Tibet Brief – Edition 17 E-mail
October, 2009 International Campaign for Tibet

The Tibet Brief is an ICT publication for policy-makers, providing concise information and perspectives on the political, economic and human rights situation in Tibet. In this edition:

  1. China tightens screws on Tibet for October 1st 60th anniversary
  2. President Obama sends delegation to meet Dalai Lama in Dharamsala
  3. Bio of Maria Otero, the new US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues
  4. Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen faces trial: new information on charges
  5. Dalai Lama visits Taiwan to comfort typhoon victims


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Video: Channel 4 Dispatches: Undercover in Tibet

Dispatches_thumbTibetan exile Tash Despa returns to the homeland he risked his life escaping from to carry out secret filming with the award-winning, Bafta-nominated director Jezza Neumann. At the risk to its makers of imprisonment and deportation, this Dispatches film reveals the hidden reality of life under Chinese occupation in Tibet, uncovering evidence of the 'cultural genocide' described by the Dalai Lama.

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Great Mountain reportA Great Mountain Burned by Fire: China’s Crackdown in Tibet

March 10, 2009, marked the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising in Lhasa that led to the Dalai Lama’s escape from Tibet, and the first anniversary of an unprecedented wave of overwhelmingly peaceful protests that swept across the Tibetan plateau, to be met by a violent crackdown.

Since March 10, 2008, the Chinese government has engaged in a comprehensive cover-up of the torture, disappearances and killings that have taken place across Tibet combined with a propaganda offensive against the exiled Tibetan leader, Nobel Peace Laureate the Dalai Lama.

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