SFT TV: Log On. Tune In. RISE UP!!! 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

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...

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,...

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...

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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...

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...

SFT TV: Log On. Tune In. RISE UP!!! Todays episode features our fabulous Latin American Coordinator Exa!

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...