Rev. Danny Fisher

Just a Buddhist Minister Trying to Benefit Beings

Month: February, 2009

February 27, 2009

Tibet News (2.26.09)

Here are the Tibet headlines for today:

  • The New York Times‘ Edward Wong reports on Tibetans greeting their new year “in opposition.”
  • Radio Free Asia reports that “more than 100 Tibetan monks in China’s western Qinghai province…marked [the Tibetan New Year] with a peaceful march protesting Chinese government policies.”
  • CNN observed approximately 250 protestors “outside the United Nations headquarters in New York angrily [marking] the Tibetan New Year by chanting anti-China slogans and calling for the UN to ‘wake up.’”
  • The Associated Press brings us the news that the Chinese government has responded to the U.S. State Department report that took them to task for their human rights record, decrying it as “interference in others’ internal affairs.”

    • February 27, 2009

    The New York Times: Nicholas Kristof and George Clooney Visit Eastern Chad

    February 26, 2009

    Tibet in Harlem

    Via The Center for Buddhist Studies Weblog:

    February 26, 2009

    The U.S. Campaign for Burma’s National Organizing Meeting is THIS WEEKEND – Register Now!

    This from the U.S. Campaign for Burma:

      National Organizing Meeting 2009

      Register Here!

      Weekend of February 28th

      U.S. Campaign for Burma’s National Organizing Meeting to be held at American University, Washington, DC

      Click here to view the schedule.

      For more information, including directions click here.

      From: February 27, 2009 at 07:00 PM
      Until: March 01, 2009 at 01:30 PM
      Address
      4400 Massachusetts Ave NW
      Washington DC 20016

      Contact: mike@uscampaignforburma.org

    February 26, 2009

    Global Oneness Project: Interview with Angel Kyodo Williams