Liu Xia, wife of jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, has given her first interview in 26 months, less than a week before the 2012 Nobel ceremony next Monday. Liu Xia has been under house arrest since the announcement...
Documentary series Dispatches reported this week on Chinese pressure to prevent national and local officials from meeting with the Dalai Lama (British I.P. address required) during his visit to Britain earlier this year. The...
The Dalai Lama criticized China’s censorship while video chatting with Desmond Tutu amid claims that China prevented him from traveling to South Africa. Al Jazeera reports: The Dalai Lama has slammed censorship in China as...
The Associated Press reports that two former monks set themselves on fire on Friday in protest at Chinese policy towards Kirti monastery, following another such incident on Monday: The two former monks, 18-year-old Thongan and...
Purportedly under Chinese pressure, South Africa has denied the Dalai Lama a visa to attend a conference on fighting xenophobia and racism. From The Irish Times: Several Nobel peace prize laureates have threatened to boycott a...
A round-up of video items one China’s role in the Burmese government’s crackdown on protestors, starting with South African peace activist Desmond Tutu‘s threat to boycott the Beijing Olympics if China fails to support the freedom for people in Burma, issued at a press conference in Gothenburg, Sweden on September 28th.
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