Robert Fisk on gendercide

Robert Fisk has a series of articles in The Independent on a form of gendercide referred to as “honour” killings. I don’t think we should use the term “‘honour’ killings” because there is nothing in the slightest bit honourable about systematic murders whose victims are mostly young women. Gendercide is a more accurate term. All [...]

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Tibet Watch February 2009

The UK Free Tibet campaign has released photos of a military buildup in Labrang (Xiahe) in Gansu Province. The military activity is related to fears by the Chinese authorities of Tibetans protesting in response to the fiftieth anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising on 10 march and the one year anniversary of the March 2008 protests [...]

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Tibet in the media

The Tibet issue gets quite a lot of media attention. However, the quality of a lot of what is written is not great. News from the Chinese media is nothing more than propaganda and it often gets re-reported by the major news agencies. What is written in the media outside China does a good job [...]

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