When Russia’s President Dmitri Medvedev formally recognized Georgia’s separatist enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, activists in the Russian autonomous region of Tatarstan reacted quickly. The All-Tatar Civic Center published an appeal for Moscow’s recognition of Tatarstan’s independence. Rashit Akhmetov,… Read moreNext: Free Tatarstan?
Hundreds of Tibetan exiles Aug. 24 staged a peaceful march in Kathmandu to protest China’s rule in Tibet, coinciding with the concluding ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. There were heavy deployment of riot police in the area, but no arrests… Read moreTibetan exiles march in Nepal as Olympics close
From the Uyghur American Association (UAA), Aug. 22: The Uyghur American Association (UAA) believes that recent comments made by Wang Lequan signal an upcoming period of fierce repression against Uyghurs across the People’s Republic of China (PRC), particularly in East… Read moreChina: Uighurs warn of “fierce” post-Olympic repression in Xinjiang
With the Olympics in Beijing in full course, three security officials were killed Aug. 12 at a road block 30 kilometers from Kashgar, Xinjiang. The official Chinese press agency “Xinhua said assailants jumped from a vehicle passing through the checkpoint… Read moreChina: another Xinjiang attack amid growing repression
Chinese police shot and killed five people who hurled homemade bombs at a police station and the office of industry and commerce in Kucha, Xinjiang, early Aug. 10. Two police officers and a security guard were reportedly wounded in the… Read moreChina: more terror and repression in Xinjiang
Four Tibetan youth in Drokshog township, Nangchen county, Qinghai province, were arrested July 26 by the Chinese Public Security Bureau (PSB) agents for protesting against the local Summer Festival planned by the government to celebrate the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games…. Read moreTibetans arrested for protesting Olympic celebrations
Attackers identified as two Uighur men killed 16 members of a special border police unit in Kashgar, Xinjiang, Aug. 4. The assailants crashed a dump truck and tossed two grenades as a group of 70 police were jogging past in… Read moreChina: crackdown in wake of Xinjiang attack
The New York Times’ City Room blog reports a strange spectacle from 6th Ave. July 17: As thousands of people, mostly of Tibetan and Nepalese ancestry, streamed out of Radio City Music Hall on Thursday afternoon, where they had gone… Read moreNYC: dissident Buddhists, idiot leftists protest Dalai Lama
Chinese authorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang have executed two Uighurs and sentenced 15 others accused of terrorist ties. The Kashgar Intermediate Court sentenced to death two men, identified as Mukhtar Setiwaldi and Abduweli Imi, and immediately executed them… Read moreChina executes Uighurs
While the world media have moved on, Tibetans continue to defy authorities by launching protests in their homeland. According to “confirmed information” received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), several local Tibetans have been severely beaten… Read moreTibet: protests, repression continue —outside media spotlight
Mongolia imposed a four-day state of emergency in the capital, Ulan Bator, after the opposition Democratic Party claimed fraud in last weekend’s elections and violent protests broke out. Military vehicles patrolled the streets, five people were killed, and the headquarters… Read moreMongolia: mineral struggle behind unrest?
Police in Tibet arrested 16 Buddhist monks and accused them of involvement in bombings on April 5, 8 and 15 in villages near Qamdo. All three bombings involved homemade explosives and caused only property damage, authorities said. (NYT, June 6)… Read moreMore monks, nuns arrested in Tibet
