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Tibetan exiles prepare to vote in India – Al Jazeera, April 7 2014
For first time in 55 years, Tibetans born between 1950 and 1987 given right to vote drawing mixed reactions. Elizabeth Soumya Last updated: 07 Apr 2014 14:12 Twenty seven-year-old Namgyal Dolkar plans to travel from the Himalayan town of Dharamsala, the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile, to her ‘hometown’ of Dehradun in the neighbouring state […]
Spanish judge issues arrest warrants for China’s former President, Prime Minister
By Al Goodman, CNN February 12, 2014 — Updated 0924 GMT (1724 HKT) Madrid (CNN) — A Spanish judge issued international arrest warrants Monday for China’s former President Jiang Zemin and former Prime Minister Li Peng for alleged genocide against the people of Tibet, Spain’s National Court in Madrid said. The warrants against them and […]
Spain forces an express reform to prevent arrest of Chinese leaders for Tibet
El País, 23rd January 2014 (Front Cover story) SPAIN FORCES AN EXPRESS REFORM TO DROP THE LAWSUIT AGAINST CHINESE LEADERSHIP* THE POPULAR PARTY (PP) PRESENTS A BILL LIMITING UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION MADRID WISHES TO AVOID CONFLICT CAUSED BY AN INVESTIGATION INTO GENOCID *Translation by the Comité de Apoyo al Tíbet (CAT). Original Spanish here – http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/01/22/actualidad/1390418719_906409.html […]
El Pais – Judge Moreno sidesteps arrest warrants against top-ranking Chinese Party members (English)
The judge “consults” the Fourth Section of the Audiencia Nacional’s Criminal Court El Pais, 9 Jan 2014 *Please note this is an unverified translation. The original article can be found in Spanish here: http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/01/09/actualidad/1389299258_890415.html Almost two months after the Fourth Section of the Audiencia Nacional’s Criminal Court issued a writ on 18 November for the […]
November 2013: Important developments in Universal Jurisdiction case against Chinese leaders
Less than a month after the Spanish National Court indicted former Chinese President Hu Jintao on charges including crimes against humanity, torture and genocide against the people and country of Tibet, the same court has issued arrest warrants for four other ex-Chinese leaders accused within the same criminal case, including former President Jiang Zemin and […]
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