Christian Group Calls On IOC to Cancel Beijing Games Following Arrest of 2 Priests

It’s important for Tibet supporters to remember that China’s tyrannical ban on religious speech and practice extends far beyond their restrictions on Buddhism and the Falun Gong, but to Christianity as well. Two Catholic priests were recently arrested for unknown reasons, following the detention of a prominent Bishop this past November. The Cardinal Kung […]

Posted on February 28th, 2006 by philo in China Watch, Political Prisoners, Religious Freedom

Yingsel, the Rangzen Antelope: Game 1

Yingsel, the Tibetan Antelope, was captured by the Chinese authorities, renamed “Yingying,” and forced to be one of the “Friendlies” - the Beijing 2008 Olympic mascots.
You are Yingsel . Use the cursor keys to navigate the maze. Eat the power-up momo’s* and use your Rangzen* power to defeat Jingjing the Cybercop.
Collect all the […]

Posted on February 24th, 2006 by buckaroo banzai in Olympics, Video, Photos and Audio

The Palestinian Authority’s Shameful Hypocrisy Toward Tibet and the Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama paid a high-profile four-day visit to Israel last week. The visit received enormous media attention in Israel where he has long been a popular figure. No government officials met with the Dalai Lama out of fear of antagonizing the biggest buyer of Israeli weapons - the Chinese government. The Chinese embassy predictably […]

Posted on February 24th, 2006 by cold mtn in Dalai Lama, Multimedia, Rant

Palden Gyatso on Hunger Strike at Turin Olympics

Palden Gyatso, Tibet’s second longest-serving political prisoner, and two young Tibetan men have been on a hunger strike in a tent outside the Turin Olympic Vilage, Italy, to call attention to China’s oppression in Tibet. The Indefinite Hunger Strike, organized by the Tibetan Youth Congress and other local Tibet Support Groups in Turin, started more […]

Posted on February 23rd, 2006 by tendor in Olympics, Political Prisoners, Protests

“Burning the animal skin revolution sparked in Tibet”

Under this awkward title, a recent Phayul.com article gives new insight into the recent phenomenon of masses of Tibetans in Amdo burning animal skins in response to a recent appeal from the Dalai Lama. At the Kalachakra intitiation in southern India in January, the Dalai Lama spoke pointedly, saying he was “ashamed” to see images […]

Posted on February 20th, 2006 by cold mtn in Animal Rights, China Watch, Press Coverage, Protests, Protests in Tibet, Tibetan Culture

Winter Board Meeting

We are all at our third day of board meetings, after two days of intense discussions and planning and late night celebrations.  We are totally inspired by incredible fundraising trainings and a communications training that is going to help us bring down the Chinese government.  For all of you reading this, you’d better beware - […]

Posted on February 20th, 2006 by philo in Events, Video, Photos and Audio

Censor Watch List

Yesterday’s Washington Post has a trio of stories on China’s censorship apparatus. The Post has one of the most complete lists of words China’s internet censors use to block websites, search results, and blog posts yet compiled.
Similar keyword lists are used by Internet service providers to filter e-mail and block access to Web sites, and […]

Posted on February 20th, 2006 by philo in China Watch

Where Bonfire is a Crime

Update by Philo and The Board:
Phayul now has a video of Tibetans burning furs in a giant bonfire. Click here to watch the video. Tenzin Tsundue, Tibetan activist in India, says:
The trend seem to have caught up like a connecting act as in a revolution. What started like a religious sermon by the His Holiness […]

Posted on February 19th, 2006 by tendor in Protests, Tibetan Culture, Video, Photos and Audio

Insight into the Global Online Freedom Act

The Global Online Freedom Act of 2006 is approaching introduction in the US House of Representatives. What will it contain? How will it affect the way US internet companies do business with China? If preliminary leaks of the bill, authored by NJ Republican Chris Smith, are accurate almost everything Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Cisco is […]

Posted on February 17th, 2006 by philo in Economic Rights

Code of Conduct for US Internet Companies

I was interviewed yesterday by Tom Mello of the E-Commerce Times on EFF’s proposed code of conduct for US internet companies that work in regimes, like China, who heavily censor the internet.
EFF’s proposed code is “a step in the right” direction, said Matt Browner-Hamlin, operations director for New York-based Students for a Free […]

Posted on February 16th, 2006 by philo in Economic Rights, Press Coverage

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