Middle-Way/index.html For the first time since the Tibetans took refuge in India in 1959, the Dalai Lama  has called a special meeting to decide the future course of action over the Tibetans' relation with China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2269/1/Dalai-Lama-and-the-Tibet-question-Time-for-a-new-approach/index.html The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists around the world and, in practice, their political leader, too, has been ailing lately. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2262/1/No-progress-in-eighth-round-of-dialogue-as-Chinese-reject-autonomy-proposal/index.html Chinese official Zhu Weiqun today categorically denounced an autonomy proposal presented by the Dalai Lama's envoys during the eighth round of dialogue last week in an uncompromising stance that counters the hopes of Tibetans for genuine autonomy in their homeland. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2257/1/China-Wont-Give-Tibet-Greater-Autonomy-Communist-Party-Says-/index.html China will never give Tibet greater autonomy, the ruling Communist Party said today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2250/1/China-has-sentenced-55-over-Tibet-riot-in-March/index.html Fifty-five Tibetans have received prison sentences for their actions in the March 14 ethnic riot that engulfed Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in western China, according to a senior Chinese official quoted Wednesday by Xinhua, the state news agency. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2243/1/China-plans-ethnic-tour-for-Dalai-Lama-envoys/index.html China plans to take the Dalai Lama's envoys to visit a non-Tibetan minority, a source said on Friday, as they try to persuade their wary visitors Beijing is sincere about talks on the Himalayan region's future. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2237/1/Dalai-Lamas-envoys-leave-for-China-talks/index.html Two Dalai Lama envoys left for China Thursday for talks on the future of Tibet, just days after the Tibetan spiritual leader said he saw no hope in the current dialogue with Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2230/1/UN-Withdraws-Tibetan-Report-from-Website/index.html Last Friday, the website of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) linking to the 41st session of the UN Committee Against Torture suddenly withdrew a Tibetan report after it was released on the site almost 10 days ago. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2222/1/Dalai-Lama-says-no-hope-for-talks-with-China-spokesman/index.html The Dalai Lama is considering a major policy shift towards China following a complete lack of progress in talks on Tibetan autonomy with Beijing, a senior aide said Monday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/2162/1/HIV-spreads-in-China-/index.html Infection with the virus that causes AIDS is spreading beyond China's original high-risk groups - heroin addicts in the south and blood sellers in rural central counties. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1929/1/China-seeks-quotabsolute-securityquot-in-Tibet-for-Olympics/index.html Chinese police guarding restive Tibet have been mobilised to ensure "absolute security" there during the Beijing Olympics and are looking for stronger international support, an official newspaper said on Wednesday. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1803/1/Dalai-Lama-Tibet-talks-with-China-may-restart-in-July/index.html The Dalai Lama said Thursday that talks with China's government on resolving unrest in Tibet might resume next month, and he urged his supporters not to cause trouble when the Olympic torch is in the Himalayan territory. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1787/1/Beijing-A-Harder-Line-on-Tibet/index.html Until the devastating May 12 earthquake in China's Sichuan province, the attention of most China watchers had been focused on a completely different part of the country: Tibet. After bloody anti-Chinese protests in mid-March were suppressed by the Chinese military, Beijing closed the Himalayan region off from the outside world and made scores of arrests. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1784/1/US-EU-Call-for-Constructive-China-Dalai-Lama-Talks-/index.html The United States and the European Union have called on China to have "results-oriented" talks soon with the Dalai Lama's representatives. