The hall was packed on November 28, 2009 in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, when a panel discussion on democracy was held, organized by the National Democratic Party of Tibet. I am in Dharamsala for a project in the Tibetan community related to the International Campaign for Tibet-D and so had the opportunity to observe this Tibetan democratic experience first hand. Nine panelists discussed “The Significance...

Human Rights in China is co-hosting a “Human Rights Bookfair” at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center in New York City on Thursday, December 3, 2009, from 1 pm to 8.30 pm. The program, as well as Fordham’s address and other information, will be available before December 3 on HRIC’s website at www.hrichina.org. The organizers say that the book fair “aims to support freedom of...

At Frankfurt Book Fair this year, where China was the Guest of Honor, writers in the official delegation had minders, and books on the Chinese stand were marked with a green sticker stating: “Any claim denying the One-China Principle in this book will be rejected”. The world’s biggest and most important literary trade event concluded on Sunday (October 18) amid controversy over Chinese attempts...

ICT Germany, in collaboration with RTL, Europe’s largest commercial broadcasting corporation, has spent the past year working to improve the Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV) in Suja, India. RTL featured the school project on its annual “Spendenmarathon,” a 24-hours telethon aimed at raising funds to improve the lives of children from all over the world—RTL generously donated $1.4 million to go towards...