Published by Knewz By alang.consultant New York (Knewz) - The controversial Beijing Winter Olympics are just days away, and survivors and human rights advocates of the host country's allegedly oppressive policies are speaking out in a last-ditch effort to draw attention to decades of minority mistreatment. It is the stuff of nightmares.

Phayul.com is one of the most popular & successful Tibetan news website in English. With daily readers touching over 12,500 and still growing. It features news and views on Tibet.

Microsoft is shutting down the Chinese version of LinkedIn after facing scrutiny for censoring academics and journalists at the behest of the Chinese government. LinkedIn China will be replaced with a standalone product called "InJobs" that's separate from LinkedIn, the company said Thursday.

Canada has led more than 40 countries in expressing serious concerns over Beijing's repressive actions in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet, prompting a furious response from Beijing over Canada's colonial history.