Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei says police have told him he is stilled barred from leaving the country, despite the expiration of a one-year bail imposed after his release from detention. The outspoken artist was detained for nearly three months without charge last year. Upon his release, he was charged with tax evasion and told […]
Ai Weiwei Says Still Cannot Leave China, Faces New Charges
Posted June 21st, 2012 at 5:50 am (UTC-5)
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Boat Carrying Refugees Capsizes Near Australia’s Christmas Island
Posted June 21st, 2012 at 4:30 am (UTC-5)
Australian maritime authorities say a boat carrying about 200 asylum seekers has capsized off the coast of Australia’s remote Christmas Island. The vessel sank about 220 kilometers north of Christmas Island on Thursday. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority say three merchant vessels and two Australian naval ships are heading towards the site. The authority says […]
Chinese State Media: Democracy No ‘Panacea’ for Burma
Posted June 21st, 2012 at 3:10 am (UTC-5)
Chinese state media are warning against “excessive and hasty” democratic change in Burma, saying democracy alone cannot solve all of the Southeast Asian country’s problems. A commentary in the Communist Party-run Global Times acknowledged that the recent reforms by Burma’s new quasi-civilian government are bringing “unprecedented hope for the nation’s prospects.” But it also warned […]
Aung San Suu Kyi to Address British Parliament
Posted June 21st, 2012 at 1:50 am (UTC-5)
Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi will address both houses of Britain’s parliament Thursday, a rare honor normally reserved for visiting heads of state. The Nobel laureate’s speech at the historic 11th century Westminster Hall is part of her first trip to Britain since leaving the country 24 years ago to lead Burma’s pro-democracy […]
Two More Tibetans Self-Immolate in Anti-China Protest
Posted June 20th, 2012 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
Two more young Tibetans have set themselves on fire, while calling for Tibetan independence and a long life for their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Exile leaders say the activists, age 22 and 24, were carrying Tibetan national flags as they launched their midafternoon Wednesday protest in an ethnic Tibetan area of China’s western […]
Two More Tibetans Self-Immolate in Anti-China Protest
Posted June 20th, 2012 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
Two young Tibetans set themselves on fire in eastern Tibet Wednesday, while calling for Tibetan independence and a long life for their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Exile leaders say the activists, age 22 and 24, were carrying Tibetan national flags as they launched their midafternoon protest in Zatoe town, in the southeastern Kham […]
Two More Tibetans Self-Immolate in Anti-China Protest
Posted June 20th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
Two young Tibetans set themselves on fire in eastern Tibet Wednesday, while calling for Tibetan independence and a long life for their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Exile leaders say the activists, age 22 and 24, were carrying Tibetan national flags as they launched their midafternoon protest in Zatoe town, in the southeastern Kham […]
Aung San Suu Kyi: Warm British Welcome No Challenge to Burmese President
Posted June 20th, 2012 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded an honorary doctorate Wednesday from Oxford University, which she said “stood up and spoke for her” during her long years of isolation under house arrest in her homeland. In her acceptance address, the Nobel laureate told her audience that she survived years of imprisonment under Burmese […]
Dissident Chinese Artist Ordered to Avoid Tax Hearing
Posted June 20th, 2012 at 5:55 am (UTC-5)
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says he has been barred from attending Wednesday’s court hearing of a lawsuit filed by his company to challenge a large fine imposed by Beijing tax authorities. Ai Weiwei told reporters outside his Beijing home that police called and ordered him to stay away from the courthouse, without giving him a […]
Aung San Suu Kyi: Warm British Welcome No Challenge to Burmese President
Posted June 20th, 2012 at 4:55 am (UTC-5)
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says Burma’s president should not see the warm welcome she has received during her first trip to Britain in 24 years as a challenge. She was due to receive an honorary degree and give an address Wednesday at Oxford University, a day after a packed auditorium at the […]
