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Welcome to the h2g2 Friends of Tibet Library, where we hope to maintain a complete and up-to-date collection of work relating to Tibet.

If we have overlooked something, please do drop us a note.

Tibet

• Tibet
  - As good a place as any to start, this Entry was written in the olden days, when h2g2 was made of wood and telephones had dials.
  
• Tibet on Film
  - This Entry attempts to trace the relationship between our perception of Tibet and the way it has been depicted on the silver screen.
  
• Friends of Tibet
  - Here you will find a list of some well-known people and the roles they have played in aiding Tibet. If you didn't quite make the list, the Entry suggests some ways you can become a better friend while you wait for the updated edition.
  
• Great Thirteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet
  - This is a biographical sketch of the Great 13th, one of only two Dalai Lamas to have been called 'Great'. Find out why.
  
• Tibet's Warrior Nuns
  - This is about the quiet unsung heroism of some very brave women.
  
• Tibet by $30 Bicycle
  - Practical advice about how to ride a bicycle across Tibet.
  
• Dalai Lama
  - This is a biographical sketch of the the current XIV Dalai Lama of Tibet, perhaps the third to be called 'Great'.
  
• Tibetan Diaspora
  - This is about the tragic events which scattered Tibetans across the globe, and how those Tibetans in exile have enriched the lives of so many people.
  
• Dharamsala
  - This Entry describes how a sleepy hill station in India became the seat of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile.
  
• Tibetan Children's Villages
  - This Entry describes the remarkable success of the school system built by the Tibetan exile community in India.
  
• Lost Lhasa
  - Lhasa is the capital of Tibet. This Entry describes its history and the tragic destruction of its traditional architecture in the name of 'progress' by Chinese authorities.
  
• Ngawang Sangdrol
  - This Entry, written while Ngawang sangdrol was still an inmate of the notorious Drapchi Prison, tells of her terrible ordeal there and of her heroic resistance to China's occupation of Tibet.
  
• Panchen Lama
  - This Entry describes the life of the late Panchen Lama and tells of how the boy recognized as his re-incarnation became the world's youngest political prisoner.
  
• The Monks of Drepung
  - Drepung Monastery is alive and growing in India, though a shadow of its former glory in Tibet. Read about Drepung and about the marvelous touring monks, who present religious music and ceremonial dance to audiences around the world.
  
• Yaks
  - This is an excellent Entry about one of the world's most fascinating animals.
  
• Tibet Tourism
  - Some tips on how to make tourism in Tibet work for the Tibetan people.
  

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China

• China's Fate: Another Taiping Rising?
  - HMN Chaiwallah takes a look at an event in China's past, the Taiping Rising, and suggests an explanation for its current leaders' actions.
  
• Tibet - Why the Chinese are There
  - HMN Chaiwallah answers the question, 'why are the Chinese so desperate to hold onto Tibet?'.
  
• Tibet - China's Claim to Rule
  - HMN Chaiwallah examines the historical Tibet's relationship between tibet and China.
  

Buddhism

• TIBETAN BUDDHISM
  - An introduction to Tibetan Buddhism by Kaz
• Tonglen - a Buddhist Technique
  - Tonglen is a Tibetan Buddhist technique used to release the transformative power of compassion.
  
• The Loving Kindness Meditation - How to Pray for Peace - The title says it all. Ben gives us some good pointers and a lot of incentive. Try it out. We need all the peace we can get.
  
• Karma in Buddhism
  - This Entry, written by Existential Elevator, provides a clear explanation of a subject that is often misunderstood.
  
• Borobudur - the World's Largest Buddhist Monument
  - This Entry, written by kikujiro, describes one of the world's great architectural wonders.
  

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Human Rights





• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  - This Entry tells us about a document we should all become familiar with.
  
• The European Convention on Human Rights
  - This Entry is an interesting introduction to human rights policy in Europe.
  
• Torture
  - This Entry made its debut in conjunction with h2g2's petition in support of the Amnesty International Stop Torture campaign.
  
• Tibetan Nun Asylum Injustice
  - HMN Chaiwallah describes how a victim of Chinese brutality became a victim of American bureaucracy and paranoia.
  

