"No Torch in Tibet” Banner in front of the India Gate, New Delhi (Photo by Annie Kohl)Tibet Activists displayed banner at India Gate to protest China’s Torch RelayThe Action Demands ‘No Torch in Tibet‘
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Showing posts with label Tibet. Show all posts
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Press Release: Activists Display Banner at India Gate
"No Torch in Tibet” Banner in front of the India Gate, New Delhi (Photo by Annie Kohl)Tibet Activists displayed banner at India Gate to protest China’s Torch RelayThe Action Demands ‘No Torch in Tibet‘
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Monday, April 7, 2008
Protesters scale Golden Gate Bridge
Three people protesting China's human rights record and the impending arrival of the Olympic torch climbed up the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday and tied the Tibetan flag and two banners to its cables. The banners read "One World One Dream. Free Tibet" and "Free Tibet 08."
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What a heroic and daring way to shout the message of "Free Tibet" and "One World One Dream."
Peace and Bright Blessings to the activists shouting the message loud enough and peacefully enough to get the attention of the world!
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What a heroic and daring way to shout the message of "Free Tibet" and "One World One Dream."
Peace and Bright Blessings to the activists shouting the message loud enough and peacefully enough to get the attention of the world!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Dalai Lama responds to Beijing[VIDEO]
Mar. 18 - The Dalai Lama told Reuters and a group of international journalists he would resign as Tibetan leader if the situation veers out of control in Tibet.Speaking in Dharamsala in northern India where has been in exile since 1959, he denied accusations from China that he was inciting riots. On Tuesday (March 18th) China's premier Wen Jiabao accused what he called the 'Dalai clique' of orchestrating the unrest in Tibet.
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AlterNet Guest Editorial: The Bravery of the Tibetan People
You can help show the Chinese government that the whole world is watching what happens in Tibet.
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From AlterNet Guest Editorial: The Bravery of the Tibetan People;
By Lhadon Tethong, Students for a Free Tibet.
My dear family and friends,
I'm not sure what to say to you right now.
Part of me wants to talk about the good side of all that is happening -- the bravery and the courage of the Tibetan people. How proud I feel when I hear their cries and see their strength and fierceness. How they continue to rise up across our beautiful land and how this new movement destroys China's lies and propaganda and gives birth to a new generation of freedom fighters.
But then the other part of me is full of dread and fear for what will happen now, for what is happening now. Will they smash the monasteries as they again see the monks in the lead? Will they destroy the Bharkor because it's again a lightning rod for protest? Will they move all the Tibetans out of Lhasa because they are in the way? Will they turn the countryside into killing fields because nobody will know what happens out there?
Here in Dharamsala we try to assure ourselves this won't happen. That the Chinese leadership won't dare do this now. But I don't trust them. I will never trust them. All my life I've heard the stories of what the Chinese government does to Tibetans who are too strong, too proud. They try to break their spirit and take away their dignity. In the darkness of the prisons and the jails they inflict such pain and suffering ... there is no way to comprehend it from this place.
China's deadline for protesters to "surrender" has now expired. But it was all a farce. Another carefully scripted ploy to make it look like Tibetans had their chance before the Chinese authorities were forced to take the most extreme measures.
Now all the foreigners are leaving. Soon, only the Tibetans will remain. And, once again, it will be our people -- defenseless and alone -- left at the mercy of one of the most deadly military forces on earth.
Please help us let them know that they are not alone. Help us show the Chinese government that the whole world is watching.
For freedom, justice and peace in Tibet,
Lhadon
Take action here:
http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?id=1333
http://beijingwideopen.org/
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From AlterNet Guest Editorial: The Bravery of the Tibetan People;
By Lhadon Tethong, Students for a Free Tibet.
My dear family and friends,
I'm not sure what to say to you right now.
Part of me wants to talk about the good side of all that is happening -- the bravery and the courage of the Tibetan people. How proud I feel when I hear their cries and see their strength and fierceness. How they continue to rise up across our beautiful land and how this new movement destroys China's lies and propaganda and gives birth to a new generation of freedom fighters.
But then the other part of me is full of dread and fear for what will happen now, for what is happening now. Will they smash the monasteries as they again see the monks in the lead? Will they destroy the Bharkor because it's again a lightning rod for protest? Will they move all the Tibetans out of Lhasa because they are in the way? Will they turn the countryside into killing fields because nobody will know what happens out there?
Here in Dharamsala we try to assure ourselves this won't happen. That the Chinese leadership won't dare do this now. But I don't trust them. I will never trust them. All my life I've heard the stories of what the Chinese government does to Tibetans who are too strong, too proud. They try to break their spirit and take away their dignity. In the darkness of the prisons and the jails they inflict such pain and suffering ... there is no way to comprehend it from this place.
China's deadline for protesters to "surrender" has now expired. But it was all a farce. Another carefully scripted ploy to make it look like Tibetans had their chance before the Chinese authorities were forced to take the most extreme measures.
Now all the foreigners are leaving. Soon, only the Tibetans will remain. And, once again, it will be our people -- defenseless and alone -- left at the mercy of one of the most deadly military forces on earth.
Please help us let them know that they are not alone. Help us show the Chinese government that the whole world is watching.
For freedom, justice and peace in Tibet,
Lhadon
Take action here:
http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?id=1333
http://beijingwideopen.org/
Friday, March 14, 2008
Deaths reported in Tibet, China blames Dalai Lama
By Chris Buckley and Lindsay Beck BEIJING (Reuters) - Independence protesters burned shops and cars in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on Friday and Chinese police were reported to have shot dead at least two people, in the fiercest unrest in the region...
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
Tibetan protesters infiltrate Chinese embassy in New Delhi - CNN.com
NEW DELHI, India (AP) -- Some 30 Tibetan exiles protesting Chinese religious policies stormed the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi on Wednesday, with several breaching the front gate and chaining themselves to the flag pole inside, police and witnesses said.
Others repeatedly sprayed "Free Tibet" in red paint on the embassy walls and the main gate before many of the demonstrators were forcibly taken away by Indian police, according to an Associated Press photographer at the scene.
The activists were protesting a recent Chinese order that Beijing must approve all of Tibet's spiritual leaders, known as Lamas. For centuries, the search for the reincarnation of lamas -- including Tibet's spiritual head, the Dalai Lama -- has been carried out by select Tibetan monks.
"This order is an attempt to undermine the influence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama," said Dorjee Bhondup, a leader of the Tibetan Youth Congress who was at the protest.
The protest is one of a series in India against what the Tibetan exiles say are China's continued attempts to subvert Tibetan Buddhist culture and strengthen Beijing's hold on the Himalayan region.
In August, thousands of Tibetan exiles marched through New Delhi to protest the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Chinese plans to have the Olympic torch run go through Tibet.
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Tibetan protesters infiltrate Chinese embassy in New Delhi - CNN.com
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