Tibet today

Asia-Pacific News
1. Dalai Lama urges world community to pressure China on Tibet
New Delhi - The Dalai Lama has appealed to the international community for its 'continued support,' saying the Chinese authorities had deployed a large number of troops to crack down on the unrest in Tibet and had sealed these areas to the outside world. http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/article_1398141.php/Dalai_Lama_urges_world_community_to_pressure_China_on_Tibet

TIBET NEWS TODAY

For quick surfing on the events that happened in Tibet I am attaching the links that appeared in the last few hours on this day.:
1.Dalai Lama to visit Seattle as China tensions grow:(AP) http://www.katu.com/news/17188646.html
2. Pelosi wants international monitors in Tibet( NDTV): http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080045692
3.China Alleges Tibetan 'Suicide Squads'
By AUDRA ANG – 3 hours ago
BEIJING (AP) — China has branded the Dalai Lama a "wolf in monk's robes" and his followers the "scum of Buddhism." It stepped up the rhetoric Tuesday, accusing the Nobel Peace laureate and his supporters of planning suicide attacks. Read more http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h5Z6bJwtN_roGSIUQiQnfbf2NkhgD8VPH7G00
4.For India, Tibet Poses Some Delicate Issues
By Rama LakshmiWashington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, April 2, 2008
NEW DELHI, April 1 -- Angry Tibetans in India chanted all kinds of anti-China slogans last month when they gathered to protest the crackdown in their homeland. But one chant, in particular, seemed to be an ominous warning to the government in New Delhi: "China-India brotherhood is a Chinese deception!" the Tibetans shouted. Read more http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR2008040102861.html
5.TIBET: CHINA CLAIMS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL IS BIASED
AGI/EFE) - Beijing, 2 April - The regime in Beijing has rebutted Amnesty International claims, accusing the humanitarian organization of "harbouring prejudice against China." In a very recent report, Amnesty International has once again targeted the People's Republic for the human rights situation, especially concerning the repression underway in Tibet, and warned that the crisis is bound to grow worse as the Summer Olympic Games in August approaches: the latter will not result in an attenuation of the crackdown on dissidents, but the very opposite. "Amnesty International has anti-Chinese prejudices," said Jiang Yu, spokesman for the Beijing Foreign Ministry, "which is why it is easy to image how useful its report is." The humanitarian organization has spoken out on the increase in arbitrary arrests of its opponents, including the journalist Hu Jia, on trial for "subversion of public order," due to a series of interviews in which he criticized his countries' authorities, especially concerning the imminence of the Olympics. "No one in China," said the ministry spokesman in a press conference, "can arrogate the privilege nor the right to be above the law." http://www.agi.it/world/news/200804020932-pol-ren0002-art.html
6. CNN: What's wrong with you?(chinadaily.com.cn)Updated: 2008-04-02 15:38
Some foreign media fabricated lots of reports on severe riots that took place in early March in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The distorted reports triggered protests of netizens both at home and abroad. Netizens even established a website named anti-cnn.com that is aimed at opposing distorted reports from CNN, a well-known US news network. Read more:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/02/content_6587120.htm
Watch this video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcCnFuVhwXI

TIBET HOT BENCH

"We must not develop anti-Chinese feelings. Whether we like it or not we have to live side-by-side" said Dalai Lama. The situation in Lhasa,Tibet has gone from bad to worse. I have tried to synthesize some of the news footage so that you can find many related stories in the same place. To read more click the given links.
Protests in Europe over Tibet
1:30PM Wednesday March 19, 2008
European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering on Monday urged politicians to consider boycotting the Beijing Olympic Games to protest against China's crackdown on demonstrations in Tibet in which dozens may have died.
As the pressure builds in Lhasa, Tibetans and their supporters spread their protests to the European Council and the International Olympic Committee. Read more
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Dalai Lama willing to step down to end Tibetan rioting (+video)
Chinese Citizens, Get Your Tibet Protest Videos Here
By Jason Silverman March 18, 2008 2:03:00 PM
As Sarah Lai Stirland reported at Wired's Threat Level blog, the Chinese government banned YouTube in the hopes of keeping videos of Tibetans protesting from going viral. The internet being the internet, videos and photos are popping up, albeit slowly, elsewhere. Most are news reports from official sources, including The New York Times, Reuters (above), BBC and MSNBC. The Guardian's Tania Branigan has been sending audio, video and print reports back from Lhasa. Read more and watch video
Ma won't rule out Olympic boycott over Tibet
By Mo Yan-chih and Ko Shu-lingSTAFF REPORTERS Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008, Page 1
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday reiterated his call for China to end its suppression of Tibet, and said that, if elected, he would not rule out boycotting the Beijing Olympics if the situation in Tibet deteriorated Read more
China warns of 'life or death struggle' in Tibet
20 hours ago
BEIJING (AFP) — China said Wednesday it was engaged in a "life or death struggle" over Tibet as it announced 105 people had surrendered over an uprising and exiled groups warned hundreds had been detained. Read More
Protesters 'surrender in Tibet'
Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 05:00 GMT
More than 100 people have turned themselves in to police following anti-China riots in Tibet's main city, Lhasa, Chinese state media has said.
People surrendered to secure leniency in response to a deadline set by the authorities, Xinhua news agency said.
China says it will harshly punish protesters who do not surrender. Police in Lhasa have been searching houses and making arrests, activists say.
China has blamed the Dalai Lama for the protests - a claim he roundly rejects. BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Protesters 'surrender in Tibet'
March for ‘Free Tibet’
Posted by barunroy on March 18, 2008
Kalimpong, March 17: About 2,000 Tibetans marched through the main streets of the town today as the outrage against the Chinese crackdown on the protests in Lhasa found its echo in the hills.
The marchers carried placards and shouted slogans against the Chinese government and in support of Tibetan independence. Cries of “Free Tibet” rent the air. Women protesters were seen weeping to mourn the deaths of their brethren back home. (Read more: March for ‘Free Tibet’)