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Laogai in Tibet Conference: Thought Reform of a Different Kind

jeudi 14 juin 2012 par jamphel — News From Other Sites

By Bhuchung K. Tsering (ICT blog) June 13, 2012 The two-day Laogai in Tibet conference organized by the Laogai Research Foundation in Washington, D.C. was educative in every sense of the term. In addition to enlightening the people who came to attend the sessions, the events were eye-openers to (...)

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Manchester prepares for visit by Dalai Lama

mercredi 13 juin 2012 par jamphel

The Guardian An event for young people will be hosted by comedian Russell Brand – an unusual double act His Holiness the Dalai Lama/Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP When the Dalai Lama addresses young people in Manchester this weekend during a special event, he will be assisted by an unusual master of (...)

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Chinese block Tibetans at Buddhist event in Yeosu

mercredi 13 juin 2012 par jamphel — News From Other Sites

The Korea Herald A Chinese delegation abruptly left a religious conference in Yeosu on Wednesday morning after Tibetans attendingthe event refused to acquiesce to demands they leave. The Chinese delegation, consisting of Buddhist officials and monks, had walked out of the opening ceremony of (...)

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EU concerned by the impact of the resettlement policy of Tibetan nomads

mercredi 13 juin 2012 par jamphel

BRUSSELS: The last item on the agenda of the European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday was a debate on the situation of Tibet. Prior to the debate, Lady Ashton, Vice-President of the European Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (...)

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Catherine Ashton’s Speech on the situation in Tibet in the European parliament

mercredi 13 juin 2012 par jamphel

Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission’s Speech on the situation in Tibet. 12 June 2012 Defence and promotion of human rights around the world is a key component of the EU’s foreign policy. In this context, (...)

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Arunachal Pradesh Gets Country’s Fourth Buddhist Centre

mercredi 13 juin 2012 par jamphel — News From Other Sites

Press Trust of India ITANAGAR: Himalayan state Arunachal Pradesh, where around 13 per cent of the population follows Buddhism, has got its first full-fledged Buddhist centre after Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies at Dahung in West (...)

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Remembering Communism’s Human Cost

mercredi 13 juin 2012 par jamphel — News From Other Sites

By Caleb Whitmer National Review Online June 12, 2012 Washington, D.C. — Four hundred million un-born lives “snuffed out,” another 100 million who lived just long enough to be massacred by Mao, Stalin, Castro and the like. But for all those deaths, there is only one statue in one city to remember (...)

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MEPs discuss Tibet at Strasbourg Plenary Session

mardi 12 juin 2012 par jamphel

European Parliament Chamber, Strasbourg, 12 March 2009. An MEP votes amid Tibetan flags DHARAMSHALA: The Members of European Parliament will discuss Tibet as part of the EU’s most salient current foreign policy issues with High Representative Catherine Ashton at the Strasbourg Plenary Session (...)

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Silenced screams

mardi 12 juin 2012 par jamphel — News From Other Sites

“The self-immolations have rattled the Chinese.” China’s reported closure of Tibet to foreign tourists reeks of insecurity. The decision to prevent tourists from visiting Tibet stems from growing protests there. Over the past 15 months some 37 Tibetans have attempted self-immolation and several (...)

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Police Hunt Tibetan Singer

mardi 12 juin 2012 par jamphel — News From Other Sites

Radio Free Asia Chinese police search for a popular singer who distributed politically ‘sensitive’ songs. Authorities in China’s southwestern Sichuan province have ordered the detention of a handicapped Tibetan singer accused of recording songs praising exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and (...)

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