ICT Urges China to release all self-immolation related Tibetan Prisoners

DHARAMSHALA: International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), a Tibet advocacy group based in the US, has released a special report titled “Acts of significant evil: The criminalisation of Tibetan self-immolations ” documenting the wave of self-immolations in Tibet and the intensified response of the Chinese government. It urged the Chinese government to “release all Tibetans who have been detained and sentenced on grounds “incitement to” or “aiding” self-immolations, and whose actions themselves do not represent punishable behavior according to Chinese Criminal Law and international law.”

Michelle Obama in China: internet freedom should be universal right

First lady spoke to students at Peking University during a week-long trip in China aimed at promoting educational exchanges...

Michelle Obama on Saturday told students in China, which has some of the world’s tightest restrictions on the internet, that freedom of speech and unfettered access to information make countries stronger and should be universal rights.

The first lady was speaking Saturday at Peking University in Beijing during a week-long trip aimed at promoting educational exchanges between the US and China. The trip also took on political overtones when she was granted a previously unscheduled meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping on Friday.