Holiday Shopping with SFT!

Earlier this year, SFT rolled out a new set of fundraising merchandise, including some new beautifully printed shirts. All of these goods are made sweatshop-free and definitely NOT made in China. They are also made with high quality materials, so their fashionable looks will last.
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I personally think these shirts and bags are proof you can […]

Posted on December 18th, 2006 by buckaroo banzai in Multimedia, Video, Photos and Audio

China would you shoot us too ? Activists detained by the police !

Paris, France

We
arrived at the Embassy at 3pm with our "China would you shoot us too
banner and Tibetan flags. After 20 minutes of demonstrating, between
10 and 15 police showed up in 3 police vans, detained the small group
of us (we were outnumbered by the police) and took us to the police
station for questioning. We were held for 3 hours and then released.
Apparently the Embassy had directly phoned the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs about our protest, so I think our actions were very
effective!


Thanks to SFT’s action camps, we were aware
of
how to respond to the police and remain calm during the whole ordeal.
This action has strengthened our resolve that Tibet will one day soon
be Free! - Alexis, SFT France   More information :
http://ChinaWouldYouShootMe.org

Posted on December 18th, 2006 by ETL blogger in Global Contributors

New York City Pressuring Internet Companies to Uphold Free Speech

New York City comptroller William Thompson has filed resolutions as a shareholder of Google and Yahoo demanding the companies craft policies that prevent them from assisting in internet censorship, particularly at the request of China. Thompson controls the New York City pension fund, which has large holdings of Google ($276 million) and Yahoo ($110 million) […]

Posted on December 15th, 2006 by philo in Economic Rights

China’s Media Censorship in Action

Via Jeremy Golkorn of the China media blog Danwei, Bruce Humes has a clear-cut example of how censorship manifests itself in published articles in China. I recently wrote about a New York Times travel section piece by Joshua Kurlantzick. It turns out that Kurlantzick’s article is being republished in China in the daily newspaper Cankao […]

Posted on December 15th, 2006 by philo in China Watch, Multimedia

Yvonne, Tiananmen Square

Yvonne, Tiananmen Square
Originally uploaded by PhiloTBG.
This is a picture of University of California, Santa Barbara SFTer Yvonne in Tiananmen Square, in front of the clock that counts down to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. She is holding a sign that says “China Stop the Genocide in Tibet.” Here is her account of this courageous […]

Posted on December 13th, 2006 by philo in Olympics, Protests, Video, Photos and Audio

New Comment Policy

This site has been getting a tremendous amount of spam of late and in order to reduce the problems that this causes us and our site host, we have decided to only accept comments from registered users. We continue to welcome constructive debate on this blog.
To register as a commenter on the site, please click […]

Posted on December 12th, 2006 by philo in General

“We Know We Can’t Give Up”

This is an article written by a young Tibetan living in exile. It’s a thoughtful, personal account of where Tibetans stand today in the face of China’s continued efforts to overwhelm Tibet’s people and culture amidst a sea of Chinese settlers.
When Victor Hugo, the great writer was in exile, persecuted by his beloved France, every […]

Posted on December 12th, 2006 by philo in Tibetan Culture

Tibet, Now

Sunday’s New York Times Travel Section included a long piece by The New Republic’s Joshua Kurlantzick titled “Tibet, Now.” Kurlantzick’s frustrating piece skirts between horrible and decent coverage of Tibet and though it rarely moves into either category, it is a solid example of what morally soft writing about Tibet looks like. Like endorsing a […]

Posted on December 11th, 2006 by philo in Multimedia, Tibetan Culture

Dec 10: 58th International Human Rights Day

[Dec 10, Vancouver] On a day when the elements weren’t particularly on the co-operative side, members of the Students for a Free Tibet, Canada Tibet Committee (CTC) and Amnesty International pitched information tables and kiosks in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery to commemorate the 58th International Human Rights Day. SFT also staged a very […]

Posted on December 11th, 2006 by sftcanada in Global Contributors, SFT Canada Happenings, sft

China Feigns Media Reform

China’s reforms around the Beijing Olympics are never what they seem. Unfortunately one quiver towards liberalization and China secures blaring headlines about that give the false impression of actual reform. Take the BBC’s “China relaxes rules for reporters,” for instance.
China is to relax the country’s rules on foreign reporters in the run-up to the 2008 […]

Posted on December 1st, 2006 by philo in China Watch, Multimedia, Olympics

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