Tibetan Leader Invites International Scrutiny

  Image:imageproxy Tibet’s political leader, called upon the international community to undertake an independent assessment of the situation in his country and pressurize communist  China to end the “oppression”. “Please, international community, judge whether there is a problem or not. Go there and investigate.” he told Dutch parliamentarians on Friday June 5 . “In the case the [...]

France Falls To The Floor

Image: SaveTibet Viewing today’s televised feeds of protests in London invited some reflection upon the unrest and opposition, which accompanied the Olympic Torch during last year’s controversial parade. Recall too the French President’s brief resistance to China and his stance on attending the Games in Beijing. France’s position caused outrage in China, leading to a [...]

Independence-A Dirty Word?

As world leaders descend upon London in a desperate G20 effort to appear united in the face of the disintegration of free-market economics, Tibetans and their supporters have embarked upon a twenty-four hour ‘hunger’ strike outside the palatial oppulence of the appropriately named Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Where it is reported Chinese President Hu Jintao will [...]

Britain has NOT Changed It’s Policy On Tibet’s Status

  A number of supporters of Tibet are under the impression, wrongly as it happens, that Britain has changed its policy towards Tibet’s status. First point of note here is that not too many people beyond the secrecy obsessed corridors of Whitehall have seen any policy document on Tibet, if indeed there is a formalised [...]

10th March Statement from Independent Tibet Network

      Statement from Independent Tibet Network on the 50th Commemoration of the Lhasa Uprising of 1959. This declaration has been released to Tibetan organisations world-wide in recognition of the many thousands of Tibetans who lost their lives fighting for Tibetan independence and in solidarity with the people of Tibet, who continue their rightful [...]