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Tibet activists rally against Hu in Hong Kong

Activists wave Tibetan national flags at a massive protest rally
against Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Hong Kong, July 1, 2012.
(Photo.UNFFT, Hong Kong)
Activists wave Tibetan national flags at a massive protest rally against Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Hong Kong, July 1, 2012. (Photo.UNFFT, Hong Kong)

DHARAMSHALA, July 2: Tibet activists and supporters joined 400,000 people in the streets of Hong Kong yesterday in a protest rally against Hu Jintao, who was visiting the business hub to commemorate the 15th anniversary of its handover to China.

The protesters waving Tibetan national flags denounced Hu’s failed policies in Tibet, from implementing martial law in Tibet in 1989 to his government’s crackdown on the peaceful 2008 mass protests in Tibet.

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TSU demands visa for Rebiya Kadeer

World Uyghur Congress president Rebiya Kadeer said on Thursday in Washington that Taiwan and Turkey were the only countries in the world denying her a visitor’s visa, but added that she still hoped to visit Taiwan in the future.

The Uighur rights activist made the comments in her meeting with visiting Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Chairman Huang Kun-huei (黃昆輝), who promised to demand that the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) grant her a visa.

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Newsflash


Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, center, at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport yesterday meets a Japan Airlines flight that brought another batch of AstraZeneca vaccine doses donated to Taiwan by Japan.
Photo: CNA

Taiwan yesterday received three shipments of COVID-19 vaccines, a total of 1.88 million doses.

The nation has so far received 8.92 million doses of the AstraZeneca and Moderna vaccines.