BREAKING NEWS: Tibetan monks disrupt another scripted media tour

A group of Tibetan monks in Labrang Monastery bravely demonstrated during a tightly-scripted media tour conducted by the Chinese government. Like the monks of the Jokhang Cathedral last month in Lhasa, the Labrang monks took great personal risk to show the world that Tibetans are not happy under Chinese rule.

Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Lhasa Rising in Featured, Protests in Tibet

Tibet remains under lockdown

Even as we watch the Olympic torch relay blow up in the Chinese government’s face, our thoughts should remain with the Tibetans inside of Tibet, who are suffering under a crackdown away from the world’s eyes. In just one example, the AP reports:
Police manning a checkpoint on Thursday stopped reporters trying to enter Aba […]

Posted on April 8th, 2008 by Lhasa Rising in Featured, Protests in Tibet

China has no solutions in Tibet, only repression

The Washington Post had an interesting article today about the “patriotic education” campaigns that China is carrying out in Tibetan monasteries with renewed vigor.  It shows just how bankrupt China’s rule is in Tibet:
[These campaigns are] now a standard feature of life in Tibetan monasteries and nunneries. They are one of many tools Chinese leaders […]

Posted on April 6th, 2008 by Lhasa Rising in Protests in Tibet

The Chinese government is so scared in Tibet…

The Chinese government must be so scared right now… is it losing Tibet?  Consider the following three developments:
One: The Chinese government is desperately organizing political “study sessions” all over Tibet to re-indoctrinate Tibetans working for the Chinese government (whose loyalty Beijing has always questioned).  Reading between the lines, this means that China is all the more terrified […]

Posted on April 4th, 2008 by Lhasa Rising in Featured, Protests in Tibet, ccp

BREAKING NEWS: Chinese police kill 8 more Tibetans

An exclusive report from The Times (UK), Chinese police massacred at least 8 Tibetans following protests caused by forced “patriotic education” sessions.  Think about the bravery of the Tibetans, marching down to the police encampment to demand the release of the monks.  The Chinese police response is sickening but not surprising:
Chinese paramilitary police have killed eight people after […]

Posted on April 4th, 2008 by Lhasa Rising in Protests in Tibet

Shameless leaked memo from the IOC

Reporters Without Borders has obtained a leaked internal memo  that International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge sent to all IOC members setting out a communication strategy for the Tibet crisis and the debate about a boycott of the Olympic Games. 
Rogge’s memo displays a level of arrogance and shamelessness that would be stunning, if it didn’t comport with […]

Posted on April 4th, 2008 by Lhasa Rising in Beijing Olympics 2008, Olympics, Protests in Tibet

New protests in Tibet challenge Beijing’s claims of “normalcy”

New protests in Tibet are calling into question the Chinese government’s claim that everything is back to “normal” in Tibet.  What is “normal” in Tibet anyway: military occupation and simmering resentment ready to explode?
 From the BBC:
New violence has broken out in a Tibetan area of western China, leaving at least one government official seriously injured, […]

Posted on April 4th, 2008 by Lhasa Rising in Protests in Tibet, Reports From Tibet

Vlog (Xeni): Tibet report - monks forced to participate in staged videos

The latest episode of BoingBoingTV is up, focusing on the aftermath of the protests in Amdo, and the brave monks who helped get the news and images out to the world:
In this BBtv vlog episode, Xeni speaks with Tibetan human rights worker Lhakpa Kyizom about reported abuses against so-called “wired monks” in Tibet, by […]

Posted on April 4th, 2008 by buckaroo banzai in Protests in Tibet, Reports From Tibet, Technology, Video, Video, Photos and Audio

“The Elders” issue Tibet appeal

What do Nelson Mandela, former US president Jimmy Carter, former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have in common? Along with all being Nobel Peace laureates (together with the Dalai Lama), they are all calling on the Chinese government to come to a peaceful solution in Tibet as part of a group […]

Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by Lhasa Rising in Dalai Lama, Protests in Tibet

Bravery in Tibet continues — high school students

Amid the media blackout and military lockdown in Tibet, it is very difficult to get news out. We now have little solid information on what Tibetans are doing, or what the Chinese military and police are doing.
But we did get this example of great bravery by hundreds of Tibetan high school students:
Hundreds of […]

Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by Lhasa Rising in Featured, Protests in Tibet

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