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The h2g2 Post



• So Much For Human Rights!
  - Jan. 7, 2001: A report on the failure of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to uphold its mandate
  
• Tibet in Washington DC
  - July 17, 2000: A celebration of Tibet on the Washington National Mall and a protest outside the Embassy of China
  
• In Memory of Ani Pachen la
  - Feb. 13, 2002: A tribute to Tibet's 'Warrrior Nun'
  
• Kalachakra 2004 - A Personal View
  - A personal account of Kalachakra 2004 in Toronto and the visit to Canada of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
  
• One World, One Dream - Free Tibet!
  - 8 April, 2008: A commentary on the Beijing Olympic torch protest rallies.
  

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United Nations

• Human Rights Abuses - Written statement submitted by the Society for Threatened Peoples, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
  
• Question of Population Transfer - Written statement submitted by the International League for Human Rights, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
  
• Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - (ILHR) Addresses the question of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the context of racist pollicies, such as apartheid
• Transnational Corporations And Human Rights - (ILHR) Addresses the impact of investment by international corporations on human rights in Tibet
  
• Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - Written statement submitted by the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
  
• Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - Written statement submitted by the Society for Threatened Peoples, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
  
• The Right to Development - (ILHR) Why the projects that China pursues in Tibet do not benefit the Tibetan people
  
• Women's Rights Violations - (ILHR) Tibetan women face a systematic pattern of gender-based violence for non-violent expressions of their political opinions.
  
• Violation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - Written statement submitted by the International Union of Socialist Youth, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
  

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Tibet Justice Center

• United Nations - Appeal by the Dalai Lama to the UN and other UN documents
  
• The Case Concerning Tibet - Tibet was an independent, sovereign nation when the armies of the People's Republic of China ('PRC') entered Tibet in 1950.
  
• Violence and Discrimination Against Tibetan Women - A report submitted by TJC, Women's Commission for Refugee Women, and Children Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy to he UN
  
• A Generation in Peril - The Lives of Tibetan Children Under Chinese Rule
  
• Torture in Tibet - A Report Submitted To The UN Committee Against Torture
  
• Environmental Management and Human Rights in Tibet - The relationship between environmental management and human rights in Tibet
  

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Human Rights Watch

• China: Criminal Charges Misused to Target Tibetans - Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's death sentence spotlights ongoing repression.
  
• Trials of a Tibetan Monk: The Case of Tenzin Delek - On December 2, 2002, the Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate People’s Court in Sichuan province sentenced Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a locally well-known and respected lama, to death.
  
• Human rights Overview: China - A human rights summary, touching on a wide variety of subjects, including HR violations in Tibet.
  
• Tibetans Lost in Chinese Legal System - Tibetans continue to fall into the black hole of the Chinese legal system. Secret trials and secret sentences make a mockery of China's pretense that its legal system acts according to the rule of law.
  

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Book Review

There are lots of books about Tibet; some of them are wonderful, others less so. We welcome your contributions to this section. If you would like to review a book, please open a new Discussion thread, using the book's title as a subject heading.

• Namma by Kate Karko (Hodder, 2001) - She's an English woman who married a Tibetan nomad from Amdo (now Qinghai province). She gives a wonderful, if poignant picture of nomad life, and just how it is being eroded by Chinese incursions, particularly by the fencing off of the nomadic pasture lands, and the restriction on the size of their herds. This has left the nomadic women with their traditional role within the house and around the home, but the men now have virtually no function, where they used to be herders and protectors of their flocks (against wolves, yak-rustlers and bandits). So the men spend much of their time hanging out in the concrete-block Chinese towns, drinking and gambling in karaoke bars. The Chinese are doing their best to turn the Tibetans into a consumer society, while exploiting the Tibetans, both lamas and nomads, as a tourist attraction. [Review by HNM Chaiwallah]
• The Voice That Remembers: A Tibetan Woman's Inspiring Story of Survival by Ama Adhe and Joy Blakeslee (Wisdom Pub., 1997) - This is a very powerful and moving account of one woman's life of incredible hardship and suffering. Ama Adhe lost her family, her friends, and her country. But she kept her identity, her dignity, or her compassion. Here is a role model for everyone, everywhere. The basic goodness of this remarkable woman is conveyed perfectly in this simple, honest narrative. This is a story that one finds difficult to turn away from. Ama Adhe is a person the reader will care about deeply after reading this book.

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