The Chinese security forces arrested twelve monks of Dingri Shelkar Choedhe Monastery during a night raid for opposing the "patriotic re-education" campaign on 19 May 2008, according to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).

A new ITUC report on respect for core labour standards in China released today shows that there remain serious violations of all the core labour standards in the country. The report has been prepared to coincide with China’s trade policy review at the WTO on 21 and 23 May.

See : http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/China_report._16_May.1330.FI...

PRESIDENTS OF FIVE TIBETAN NGOs TRANSFERRED TO JAIL IN HARDWAR

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has documented numerous cases of protests particularly led by the nuns of various nunneries in Kardze County in the past few weeks. According to the latest information received by the TCHRD from a reliable source confirmed that, three nuns of Dragkar Nunnery and a female student were arrested by the Kardze County Public Security Bureau (PSB) officials for staging a protest yesterday.

NEW DELHI - In a strange move, at a time when the government is promoting "Come to India - Walk with the Buddha" to attract foreign tourists to Buddhist circuit in the country, five foreigners have been given Quit India notice to leave the country within seven days "for participating in a religious activity."

After his dramatic escape from Tibet in December 1999, the young Gyalwa Karmapa became an immediate celebrity in the exile community – in a reverential Tibetan sort of way, of course. A group of students from the Tibetan Children’s Village decided to dedicate their class environmental project – on saving the Tibetan crane – to the boy lama. Whether intended or not the symbolism was rather apt, the threatened life, the flight from Tibet to the south and so on. The children had printed a small book on their project and asked one of Karmapa’s entourage to present it to him.

May 27 - The presidents of the 5 NGOs leading the March to Tibet, Tsewang Rigzin, B Tsering, Ngawang Woebar, Chime Youngdrung, and Tenzin Choeying, were arrested this morning around 9:30am.

Since the Sichuan earthquake on May 12, 2008, much evidence has surfaced showing that the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) decision to conceal its foreknowledge of the impending quake from the general public caused a great number of otherwise avoidable casualties.
In light of this evidence, the Chinese Interim Government is calling for the people responsible for concealing this quake warning to be named and, when possible, brought to justice.

The 19 Tibetan marchers detained since May 22nd and 23rd have been released. March coordinator Lobsang Yeshi and core marcher Tenzin Tsundue were released last night and briefly taken to a local hospital. They had staged a hunger strike since they were first arrested on May 22nd and required medical care, but were subsequently dropped at the campsite. The other 17 marchers, who were refusing food, were taken back to the campsite early this morning.
The marchers are at the same campsite in Banspatan, Uttarakhand State.

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has learned from reliable sources inside Tibet that Chinese security forces have arrested two nuns from Dargay Hardu Nunnery on 23 May 2008 for their peaceful protest at Kardze government headquarters.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Tibetans are losing faith in the Dalai Lama's conciliatory "middle way" because of China's refusal to strike a deal with him over the region's future, the exiled spiritual leader said in an interview published on Monday.
Speaking to the Financial Times during a tour of Europe, the 72-year-old Nobel laureate said he hoped the Chinese government would begin serious negotiations with his representatives over greater autonomy for Tibet in a few weeks' time.

Banspatant, Uttarkhand,

Da molti giorni gli autotrasportatori tibetani di Tawu sono in sciopero per protestare contro l’occupazione cinese, la brutalità degli occupanti e le limitazioni imposte ai loro movimenti.
Si tratta del primo sciopero organizzato dai tibetani che ha visto l’adesione della maggioranza degli oltre 2.000 autotrasportatori della regione situata nella provincia del Sichuan.
Ora temiamo che molti di loro vengano arrestati per aver trovato il coraggio di manifestare contro condizioni di vita e di lavoro intollerabili.

Chinese police have detained a political dissident because of remarks he made about the government's handling of the Sichuan earthquake, according to his family and supporters.Guo Quan, the founder of the China Democracy party, was seized outside his home by seven or eight police officers four days ago. They searched his house and confiscated his computer."They waited outside and caught him as he was taking our child to school," said his wife Li Jing.