June 29, 2008
by Robert D’Andrea | News Reporter
The Oregon Daily Herald
The Beijing 2008 Olympics will be a grand stage on which the world’s best athletes look to fulfill lifelong dreams. Tibetans around the world hope the games will also bring a global media spotlight to the brutal crackdowns that have taken place since protest broke [...]
For Immediate Release
June 29, 2008
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MARCH TO TIBET CONCLUDES AS JAILED MARCHERS RELEASED
Tibetans prepare for actions during the Beijing Olympics in August
Dharamsala - After 110 days, the March to Tibet was officially brought to an end on Friday morning with [...]
Since March 10 of this year the global spotlight has been on China due to its crackdown on protesters in Tibet, but this recent series of events has been preceded by almost six decades human rights abuses perpetrated by the Chinese Government. On April 25 we will call attention back to the 1995 abduction of His Holiness the Panchen Lama and his family, when he was just a 6 year old child.
Ontario’s Minister of Trade and Development Sandra Pupatello just returned from an official mission to China open an Onario trade office which was kept ’secret’ from the public for fear of protest over the timing of the trip. McGuinty and Pupatello both claimed that as provincial figures, they cannot comment on foreign affairs like human rights. Tell them that dollars and cents do not trump human rights!
Tell the Premier and the Minister that it is their responsibility to stand up for Tibetans!
Confusion over the meaning of words strikes the Chinese Communist Party:
“When Tibet is returning to normal, the timely announcement of reopening Tibet is a very important progress. If you all wish to go to Tibet, it is open again. I believe foreign journalists will be able to apply for their trip to Tibet as in [...]
During the European Championship Semifinals, a Team Tibet supporter surprised the football fans with a message: “Tibet is not China.” Moments after he was tackled by the security guards and taken away but our Team Tibet fan had already won our hearts. Go Team Tibet!
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Pro-Tibet protester runs onto field during Euro 2008 semifinal match
AP[Thursday, [...]
Photos from June 19.
A little example of too little too late… The IOC has ignored Tibetans and supporters calls to cancel the torch relay through Tibet and to hold China accountable to its promises of human rights improvements for years. Now when China makes another blatant statement linking politics and sports, (condemning the “Dalai-clique” at the opening and [...]
IOC is telling China not to politicize the Olympics after Zhang Qingli, the Chinese Communist party secretary in Tibet said, “In order to bring more glory to the Olympic spirit, we should firmly smash the plots to ruin the Beijing Olympic Games by the Dalai clique and hostile foreign forces inside and outside of the [...]
“The Olympics is certainly an occasion for airing problems. It would be great [if] sport could bring China’s oppression in Tibet to the forefront of debate” said silver medalist in fencing, Margherita Granbassi in an interview in tomorrow’s edition of Diva e donna.
“The issue of whether or not to give oneself an opportunity of [...]
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