By Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service <http://www.forum18.org>
A Protestant church in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent has been denied legal status four times in the last 10 months, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. The latest registration denial to Eskhol Full Gospel Church comes after an appeal against fines, imposed after a police and NSS secret police […]
Thousands of Tibetans protest in Kathmandu: the police load them onto wagons “like cattle” and arrest hundreds of them. In Beijing, a human rights activist is in jail after asking for permission to conduct a public demonstration today.
Kathmandu (AsiaNews/Agencies) - More than a thousand arrests in two days in Kathmandu, in protests yesterday and […]
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the popular uprising in which 3,000 people lost their lives, students have prepared a pamphlet that commemorates the military junta’s massacres. Dissidents ask help from the West to end the country’s international isolation.
Yangon (AsiaNews/Agencies) – University students in Yangon have prepared an anti-government pamphlet and poster […]
By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 5, 2008; Page A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/04/AR2008080402460.html?wpisrc=newsletter
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Aug. 4 — Three days before he is set to arrive in Beijing for the Olympics, President Bush offered a mixed assessment of China’s role in the world, praising its efforts to curb the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran, […]
(WASHINGTON) - A top Republican US senator on Tuesday said China is planningto spy on guests who stay at foreign-owned hotels during the Olympic Games,which begin next month. “The Chinese government has put in place a system to spy on and gatherinformation about every guest at hotels where Olympic visitors are staying,”Kansas Senator […]
Read more...US House of Representatives Sends Strong Tibet Message to China and Bushon Eve of Beijing OlympicsICT press release, July 31, 2008Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday condemned Chinafor its ‘broken promises’ in the buildup to the Olympics and called uponPresident Bush, who is attending the Games’ Opening Ceremonies, to make astrong public […]
Read more...TURKMENISTAN: Will the state respect everyone’s right to conscientious objection?
By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service <http://www.forum18.org>
While several Jehovah’s Witnesses in Turkmenistan are serving sentences for refusing compulsory military service on grounds of religious conscience, officials are considering whether to allow an alternative service possibility, Forum 18 News Service has learnt. However, it is unclear […]
International Campaign for TibetJuly 31st, 2008
Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday condemned China for its ‘broken promises’ in the buildup to the Olympics and called upon President Bush, who is attending the Games’ Opening Ceremonies, to make a strong public statement in Beijing about China’s repression of human rights and to request a […]
As the “Countdown Clock” on Tian’anmen Square ticked backwards toward the July 1 takeover of Hong Kong, Bob Fu and his pregnant wife, Heidi, knew their time was running out, too... Learn More >
