Full Coverage: Tibet

21.04.2008 As the New Economics Foundation cast doubts on London's promise of a legacy for the poor from the 2012 Olympics, Nepali soldiers were told to shoot if necessary to "protect" the Olympic torch from pro-Tibet demonstrators.

21.04.2008 As Nepal steps up measures to prevent pro-Tibet protests in response to the Olympic torch being carried on Everest, the government has instructed soldiers to shoot if necessary.

10.04.2008 China is worried that the recent resentment and resistance among the Tibetans could spread to other major minorities whose traditional territories have been colonised and exploited by the majority Han Chinese. The Tibetans clearly want some form of autonomy, which they will not get, says Mathieu Vernerey.

06.04.2008 Police had to bring in reinforcements to marshal the Olympic torch relay through London after a series of protests along the 31-mile route by critics of China's human rights record.
+ IOC memo minimises events in Tibet

01.04.2008 Lehtileikkeet, julisteet ja banderollit täyttävät intialaisen Dharamsalan kaupungin seinät. Kaupungissa asuvat 20 000 Tiibetin pakolaista seuraavat tarkasti kotimaansa tapahtumia, vanhemmat seinille liimattujen lehtileikkeiden avulla, nuorempi sukupolvi netistä.

25.03.2008 Kiinan virallisen Tiibet-propagandan ja länsimaisen median huolimattoman ja konfliktihakuisen uutisoinnin välissä kiinalaiset bloggaajat yrittävät rakentaa tasapainoisempaa raportointia Tiibetin mellakoista.

24.03.2008 In contrast to Chinese and Western media, local bloggers are providing balanced assessments and objective accounts on the current situation in Tibet, writes Xujun Eberlein.

21.03.2008 "The government of Nepal should cease arbitrary arrests and detentions, harassment, and the use of excessive force to silence Tibetan protesters, activists and journalists," says Human Rights Watch.
From: Human Rights Watch

21.03.2008 The last thing China wanted, in the year it is to host the Olympic Games, was the world watching its army brutally suppressing protesters, says Lindsay Hilsum.
New Statesman
+ Nepali Government Should Stop Doing Beijing’s Bidding
* Unrest in Tibet

19.03.2008 China has barred or expelled virtually all international reporters from Tibet, but the world is still watching. OneWorld TV has compiled a YouTube playlist of top Tibet coverage.

19.03.2008 With international attention focused on the violence in Tibet, the Chinese media are confronting massive censorship, leaving the Chinese public largely in the dark, says an international media network.
+ Call for Boycott of Beijing Olympics Ceremony

17.03.2008 China expects India to somehow persuade the Dalai Lama to call for peace in Tibet and resume the process of negotiations, The Times of India reported.
+ 'The world will not look away'
+ Crackdown away from the eye of the media
From: Times of India

15.03.2008 The Chinese authorities announced on Saturday that people who took part in riots that rocked Tibet's regional capital, Lhasa, must surrender by Monday midnight, Xinhua news agency reported.
From The Times of India
* 'Cultural Genocide' Claims in Indian Parliament
* News and pictures from Tibet

14.03.2008 Serious violence broke out in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, which witnessed shops and police vehicles being set on fire on Friday.
From Times of India

14.03.2008 Rajinder Puri says Tibetan protests are occurring now because China wants to showcase the Beijing Olympics as proof of its arrival as a world superpower and Tibetans smell their chance to create enough embarrassment for Beijing to force it to revise its Tibet policy.
From The Statesman

12.03.2008 Several hundred Tibetan exiles defied an Indian government ban and pressed ahead on Wednesday with a march protesting Beijing's hosting of this summer's Olympic Games.
From Times of India

11.03.2008 Indian police halted a solidarity march by exiled Tibetans on the grounds that it violated an understanding between the government and the Dalai Lama against 'anti-China' activities on Indian soil.

03.09.2007 As part of its "civilising mission" - and to deter independence - China is taking control of the Tibetan economy, says Lindsey Hilsum. Modernity is being imposed by force, she says, creating ghettos and spreading deprivation across the countryside.
From: New Statesman

30.10.2006 Pienessä Xiangchengin tiibetiläiskaupungissa Kiinan Sichuanin maakunnan lounaiskolkassa on meneillään rakennusbuumi. Tämä on tavallista Yunnanin ja Sichuanin maakuntien tiibetiläisalueilla. Vanhoista tiibetiläisistä karavaanipaikoista on tullut kiinalaisen paikallishallinnon keskuksia. Alueille on muuttanut paljon kiinalaisia siirtolaisia.

22.09.2006 Captive breeding of Tibetan antelope, also called the Chiru, may be difficult due to the inhospitable terrain and the need for large financial resources, the Power Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Nuwang Rinjin Joora, has said. The shahtoosh shawl, which provides livelihoods to a large number of people, is made from the hair of the Chiru due to which the animal now figures in the list of endangered species.