***A recording of today’s press briefing is available at http://bit.ly/SFTMedia123. NEW YORK—Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) activists’ efforts to engage with athletes heading to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics were curtailed by Team USA at a number of qualifying events in...
Read moreBERLIN, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Tibetan activists on Friday demanded that Allianz drop its sponsorship of the Beijing Winter Olympics over allegations of human rights abuses against China and over its treatment of minorities. Members of groups including Students for a Free...
Read moreTibetan, German, and Jewish activists are calling on the company to drop its sponsorship of Beijing 2022 BERLIN—Activists are currently chained to the doors of the Allianz headquarters in Berlin. Activists are also holding a large banner which reads “Allianz: Drop the...
Read moreHUMAN RIGHTS NGOS CALL ON GREEK COURTS TO DELIVER “NOT GUILTY” VERDICTS FOR NONVIOLENT HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AT UPCOMING ACROPOLIS TRIAL’ ON 26 JANUARY 2022 AND ‘OLYMPIA TRIAL’ ON 3 FEBRUARY 2022 ATHENS—On the morning of October 17th, 2021 Tsela Zoksang, an...
Read moreTIBETAN ACTIVIST RISKS SECOND ARREST AFTER SERVING A FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE TO CONDEMN CHINESE LANGUAGE POLICIES IN TIBET—SAYS CHINESE GOVERNMENT POLICIES “ENDANGER” TIBETAN LANGUAGE NEW YORK—35-year-old language rights activist from Yushul, Tibet, Tashi Wanguchk, was taken in for questioning by local Chinese authorities...
Read moreHuman rights advocates have failed in a years-long effort to get companies to cut their support for the Games that begin next month Late last year, human rights activists stood outside the White House for 57 hours urging the United States to...
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