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FROM THE NEWS DESK: HISTORIC COURT CASE AGAINST CHINA'S OFFICIALS: Since
2006, Spain’s High Court in Madrid has been reviewing a lawsuit filed on behalf of Tibetans against former Chinese officials
for alleged genocide, torture, crimes against humanity and terrorism. This historic lawsuit, brought by Tibetan support groups,
is the first case seeking to define the Chinese State’s treatment of the Tibetan people. Those charged include former
PRC president Jiang Zemin, and former Prime Minister, Li Peng. In August this year, the court, which successfully prosecuted
Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, said it would investigate five more high-ranking Chinese officials over accusations that
they oversaw widespread killing and torture to suppress this year's protests in Tibet. Pema Dhondup speaks with Alan Cantos
the Director of the Comité de Apoyo al Tibet, the Madrid-based NGO that has been presenting the case, by phone from
his home in Madrid.
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Spanish Court Opens Second Tibet Probe (August 5, 2008)
TIBETAN REVIEW: Advances made in the Spanish lawsuit on genocide and other crimes in Tibet (Feb 15, 2008)
Comité de Apoyo al Tibet (C.A.T.)
THE ASIAN AGE:
THE CANDIDATES & TIBET: The President and the new administration will set
U.S. China policy for the next four years, and their decisions could have a significant influence on the future of Tibetans.
Christal Smith speaks with the International Campaign for Tibet's Director of Government Relations, Todd Stein, about
Obama and McCain's position on the Tibet issue and what US-China relations would look like under their administrations.
ICT's page on the candidates and Tibet
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OPEN MIND: with Sogyal Rinpoche
Our on-going series
presents teachers in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition sharing their insights into the mind and their understanding of our nature,
our problems and our potential for transformation. For our October program, the Tibet Connection presents a talk from Tibetan
Buddhist teacher, Sogyal Rinpoche, excerpted from 'Living Well, Dying Well' audio CD which distills Tibetan Buddhism's
core teachings about living and dying and invites us to face death without fear.
Sogyal Rinpoche
was born in Tibet and trained by several masters of traditional Tibetan Buddhism. Beginning in 1971, he studied Comparative
Religion at Cambridge University in England. Since 1974 he has devoted himself to bringing Tibetan Buddhism, which he calls
a 'sacred technology' to the West. He is founder of the Rigpa Fellowship, which has established Buddhist Meditation
centers in six countries and is the author of the international besteller The Tibetan Book
of Living and Dying.
This segment comes courtesy of Sounds True, a company presenting inspiration
and informative audio recordings.
Sounds True - Sogyal Rinpoche link:
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