As China kicked off the 2008 Beijing Olympics yesterday,
Tibetans and supporters in every part of the world staged hunger
strikes, protest marches, solidarity vigils, and other direct
actions to highlight China's oppression in Tibet.
Just hours ago, five Tibet supporters held a dramatic protest in
Tiananmen Square, calling for an end to the Chinese government's
occupation of Tibet. Four of the activists, lying down and
draped in Tibetan national flags, staged a mock die-in with the
famous portrait of Chairman Mao in the background. A fifth
activist spoke about their reason for protesting there today.
They were detained by security ten minutes after the protest
began.
And at just past 7pm, approximately one hour before the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, three SFT activists staged a courageous protest near the Olympic stadium in Beijing. At the last major intersection on Beichen Road leading to the Olympic Park, the three men unfurled Tibetan national flags while wearing shirts reading "Team Tibet 08." They were tackled by Chinese security forces within seconds and forcibly detained; their whereabouts are currently unknown. please visit SFT's olympic campaign website www.freetibet2008.org for more news.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
candle light vigil at 6pm, Friday : 8th of August
venue : Vastrapur Lake
contact : Gopal ( 9913153108 )
One world, One Dream. Free Tibet.
The Chinese government is using the Beijing Olympics in an attempt to legitimize its brutal occupation of Tibet and cover up its human rights record. We are here in solidarity with Tibetans to support their cries for human rights and freedom.
Thousands of Tibetans remain detained or missing in China's violent and ongoing crackdown against Tibetans who, starting in March, bravely rose up across Tibet to call for their human rights and freedom.
venue : Vastrapur Lake
contact : Gopal ( 9913153108 )
One world, One Dream. Free Tibet.
The Chinese government is using the Beijing Olympics in an attempt to legitimize its brutal occupation of Tibet and cover up its human rights record. We are here in solidarity with Tibetans to support their cries for human rights and freedom.
Thousands of Tibetans remain detained or missing in China's violent and ongoing crackdown against Tibetans who, starting in March, bravely rose up across Tibet to call for their human rights and freedom.
CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL
Stand for truth!
Dharamshala] - A day before the Beijing Olympics, thousands of Tibetans in Dharamshala became the voice of the Tibetans suppressed in Tibet and condemned China’s brutal and illegal occupation of Tibet. Tibetan supporters filled the streets of Dharamshala and snaked their way through the mountain pass, raising slogans and pleading for the international community to stand up at this critical moment for Tibet.
In the evening, a candle light vigil will proceed from Mcleod ganj square to Tsuglakhang and will be followed by the screenning of a new video footage of the uprisings in March in Tibet. Also, as a part of the Candle for Tibet, the biggest single action in the world for a free Tibet, Tibetans in Dharamshala will also light a candle on the eve of the Beijing Olympics to stand in solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet.
“For the past five decades, China has brought immense sufferings on Tibetans, refusing us basic human rights and freedom,” said Mr. Chime Youngdung, President of National Democratic Party of Tibet. “Despite that, Tibetans have fully committed ourselves to nonviolent and peaceful means of protesting China’s ruthless regime. It is the moral obligation of the peace loving people of the world to take a stand for truth and justice and for Tibet”
“A day away from the Beijing Olympics, as the Communist Chinese Government readies to show its seemingly harmonious face to the world, we stand to let everyone know the true face of the regime and how it has for forty nine years killed thousands of Tibetans and attempted to destroy the ancient and sacred Tibetan culture. We will not allow the brutal Communist regime fool the world,” said Ven. Ngawang Woebar, President of Gu-Chu-Sum Former Political Prisoners Movement of Tibet.
A nonviolent protest begun by a group of monks in the Tibetan Capital of Lhasa on March 10th rippled across the entire Tibetan plateau in the following weeks and months. More than two hundred Tibetans were killed in the Chinese governments violent retaliation crackdown against the demonstrations and thousands of Tibetans remain ‘disappeared’ or in detention. Buddhist monasteries and nunneries in Lhasa have been sealed off and Chinese officials have rolled out political indoctrination campaigns across the region designed to break Tibetan resistance to Chinese rule.
so here in ahmedabad, our newly started STUDENTS FOR A FREE TIBET(SFT) is organizing candle light vigil at vastrapur lake, 6:30pm on 8th of august to show support for the tibetan struggle.
stand for truth!
Stand for truth!
Dharamshala] - A day before the Beijing Olympics, thousands of Tibetans in Dharamshala became the voice of the Tibetans suppressed in Tibet and condemned China’s brutal and illegal occupation of Tibet. Tibetan supporters filled the streets of Dharamshala and snaked their way through the mountain pass, raising slogans and pleading for the international community to stand up at this critical moment for Tibet.
In the evening, a candle light vigil will proceed from Mcleod ganj square to Tsuglakhang and will be followed by the screenning of a new video footage of the uprisings in March in Tibet. Also, as a part of the Candle for Tibet, the biggest single action in the world for a free Tibet, Tibetans in Dharamshala will also light a candle on the eve of the Beijing Olympics to stand in solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet.
“For the past five decades, China has brought immense sufferings on Tibetans, refusing us basic human rights and freedom,” said Mr. Chime Youngdung, President of National Democratic Party of Tibet. “Despite that, Tibetans have fully committed ourselves to nonviolent and peaceful means of protesting China’s ruthless regime. It is the moral obligation of the peace loving people of the world to take a stand for truth and justice and for Tibet”
“A day away from the Beijing Olympics, as the Communist Chinese Government readies to show its seemingly harmonious face to the world, we stand to let everyone know the true face of the regime and how it has for forty nine years killed thousands of Tibetans and attempted to destroy the ancient and sacred Tibetan culture. We will not allow the brutal Communist regime fool the world,” said Ven. Ngawang Woebar, President of Gu-Chu-Sum Former Political Prisoners Movement of Tibet.
A nonviolent protest begun by a group of monks in the Tibetan Capital of Lhasa on March 10th rippled across the entire Tibetan plateau in the following weeks and months. More than two hundred Tibetans were killed in the Chinese governments violent retaliation crackdown against the demonstrations and thousands of Tibetans remain ‘disappeared’ or in detention. Buddhist monasteries and nunneries in Lhasa have been sealed off and Chinese officials have rolled out political indoctrination campaigns across the region designed to break Tibetan resistance to Chinese rule.
so here in ahmedabad, our newly started STUDENTS FOR A FREE TIBET(SFT) is organizing candle light vigil at vastrapur lake, 6:30pm on 8th of august to show support for the tibetan struggle.
stand for truth!
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