Ideas, Advocacy and Dialog on Tibet

Day of the Disappeared...

Today, August 30th marks the worldwide commemoration of the International Day of the Disappeared. The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) has worked for 30 years...

Tibetan Calligraphy: Where Size Matt...

Ever since the International Campaign for Tibet was able to acquire an office space and to construct a small conference room, I have been privileged to participate in a variety of events in it. The conference...

China’s bad press in Tibet...

Another managed media tour of Tibet, another round of bad press for the Chinese. Once again, Chinese authorities have allowed a group of foreign journalists into Tibet with a tightly regimented itinerary...

A Special Tribute on the Occasion of...

On July 6, 2010, His Holiness the Dalai Lama turned 75 and Tibetans all over the world gathered in celebration, including those in Tibet. Information received from sources inside Tibet said that people...

Spanish Goal-Scorer Carles “Tarzan...

As everyone gets ready to sit down this Sunday to watch the World Cup Final, I thought you’d be interested to learn that the Tibetan world is abuzz with the news of Spain’s defender Carles “Tarzan”...

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Q...

On July 6, 2010 the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs had its regular press conference in Beijing. Mr. Qin Gang was the spokesman on duty that day. Let me just say in general that I learn quite a bit...

In action at SFT Action Camp...

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend Student for a Free Tibet’s (SFT) Action Camp. This is a retreat where participants receive training in how to be effective activists, including campaigning,...

A Tibetan’s perspective on two per...

The sentencing of Tibetan environmentalist-cum-businessman Karma Samdrup to 15 years by a Chinese court even as his lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang, highlighted the absence of a fair trial, is yet another challenge...
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