PRESIDENT MONACO HEEDS COMMUNITY CALLS FOLLOWING YEARS-LONG GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN BY ACTIVISTS, 13-WEEKS OF CONTINUOUS PROTESTS, AND GROWING PRESSURE FROM CITY AND STATE OFFICIALS. BOSTON, March 17th—Following years of campaigning by local activists, including 13 weeks of continuous weekly protests, and pressure from...

TIBETAN JAILED DURING 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS AND UYGHUR CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR SPEAK AT PRESS CONFERENCE AHEAD OF BLINKEN-WANG YI MEETING. WASHINGTON DC, March 17th—Today, representatives from the Tibetan, Uyghur, and Hong Konger communities in the US launched a campaign to urge President...

TO COMMEMORATE THE 62ND ANNIVERSARY OF TIBETAN NATIONAL UPRISING DAY, TIBETANS AND ALLIES PROTESTED AT THE UN AND CHINESE CONSULATE  NEW YORK, March 10th—Today, more than 500 Tibetans and human rights activists gathered in front of the United Nations to protest and...

FREEDOM HOUSE RANKS TIBET LAST PLACE IN THEIR ANNUAL “FREEDOM IN THE WORLD REPORT” NEW YORK, March 4th—Yesterday, Freedom House, the renowned independent research NGO, released their annual rankings of civil and political rights of countries and territories around the world. For...

HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS WELCOME THE UNIVERSITY’S DECISION  NEW YORK, February 26nd— Portland State University has joined the ranks of dozens of American universities who have decided to shut down their Confucius Institute (CI). CIs are Chinese state-sponsored “Chinese language” centers which aim...

Activists warn anything less will be an endorsement of China’s blatant disregard for civil and human rights.The IOC has failed to uphold ‘Olympic Values’ so far, but still have time to reverse 'past mistakes' Today, just one-year ahead of the opening of...