Tibet in the media on March 10th

A Snapshot of March 10th media coverage from around the world:

Nepal – Tibetan activists protest in Kathmandu (Demotix)
View powerful photos of Tibetans protesting in Kathmandu on March 10th despite severe police crackdown:

London – Reuters footage of March 6th March for Tibet

Watch the video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTM3-E60HHg

San Francisco – KTVU including quote SFT’s Yangchen Lhamo:

24-year-old Yangchen Lhamo said Tibetans have been using the internet, text messages and blogs to organize quickly and efficiently to call attention to their cause.

“We’re seeing the younger generation of Tibetans is carrying the Tibetan movement forward and taking it to new levels with creative nonviolent tactics,” said Lhamo.

Watch the video: http://www.ktvu.com/bartshooting/22805457/detail.html

New Mexico – Albuquerque Journal

Kalsang Lungtok carries a photo of the Dalai Lama as he and around 50 others march to the State Capitol on Wednesday March 10, 2010, to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising against Chinese occupation.

(Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

New York – Free Tibet Takes on Union Square (NYU News)

Tibetan nun Ngawang Sangdrol said she was imprisoned for 11 years for shouting “Free Tibet” during a protest and secretly recording Tibetan music.

“I know from personal experience, it is very helpful when free people lead a free nation to put pressure on the Chinese government,” she said. “It makes a very big difference.”

Read the full article here with quotes from Lhadon Tethong, Director of Tibet Action Institute and Tenzin Yangsel, SFT Bard College: http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?id=2164

Taipei, Taiwan – Tibetans Rally in Taipei for Uprising Anniversary
Read full article here: http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_asia/2010-03-15/125517626081.html

SFT Taiwan Represents at Tibetan Uprising Day march

SFT Taiwan members join Tibetans and their supporters in Taipei on March 14th to commemorate the 51st Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising.

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Visit SFT Taiwan’s blog: http://sft-taiwan.blogspot.com/

Press Release: Global Demonstrations Mark Tibetan Uprising Day; New Resistance Movement Takes Root In Tibet Despite Continued Repression

STUDENTS FOR A FREE TIBET

For Immediate Release:
March 10th, 2010

Contact: Tenzin Dorjee, +1 646-724-0748
Kate Woznow, +1 917-601-0069

GLOBAL DEMONSTRATIONS MARK TIBETAN UPRISING DAY; NEW RESISTANCE MOVEMENT TAKES ROOT IN TIBET DESPITE CONTINUED REPRESSION

New York – Thousands of Tibetans and Tibet supporters in dozens of countries will take to the streets today, March 10th, to commemorate the 51st anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and to show solidarity with a new nonviolent resistance movement gaining momentum in Tibet. Today also marks two years since monks began protest marches in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital, that sparked the largest uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet since 1959. Chinese security forces are now a permanent presence in Tibetan towns and villages and a new “Strike Hard” campaign was launched in Lhasa in advance of this sensitive anniversary with hundreds of Tibetans being interrogated and harassed in recent days.

Tibetans and Tibet supporters in at least 100 cities worldwide, including in the USA, Belgium, Poland, UK, France, Germany, India, Australia, and Taiwan are marking the historic day fifty-one years ago – when Tibetans rose against Chinese rule – with protests, marches, candle light vigils, and government lobbying initiatives. In response to a new “I am Tibetan” campaign originating from Tibet, Tibetans in exile will also be recording messages of support dedicated to Tibetans living inside Tibet as part of their Tibetan National Uprising Day activities (1).

“In spite of China’s repression, there is a powerful new movement being led by the young generation inside Tibet. They are using creative, non-violent tactics to empower themselves and their communities and to challenge Chinese rule,” said Tenzin Dorjee, Executive Director of Students for a Free Tibet. “March 10th is a day for Tibetans everywhere to be proud of being Tibetan – proud of our ancestors who died protecting our homeland, proud of our brothers and sisters inside Tibet who continue to resist Chinese oppression, and proud of the new generation of Tibetans who are raising the flag of Tibetan freedom around the world.”

China has heightened security in Tibet in advance of today’s anniversary with journalists and most foreigners effectively barred from the region. Tibet advocates have also noted increased efforts by the Chinese government to silence international support for Tibet in recent days. Tibetan refugees have been preemptively arrested in Nepal, and in the United States, Chinese officials have attempted without success to pressure municipal governments to revoke annual proclamations of support for Tibet.

“As the Chinese government continues its brutal repression inside Tibet, we call on leaders of free countries to take new, bold and coordinated approaches to help secure a just and fair resolution for the Tibetan people,” said Kate Woznow, Deputy Director of Students for a Free Tibet.”

Note to editors
(1) Examples of the “I am Tibetan” movement include a homemade video from eastern Tibet posted to YouTube in late December, 2009 titled “I am Tibetan” as well as poems and a hip hop music video posted online by Tibetans that have been translated here: http://www.highpeakspureearth.com/2010/03/new-generation-hip-hop-music-video-from.html and here: http://www.highpeakspureearth.com/2010/02/i-am-tibetan-by-woeser.html

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