NFFE protests Chinese authorities’ jamming of radio signal
(NFFE/IFEX) – The NFFE has expressed concern over stepped-up efforts by the Chinese authorities to interrupt the “Voice of Tibet” (VOT) signal. According to information from the VOT Foundation, in Oslo, Norway, high-ranking Chinese officials stated that the VOT “should be silenced once and for all.” The VOT Foundation is a non-governmental organisation providing daily […]
Russian photographer and six Tibetan activists arrested
(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Juan Antonio Samaranch, RSF protested Moscow police’s arrest of an Associated Press (AP) journalist and six Tibetan activists on 11 July 2001. “It is unacceptable that freedom of expression and information be scorned in this way, at the very time the […]
RSF appeals for the release of Tibetan director
(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to the Chinese minister of justice, Gao Changli, RSF asked for the release of Ngawang Choephel, arrested in 1995 in Tibet while he was shooting a documentary about Tibetan art. The organisation is deeply worried about the health of the Tibetan director, who is detained at the Chengdu jail (province […]
RSF report on the current press freedom situation in Tibet
(RSF/IFEX) – The following is an RSF report on the press freedom situation in Tibet: Tibet: The underground press resists repression In 1950, when the Red Army invaded Tibet, no independent newspapers were published in the country. Only Yui-pyoq-so-so-sar-gyur-me-long, a weekly published in Darjeeling, India, provided news in the Tibetan language. Fifty years later, the […]
Voice of Tibet radio jammed
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the jamming of Voice of Tibet. According to RSF’s information, On 17 December 1998, the Chinese authorities jammed Voice of Tibet (VOT), an Oslo-based radio station which broadcasts a thirty-minute programme to India, Nepal and Norway. According to Mr. Alme, director of VOT, the Chinese authorities aired a Radio Canada […]