- The suppressed voices of Tibetan writers inside Tibet will find expression among world-renowned writers at the 'Bjørnson Festival of International Literature' in Molde, Norway
- The representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Geneva, Tseten Samdup, submitted a detailed profile of 64 Tibetan intellectuals to the UN Special Rapporteur and urged for necessary inquiry into their cases, including information on court proceedings, access to family members among others
- Among them is Tibetan writer Dolma Kyab sentenced to ten years in prison for authoring an unpublished book, 'The Restless Himalayas'. His whereabouts remain unknown
Oslo, Sept.19.─ Tibet and Tibetan writers were highlighted on Saturday, September 1, 2012, at the Bjørnson International Festival of Literature at a successful event co-hosted with Amnesty International and Norwegian Tibet Committee.
Øystein Alme of Voice of Tibet radio station introduced the two speakers, Chungdak Koren (left on photo) and Dechen Pemba (right on photo), to a packed and attentive audience.
Following Dechen Pemba's reading of the poem "A Sheet of Paper Can Become a Knife" by Tibetan poet Woeser, member of the Exile Parliament, Chungdak Koren, gave an overview of the background to the current political situation and talked about the ongoing self-immolations in Tibet. Koren also explained the position of the Central Tibetan Administration with regard to the Tibet issue.
Dechen Pemba, editor of the translations website High Peaks Pure Earth, went on to give a presentation about the crackdown on intellectuals in Tibet, especially since 2008 and highlighted cases of writers and poets such as Tashi Rabten and Pema Rinchen who have been imprisoned by China for peaceful literary expressions of their views ...
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