June 23 (Phayul): In a move that could jeopardise China’s large scale gold mining efforts in Tibet, the London-based World Gold Council announced last week that it had Read More
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Portrait of the Chinese Gulag
June 26 (Newsweek): Most political prisoners in China disappear inside prisons, gulags, or “black jails”—under “house arrest” in squalid hotels or under lock and key in psychiatric institutions. Read More
Former Tibetan prisoners slam widespread torture
June 27 (RFA): The GuChuSum group of former Tibetan political prisoners have hit out at the widespread use of torture by China’s ruling Communist Party in a statement. Read More
China bars tourists from Tibet ahead of anniversary
June 29 (Radio Australia): An international Tibetan lobby group says Lhasa is closed to tourists as the Chinese authorities prepare celebrations for the 60th anniversary of its takeover Read More