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1779/1/China-says-arrests-16-for-bombings-in-Tibet/index.html Chinese authorities have arrested 16 people, most of them Tibetan Buddhist monks, suspected of three bombings, throwing into doubt talks between China and envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1718/1/CTAs-response-to-Chinese-government-allegations/index.html Ever since peaceful protests erupted in Tibet, starting from 10 March, the Chinese government used the full force of its state media to fling a series of allegations against the "Dalai Clique". These allegations range from His Holiness the Dalai Lama masterminding the recent Tibet protest to His Holiness the Dalai Lama making attempts to restore feudalism in Tibet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1691/1/China-Tibet-and-the-Strategic-Power-of-Water-Pollution-and-Global-Warming-Threaten-Asias-Most-Important-Freshwater-Source/index.html Almost two years after a 710-mile (1,100 kilometer)railroad across the world's highest plateau opened from central China to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1686/1/Chinese-govt-continues-crackdown/index.html As China continues preparations for the Olympics, the communist government has launched a campaign against house churches in one region of the country. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1684/1/China-lays-out-ground-rules-for-Tibet-talks/index.html China on Tuesday laid out ground rules for further talks with the Dalai Lama, saying he must first stop pushing for Tibetan independence and provoking deadly unrest in his Himalayan homeland. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1671/1/Activists-China-persecuting-Buddhist-monks-in-Tibet/index.html  China has stepped up persecution of Buddhist monks with mass detentions, Tibet activists said Wednesday, as China prepares to take the Olympic torch to the top of Mount Everest. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1664/1/Dalai-Lama-says-no-use-talking-if-China-not-serious/index.html The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says talks with China would be pointless unless Beijing is "serious" about finding a solution to the Tibetan issue. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1615/1/Free-Tibet-later/index.html While it is admitted here that the people of Tibet have a history that goes back 3,000 years and the Chinese did not officially claim sovereignty over the Tibetan Plateau until around 1900, the realities of the 21st century make the liberation of Tibet from Chinese rule almost an impossible dream. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1611/1/Will-the-Olympic-Torch-Burn-China/index.html China is dealing with visible and invisible opposition in the months before the Beijing Olympics begin. The visible was front-and-center in the world media as the OIympic torch made its way through various countries on a circuitous route to the Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1592/1/Diplomats-not-allowed-free-access-to-Tibetans/index.html A group of diplomats making their first visit to Lhasa since the wave of Tibetan protests were prohibited by China from having any independent contact with locals - those imprisoned after the protests or even those on the street. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1587/1/Tibetan-protestors-Bush-should-skip-Olympics/index.html Tibetans and friends of Tibetans are marching today in Washington, with a rally starting in the park across the street from the White House, calling on President Bush to skip the opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing this summer. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1583/1/Trudy-Rubin-Chinas-Tibet-policy-is-an-Olympic-nightmare/index.html Tibet policy pokes holes in the image China has so carefully cultivated ahead of the Olympics zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1582/1/China-makes-suicide-squad-claim-/index.html China claims that Tibetan "independence forces" are planning to launch suicide attacks as part of a wider uprising to establish an independent Tibet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1575/1/The-Cry-of-Tibet/index.html The recent troubles in Tibet are a replay of events that happened two decades ago. On Oct. 1, 1987, Buddhist monks were demonstrating peacefully at the Barkor -- the famous market street around the central cathedral in Lhasa -- when police began beating and arresting them. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1574/1/Bush-urges-restraint-by-China-on-Tibet-talks/index.html U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday urged China to exercise restraint in dealing with protests in Tibet and to talk with representatives of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1573/1/Dalai-Lama-pleads-for-peaceful-dialogue-on-Tibet/index.html The Dalai Lama Friday rejected a series of allegations from the Chinese government, saying he does not seek the separation of Tibet and has no desire to "sabotage" the Olympic games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1572/1/Diplomats-visit-Tibet-as-EU-split-on-Olympic-opening-boycott-by-Peter-Harmsen/index.html China on Friday allowed the first foreign diplomats to visit Tibet following deadly riots, as European nations appeared split on the idea of boycotting the Beijing Olympics opening. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1567/1/Protesters-Disrupt-Lighting-of-Torch-In-Ancient-Olympia/index.html  Demonstrators denouncing China's record on human rights breached tight security in Ancient Olympia on Monday and disrupted a torch-lighting ceremony that launched the Olympic flame's long journey to Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1565/1/The-great-call-of-China-fight-a-free-Tibet/index.html Two weeks of often violent Tibetan protests have triggered a surge of angry nationalism across China, helping the Communist Party maintain its grip on the country but also sharply limiting its ability to offer any compromise. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1564/1/French-Leader-Considers-Olympic-Boycott/index.html French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday that he cannot rule out the possibility he might boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics if China continues its crackdown in Tibet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1563/1/EU-tells-China-to-stop-using-force-against-Tibetan-protesters-/index.html  The European Union, United States and other Western nations urged China on Tuesday to stop using force against Tibetan protesters, and said the demonstrations should be peaceful. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1560/1/China-accuses-Dalai-Lama-of-being-a-terrorist-/index.html Far from heeding international calls for dialogue with the Dalai Lama, China has accused Tibet's exiled god-king of colluding with Muslim terrorists to destabilise the country before the Olympic Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1559/1/IOC-president-Rogge-in-silent-diplomacy-with-China-on-Tibet-and-rights-/index.html IOC president Jacques Rogge said Monday he is engaged in "silent diplomacy" with China on Tibet and other human rights issues in advance of the Beijing Olympics. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1557/1/Pope-Easter-message-seeks-peace-in-Tibet-Iraq-Darfur/index.html Pope Benedict called in his Easter message on Sunday for an end to injustice, hatred and violence around the world, including in Tibet, Iraq and Darfur. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1556/1/McCain-says-Chinas-conduct-in-Tibet-unacceptable/index.html U.S. presidential hopeful John McCain said on Friday that China was behaving unacceptably in Tibet and he urged Beijing to look for a peaceful end to clashes between anti-government protestors and police. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1555/1/China-angry-at-US-Olympics-warning/index.html China blasted as 'irresponsible' a US State Department warning to American citizens not to expect much privacy during the Beijing Olympics, and argued its surveillance was nothing out of the ordinary. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1554/1/China-blasts-Pelosi-on-Tibet/index.html Happy Easter, Madam Speaker: China’s state-controlled media lit into Nancy Pelosi on Sunday for meeting with the Dalai Lama last week in India. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1553/1/Tibet-could-be-a-public-relations-fiasco-for-Beijing-/index.html The Tibetan crisis is once again revealing some serious weaknesses in the way China handles threats to its much-vaunted quest for harmony. The riots in Tibet have also put to the test China’s slogan for the games: “One world, one dream”. In one part of the Himalayas at least, that dream is fast turning into a nightmare. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1552/1/Forget-the-Olympic-Torch-Free-Tibet-/index.html With Beijing hosting the Olympics in August, “Free Tibet” should be the Bay Area’s battle cry. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1551/1/China-Might-Bar-Tiananmen-Broadcasts/index.html China might bar live television broadcasts from Tiananmen Square during the Beijing Olympics, apparently unnerved by the recent outburst of unrest among Tibetans and fearful of protests in the heart of the Chinese capital. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1550/1/China-accuses-Dalai-Lama-of-taking-Olympics-quothostagequot/index.html China accused the Dalai Lama on Sunday of using unrest in Tibet to back demands for Tibetan independence ahead of the August Olympic Games in Beijing. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1549/1/Kosovo-Taiwan-Tibet-rattle-China/index.html Why is China behaving as it is in Tibet? What makes Tibet so important to the government in Beijing? At the heart of the matter is the fact that nothing worries China's rulers more than when the country's unity is called into question. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1548/1/Chinese-intellectuals-condemn-Tibet-crackdown-/index.html A group of prominent Chinese intellectuals has circulated a petition urging the government to stop what it calls a "one-sided" propaganda campaign on Tibet and initiate dialogue with the Dalai Lama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1547/1/Speak-Out-on-Tibet-/index.html China has cracked down on Tibet and neighboring provinces. It sent more troops into restive regions and made scores of arrests in Lhasa. It acknowledged firing on demonstrators in Sichuan. