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Top US lawmaker hails Dalai Lama on birthday
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed the Dalai Lama on his 75th birthday Tuesday as "a man of peace and wisdom" and urged China to hold serious talks with him on his homeland of Tibet. AFP; July 6, 2010 |
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U.S. officials comment on the 21st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre
Nancy Pelosi and Philip Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs commented about the 21st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, China on June 4, 1989 ... Island Crisis; June 4, 2010 |
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Nancy Pelosi: Tonight, We Are All Armenians
An event of commemoration on so called Armenian genocide held in U.S. Congress on April 21. Making a speech at the annual congressional commemoration ... History of Truth.com; April 22, 2010 |
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China Jails Dissident Liu Xiaobo for 11 Years for Subversion
... U.S. officials including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton have expressed concern over Liu’s arrest. Bloomberg; December 24, 2009 |
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Pelosi: On Human Rights Day, We Rededicate Ourselves to the Cause of Protecting and Promoting Human Rights Around the World
Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the 61st anniversary of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights ... PR Newswire; December 10, 2009 |
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US House Speaker slams China arrest of democracy advocate
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday urged worldwide condemnation of China's decision to arrest prominent pro-democracy dissident Liu Xiaobo. AFP; June 24, 2009 |
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Pelosi Raises Human Rights Concerns in China
Nancy Pelosi, a longtime critic of the Chinese government, met over the weekend with a Catholic priest in Shanghai who spent nearly three decades in prison. Wash Post; May 25, 2009 |
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Pelosi Seen Downplaying Human Rights, Tibet on China Visit
On a trip to Beijing in 1991, Rep. Nancy Pelosi slipped away from her official hosts and unfurled a banner on Tiananmen Square commemorating the hundreds who died there ... Bloomberg; May 23, 2009 |
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Government Could Destroy Records in Hundreds of Guantanamo Cases
A stockpile of documents about hundreds of Guantanamo Bay detainees, some authored by the prisoners themselves, could be destroyed under a little-known provision of a federal court order ... ProPublica; May 7, 2009
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Recognizing the Armenian Genocide
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Steny Hoyer (D-MD), in their remarks to the standing-room only audience, both spoke forcefully of their personal commitment to proper U.S. condemnation and commemoration ... PR of Armenia; 4/23/09 |
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Pelosi Remarks at Reception Commemorating 50th Anniversary of the Dalai Lama's Exile from Tibet
Nancy Pelosi, Richard Gere, and Lobsang Nyandak, representative of the Dalai Lama, spoke at a reception on Capitol Hill today commemorating the 50th anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's flight. PR Newswire; 3/9/09 |
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Colombia's Commandos Perform Remarkably
... Pelosi's rejection of the Colombia free-trade agreement, by changing House rules in a way that may have destroyed the fast track procedure ... USN; July 3, 2008 |
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Pelosi Condemns Continued Detention of Burmese Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi
peaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today in reaction to the continued detention of Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. PRNewswire; May 28, 2008 |
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Speaker Pelosi urges to put an end to Turkey’s “gag-rule" on the U.S. Congress
Nancy Pelosi ... yesterday [urged] passage of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, a move described by legislators on both sides of the aisle as a long overdue of Turkey’s "gag-rule." PanArmenian; April 26, 2008 |
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Dalai Lama is anti-human rights -- Chinese media
Chinese media denounced the Dalai Lama and his supporters on Sunday as "anti-human rights", and branded top U.S. politician Nancy Pelosi as "the least popular person in China" for her stance on Tibet. Reuters-Guardian/UK; 4/13/08 |
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Pelosi blames Beijing for making Olympic torch relay political
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is blaming the Chinese government for making the Olympic torch relay a political event, while calling on protesters of the relay in San Francisco to be peaceful and respectful. Examiner.com; 4/8/08 |
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S.F. treats torch run as a hot potato
San Francisco officials say they are confident the city will host a successful Olympic torch run Wednesday ... SF Gate; 4/7/08 |
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Action Alert: Free Tibet, March on the Torch!
