Tibetan blogger gets Women of Courage Award

Tsering Woeser, Tibetan author, poet and blogger was honoured with the prestigious International Women of Courage Award but the activist was unable to attend the ceremony as China denied her a passport necessary for her to travel to the US to receive the prize.
 

"For courageously striving to improve human rights conditions for China's Tibetan citizens by illuminating their plight through her writings, and thus giving eloquent voice to those whose stories might otherwise never be heard, Tsering Woeser is a woman of courage," Secretary of State John Kerry said reading her citation at the awards ceremony held at the State Department.

Tibet, Kerry said, has become increasingly identified with self-immolations and protests against the deteriorating human rights condition for China's Tibetan citizens. 
Others who received the award in absentia include Razan Zeitunah, human rights lawyer and Founder, and Ta Phong Tan a blogger from Vietnam.