Naomi Klein, author of the great book The Shock Doctrine, has an in-depth look at the Chinese security state in Rolling Stone. In the article, Klein looks at how China’s infamous Golden Shield surveillance system has been deployed and implemented as a tool in crackdowns in Tibet.
This is how this Golden Shield will work: Chinese […]
Wired’s Threat Level Blog reports good news coming out of the US Congress. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) is renewing his efforts to get the Global Online Freedom Act passed before the Beijing Olympics.
Republican congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey used a meeting with international human rights group Reporters Without Borders last week to lobby for […]
Nancy Scola of Alternet has a great piece on how different political movements are using Facebook as an organizing too. She focuses heavy attention on SFT and how the Facebook giving challenge turned into a great organizing opportunity, as well as one that dramatically increased SFT’s donor base. Here’s an excerpt:
And while that Facebook coalition […]
You might have noticed the tabs appearing at the top of the blog (London, Paris, Golden Gate….) following the torch events as they’ve progressed through Europe and now North America. We’ve been trying to bring you the best coverage we can as events unfold. Tomorrow, April 9th, we will take it one step further, by livecasting the entire day right here on this blog. Just go to http://blog.stuentsforafreetibet.org/livesf and you will feel like you are right there in the streets.
In just seven days, we’ve reached 100,000 views of the No Torch in Tibet flash animation.
Please, view the animation and add it to your page, blog, profile or site, or just forward it on to your friends.
The latest episode of BoingBoingTV is up, focusing on the aftermath of the protests in Amdo, and the brave monks who helped get the news and images out to the world:
In this BBtv vlog episode, Xeni speaks with Tibetan human rights worker Lhakpa Kyizom about reported abuses against so-called “wired monks” in Tibet, by […]
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The Sydney Morning Heralds reports on How activists have hijacked the symbols of the Olympic Games and used them to shame China.
Great coverage of our recently released Torch Relay Animation Parody:
A similarly edgy animation is being promoted by Students for a Free Tibet on its parody of the official Torch Relay site. The animation, a […]
We just wrote that China just disclosed photos of its “most wanted” list in Tibet. What we’re seeing is China’s brand-new “Golden Shield” surveillance technology at work.
Golden Shield is “a database-driven remote surveillance system – offering immediate access to records on every citizen in China, while linking to vast networks of cameras designed to […]
China is taking the crisis in Tibet pretty seriously. Now, China or its allies have launched international cyber attacks on Tibetans and their supporters, including SFT. These cyber-attacks are notoriously difficult to trace, but show all the signs of an organized campaign orchestrated by Beijing.
These attacks have been ineffective against SFT, but in […]
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