SFT TV Ep. 24 (Hot New SFT Shirts and Fabulosa Exa!)

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In Today’s Episode:
-Monk From Lithang Arrested
-Bush To Attend Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
-NEW SFT SHIRTS!!!!
-Our Fabulous Latin American Coordinator Exa

Posted on September 28th, 2007 by Kalaya'an in General

Speaking of Bloody Hands…

Just after we posted our previous blog post, “China’s Bloody Hands,” we learned that today China blocked an emergency Security Council resolution on Burma. The New York Times reports,
In response to the violence, the United Nations Security Council called an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss the crisis, but China blocked a Council […]

Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Lhasa Rising in China Watch, Olympics, Protests, Protests in Tibet

China’s Bloody Hands

With the Beijing Olympics now about ten months away, it seems more and more that the Chinese government simply can’t wash the blood off its hands.
Tibet. Tiananmen. Darfur. Burma. The Chinese government’s hands are bloody. We imagine China’s leaders like the scheming Lady Macbeth, furiously scrubbing her hands to no […]

Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Lhasa Rising in China Watch, Olympics, Protests

HH Dalai Lama’s Statement on Burmese Protests

Our thoughts and prayers are with the brave Burmese protesters, as the brutal military dictatorship begins a deadly crackdown. Here is the statement by His Holiness the Dalai Lama supporting the protesters.
His Holiness supports call for democracy in Burma
Monday, 24 September 2007
Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama conveys his sincere appreciation […]

Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Lhasa Rising in Dalai Lama, Protests

SFT TV (Tibetan Language Edition and SFT UK Update)

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Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Kalaya'an in General

SFT TV Ep. 20 (Surprise Surprise China :)

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Surprise Protest!!!!

Posted on September 24th, 2007 by Kalaya'an in General

Good for Taiwan

I was happy to read the news that Taiwan stood up to China and refused to accept the proposed torch relay route.
“In rejecting the torch route, Taiwan officials said the Taiwan-Hong Kong contiguity made the island appear to be a part of China, despite their separate status. It said that it would only participate […]

Posted on September 24th, 2007 by sft hq in Global Contributors, News, SFT Global

Continuing Effects of SFT’s Everest Action

Below is an article from the AP about China’s preparations to take the Olympic torch up the highest point in Tibet, Mount Everest.  The five activists mentioned, of course, are the team from SFT including our deputy director, Tendor. 
The powerful nonviolent action that the SFT team carried out on Mount Everest continues to shape how people think about […]

Posted on September 21st, 2007 by Lhasa Rising in Multimedia, Olympics, Press Coverage, Protests, Protests in Tibet

SFT TV Ep. 18 (SFT Latin America)

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Todays episode features our fabulous Latin American Coordinator Exa!

Posted on September 21st, 2007 by Kalaya'an in General

Kids + Graffiti = Arrest, Beatings

In a normal country, kids who do graffiti get in minor trouble. In Chinese-occupied Tibet, it can mean incommunicado detention and being beaten bloody.
According to a new report by Human Rights Watch, seven Tibetan high school students are being “detained on suspicion of writing pro-Tibetan independence slogans on buildings… One of the detainees, aged […]

Posted on September 20th, 2007 by Lhasa Rising in Dalai Lama, Political Prisoners, Protests, Protests in Tibet, Religious Freedom

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