... Pelosi’s actions challenged Newsom to act with conscience, but instead he opted for the same line ... politics, including China’s crackdown in Tibet, should be kept separate from the Beijing Olympics. FCJ; 4/7/08 |
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Newsom announces Olympic torchbearers
Amid rising concerns surrounding the Chinese government’s recent crackdown on the people of Tibet, Mayor Gavin Newsom yesterday announced [the Olympic Torchbearers]. FCJ; April 5, 2008 |
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Bush should weigh skipping Olympics opener: Pelosi
Bush should consider boycotting the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics because of the way China has handled unrest in Tibet, the Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday. Reuters; April 1, 2008 |
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Pelosi on the Democratic Race, China and Tibet
Pelosi, a Democrat from California, also spoke about China's recent crackdown on Tibetan protesters. She led a congressional delegation to the seat of the Tibetan government in exile ... Morning Edition; April 1, 2008 |
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Long-awaited Olympic torch route announced; city leaders condemn China in statement
The Beijing Olympic torch will be carried along San Francisco's waterfront and briefly pass through the Marina District, according to city officials who announced the specific route today. SF Chron; April 1, 2008 |
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China blasts Dalai Lama, Pelosi on Tibet
China accused the Dalai Lama on Sunday of stoking Tibetan unrest to sabotage the Beijing Olympics and also berated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying she is ignoring the truth about Tibet. USA Today; March 24, 2008 |
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Bush, Prime Minister Rudd exhort caution by Beijing on Tibet issue
... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a longtime critic of China's human rights policies, said it would be wrong to boycott the Beijing Olympics. International Herald Tribune; March 28, 2008 |
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Newsom's 2 mentors split over torch protests
"Gavin's situation kind of reminds me of that kids book, 'Heather Has Two Mommies,' " San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano quipped the other day, talking about Mayor Gavin Newsom and the upcoming Olympic torch run. SF Chron; 3/30/08 |
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Finding a 'journey of harmony' for Olympic torch
California's senior senator and San Francisco's former mayor, Dianne Feinstein, made headlines this week ... cast off the idea of using the ceremonial Olympic torch run to condemn China's ... SF Chron; March 26, 2008 |
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US House Speaker Pelosi rejects Olympics boycott: report
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday rejected calls for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics because of China's crackdown on protests in Tibet during a visit to Spain. AFP; March 25, 2008 |
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M&R: Olympic torch's S.F. route up in air
The Olympic torch debate just keeps getting hotter - but then, its route through San Francisco may be getting shorter. SF Chronicle; March 26, 2008 |
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Human rights in Syria; Pelosi's silence
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's visit to Damascus this week caused quite a stir. Before she even landed in Syria, the White House was calling her decision a "really bad idea." The Daily Star; April 6, 2007 |
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Pelosi urges world to condemn China over crackdown
Nancy Pelosi yesterday called on the international community to condemn China for crushing protests in Tibet, saying the crisis was a challenge to the "conscience of the world". But she stopped short of calling for an Olympic boycott. 3/22/08 |
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China Rejects Pelosi, Cites Support for Tibet Actions (Update1)
China's government said it has international support for its actions in Tibet and rejected a call by ... Nancy Pelosi for a probe into its claim the Dalai Lama has been behind unrest in the capital Lhasa. Bloomberg; 3/22/08 |
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Tibet challenges world conscience, Speaker Pelosi says
... Nancy Pelosi said on Friday Tibet was a challenge to the world's conscience and called for an international probe to clear the Dalai Lama's name in the violent protests this month. Reuters; March 22, 2008 |
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Pelosi calls for probe into acts of 'repression'
Nancy Pelosi yesterday demanded that China allow an international investigation into the violent unrest in Tibet and said the situation there was a "challenge to the world's conscience". Financial Times; March 22, 2008
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Bush Silent, but Others Speak Out on Tibet Crackdown
China’s violent crackdown on protesters in Tibet is having powerful political reverberations in Washington, where the White House is weighing how far to go in condemning the Chinese government ... NYTimes; 3/22/08 |
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