Yesterday we had an exciting update. One of the Nangpa Pass detainees, a 15 year-old boy named Jamyang has safely reached Dharamsala, India. According to him, several other detainees have also been released. He further describes how he and over twenty others were captured following the shooting at Nangpa...

So Google, tell us again how that liberalization of China is going to work? Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has vowed to “purify” the Internet, state media reported on Wednesday, describing a top-level meeting that discussed ways to master the country’s sprawling, unruly online...

The Fall 2006 / Winter 2007 issue of Banned in Tibet, the Students for a Free Tibet newsletter, is now available online! Click here to download your copy.

Jamyang Norbu has an incredibly powerful essay on Phayul titled, “Looking Back From Nangpa-La.” I recommend every supporter of Tibetan independence and human rights read this essay and share it with friends. Here’s a small excerpt: It is important to place the context of the shooting...

I’ll say again, “Well, duh.” Google’s decision to censor its search engine in China was bad for the company, its founders admitted yesterday. Google, launched in 1998 by two Stanford University dropouts, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, was accused of selling out and reneging on its...

Oh. What. A. Weekend. A distinct halo of ideas and activities hovered above the roof of SFT Canada’s HQ as the members of the National Board of Directors convened for their annual retreat in the chilly coast of the city of Vancouver. Between greeting four new members, cracking up over Kephun’s...

Protest at the Chinese Embassy in San Francisco for Tenzin Delek - more photos coming soon! Action Day - Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Originally uploaded by sft_india. Dharamsala, India - In the morning, a Free Tenzin table was set-up in McLeod Square, so people could sign petitions, stencil images of Tenzin...

Action Day - Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Originally uploaded by sft_india. This photo was taken by SFT India and is from Dharamsala. Learn more about what you can do to help free Tenzin Delek Rinpoche at FreeTenzin.org.

An update from the recent students’ fair held in George Brown College, in Toronto: Our Student Association organized the event and we were one of the many clubs that took part of it. We got extra attention from the Student’s Association and the students in general. At present, our chapter...

Chime Dolma, a young SFTer at the Brooklyn International School, was honored by New York Mayor Bloomberg for her outstanding academic performance. Chime stops by the SFT office every now and then to help us as a volunteer. Below is an article printed in the Daily News. – MAYOR BLOOMBERG HONORS...