What's on

Matteo Pistono In the Shadow of the Buddha

Presented by Free Word and The Tibet Society

Fri 9 Sep 2011, 2:04pm

Venue TBC

Author and undercover reporter Matteo Pistono discusses his book "In the Shadow of the Buddha", the story of how he became a covert human rights monitor in Tibet. Presented in association with Tibet Society.

For nearly a decade, Pistono evaded Chinese security and took photos of prisons, obtained secret documents, and smuggled out firsthand interviews of torture victims and other human rights abuses, giving them to the Dalai Lama, NGOs and the US State Department. Keeping his identity hidden, Pistono regularly briefed journalists on the political situation inside Tibet from 2000 to 2007. The book "In the Shadow of the Buddha" will be on sale at the event, and Matteo will be available for signings after the talk.

Tickets: £5, concessions £3