Spreading the Word about TDR

Martin, a hardcore activist friend of ours put the Tenzin Delek Rinpoche stencil to “good use” in Manchester, England. Only by keeping TDR visible can we hope to secure his release.

The stencil can be found here and other appearances of TDR from around the world can be found on SFT’s main site.

Meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 15

We will be having a meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 15th at 7pm in KT 247. We plan on updating our blog to show pictures from the amazing concert we had! Also, and most importantly, we will be drafting a letter/editorial about Bombadier. This letter will be sent to the IPFW newspaper as well as the two local ones. Please come and help out! Your input is always welcomed and needed! See you there!

Cheers!
Michelle

Brooklyn 2 Tibet Videoblog

Last night’s benefit at Habana Outpost in Brooklyn was great fun on a cold autumn night. For those of you who couldn’t make it, you can watch the videoblog below!

watch video (requires Quicktime)

(if that link doesn’t work, there’s also a Flash Video version)

SFTUK kicking Hu’s ass in London

SFTUK and the Tibetans in London are kicking some serious ass – the serious ass this time belongs to Hu Jintao. Newspapers and television news programs (including BBC, Sky News, Telegraph, Independent, Guardian) have all covered the protests and helped us send an unequivocal message to Beijing that there is no corner of the world where the Chinese leaders will walk in peace until Tibet is free. Below is from the Scotsman. (You can also visit BBC and other sites to read and see pics and video footages of protests)

PROTESTERS GREET CHINESE PRESIDENT (8 Nov)
Read the whole story in the Scotsman

Hundreds of Tibetans and human rights activists staged a “die-in” outside Buckingham Palace as Chinese president Hu Jintao arrived for a State Banquet.

Students for a Free Tibet UK (SFTUK) said the protest, organised by SFTUK and Tibetan community members, aimed to highlight the Chinese president’s “reign of terror” in Tibet, as London prepares to light monuments red in honour of his visit.

The group said that following the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1950, President Hu was responsiblefor the brutal imposition of martial law in 1989. SFTUK’s national co-ordinator Alice Speller said: “One in six Tibetans are dead due to the Chinese occupation, and yet the international community is silent in the face of such blatant state terror.

“Tony Blair must speak out about President Hu’s actions in Tibet and China’s ongoing occupation of that country, or he risks becoming complicit in the atrocities committed there.”

New Blog for the Midwest

Welcome to the new SFT Midwest Blog. The site is still under construction, so you may see it change over the next few days, but soon SFT activists from across the Midwest will be able to meet here to share successes, actions, and advice. Look forward to talking to you all.