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1545/1/Ethnic-repression-in-Tibet-masterminded-by-faceless-trio/index.html The architects of Chinese repression in Tibet are three senior bureaucrats little known to the outside world but destined to be the focus of condemnation from human rights groups in the months ahead. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1544/1/Playing-the-Games/index.html Even when he's not filming, Richard Gere knows how to do drama. In the wake of the deadly protests in Tibet, Gere, a longtime Tibet activist and friend of the Dalai Lama, made a splashy announcement. The Hollywood star declared that "if [the protests] are not handled correctly, yes, we should boycott [the Olympics]. Everyone should boycott." zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1542/1/Chinas-Olympic-Image-Trap-/index.html Tibet's unrest could be just the beginning of trouble for Beijing’s attempt to sell a good Olympic vision of itself to the world and corporate sponsors zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1541/1/One-Dream-ideal-now-a-Beijing-nightmare-waiting-to-happen/index.html The IOC has been guilty of moral cowardice by failing to monitor China's progress on human rights zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1535/1/World-Cannot-Turn-a-Blind-Eye-Rebiya-Kadeer/index.html Exiled leaders of the Uyghur ethnic group, the other large, restive minority in western China, are expressing support for protesting Tibetans, but experts say that's unlikely to spark a parallel wave of Uyghur unrest. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1534/1/Tibet-unrest-raises-quandary-for-US-on-Olympics/index.html  With images of Olympic stadiums amid footage of Tibetan protesters and Chinese riot police, the U.S. and other governments face the thorny question of how much support to give to the 2008 Summer Games and its powerful host, China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1533/1/China-mum-on-evidence-for-Tibet-conspiracy-claims/index.html China refused on Thursday to detail evidence against the Dalai Lama or the nature of his "clique", which it says masterminded the most violent anti-government protests in its ethnic Tibetan areas in 20 years. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1532/1/Beijing-confirms-that-protests-have-spread-beyond-Tibet-/index.html China acknowledged Thursday that anti-government riots had spread to other provinces since sweeping through Tibet last week, as the Communist authorities announced the first group of arrests for the violence. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1530/1/Tibetan-Youth-Challenge-Beijing----and-Dalai-Lama/index.html India -- A new generation of impatient activists is vying to seize control of the Tibetan freedom movement from the Dalai Lama. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1529/1/Dalai-Lama-powerless-to-stop-protests/index.html Tibet's spiritual leader Thursday said he was powerless to stop anti-Chinese violence as authorities in Beijing acknowledged for the first time that unrest had spread into neighboring Chinese provinces. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1526/1/Tibet-and-the-Olympics/index.html World leaders must hold China accountable for violating the commitments it made in order to host the Games. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1522/1/Security-tightened-after-Chinese-embassy-wall-spray-painted/index.html US authorities tightened security on Monday around the Chinese embassy a day after its front wall was splashed with red paint and its glass windows smashed. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1521/1/China-offers-talks-with-Dalai-Lama/index.html The Chinese Premier says his door is open for dialogue with the Dalai Lama, despite claiming he has evidence to prove the exiled spiritual leader masterminded the bloody riots that have swept through Tibet and neighbouring province. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1520/1/Young-Tibetans-reject-Dalai-Lamas-lead/index.html While the Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet, many younger Tibetans do not follow him on a crucial question -- whether Tibet should have genuine autonomy or independence from China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1517/1/Tibetan-protests-fed-by-years-of-frustration-/index.html Chinese leaders have blamed "splittists" led by the exiled Dalai Lama for spurring violent protests in Tibet and orchestrating a public relations sneak attack on the Communist Party as it gears up to host the Olympics Games this summer. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1516/1/Years-of-grievances-erupt-into-rage/index.html Tibetans are weary of what they say is 'cultural genocide' and second-class status. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1515/1/God-and-Man-in-China/index.html The violent protests in Tibet that began last week and have since spread across (and beyond) China are frequently depicted as a secessionist threat to Beijing. But the regime's deeper problem in the current crisis is neither ethnic nor territorial. It's religious. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1514/1/Tyranny-in-Tibet/index.html With the 2008 Olympics in Beijing just months away, the Communist Party of China should be reveling in the proof of global emergence as a world power. Instead, the uprising in Tibet has been a brutal reminder that, for all its economic might, China is a global laggard on the crucial issues of human rights and democratic freedoms. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1513/1/China-Terrorizes-Tibet-/index.html It was impossible not to notice that the United States removed China from its list of top 10 human rights violators just as the biggest anti-China protests in 20 years erupted in Tibet. Even when handed that undeserved dispensation, the Beijing government cannot control its authoritarian nature. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1511/1/Tibetan-students-hold-vigil-in-Beijing/index.html Tibetan students held a silent vigil in Beijing today to honor the courage of Tibetan protestors in Tibet. The group of around 50 students sat silently in a circle with heads bowed outside the Central Minorities University in the Haidian district of western Beijing this evening for around six hours. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1506/1/Ethnic-Unrest-Flares/index.html Despite Beijing’s efforts to tighten control over dissent in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics, ethnic tensions involving independence-minded Tibetans and also Muslim Uighurs are flaring up dramatically. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1505/1/Another-Tibet-Challenge-for-Hu-Jintao-/index.html In 1988, Buddhist monks staged anti-Chinese protests in Lahsa, the capital of Tibet. When the authorities at the scene were unable to suppress the large-scale resistance, joined by the residents, Beijing dispatched one Hu Jintao, then the military commander and secretary of the Communist Party of China in the Guizhou Provincial Committee. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1504/1/The-Tibet-Riots-Hu-Jintao-is-the-Biggest-Loser-/index.html President Hu Jintao and his “Tibet Faction” have turned out to be the biggest losers in the wake of the most horrendous disturbances in Tibet and adjacent provinces since the 1959 Tibet Insurrection. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1503/1/UNPO-Statement-of-Solidarity/index.html The Presidency of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), led by President Mr Ledum Mitee, expresses its solidarity on behalf of all UNPO Members with the people of Tibet in this period of extreme tension and reiterates its support for their decades-long nonviolent campaign against Chinese suppression. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1502/1/China-Defends-Response-in-Tibet-/index.html China raised the death toll from the violent anti-Chinese protests in Tibet last week to 16 on Monday but said security forces had avoided using lethal force, countering Tibetan exile groups who asserted at least 80 had been killed. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1500/1/China-and-Tibet-An-uneasy-past--/index.html There is some irony that as Hu Jintao faces what may be his biggest challenge, his recently reconfirmed position as China's president is based to a large extent on his past ability to suppress unrest in Tibet. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1499/1/LETTERS-Reject-Chinas-hypocrisy/index.html Recently I was watching the Cable News Network and noticed how China "rejected" criticism of its human rights abuses as reported by the US. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1498/1/Violent-Tibet-protests-spreading-in-China/index.html Defying a major deployment of Chinese security forces, ethnic Tibetan protesters unfurled their forbidden national flag and set fire to a police station as the violence that by some reports has claimed 80 lives spread into Sichuan province and other parts of western China. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1497/1/Police-Crack-Down-on-Anti-Chinese-Violence-in-Tibet/index.html Vowing a harsh crackdown, Chinese police conducted house-to-house searches in central Lhasa Monday and rounded up hundreds of Tibetans suspected of participating in a deadly outburst of anti-Chinese violence, exile groups and residents reported. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org/articles/1496/1/Dalai-Lama-fears-reprisals-from-Chinese-ultimatum-to-Tibetans-to-surrender-Eyewitness-accounts-from-Lhasa/index.html The Dalai Lama has said that he feared about the reprisals that will follow from the Chinese government's ultimatum to the Tibetans who have been demonstrating in Lhasa and other areas to surrender by midnight today. zerepshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700