Here are some amazing submissions from SFT’s “Is this the ‘Coke Side of Life’” Youtube Contest. Its not too late to participate the deadline is May 19th 2008. For more details on what the contest is about and how to win a Team Tibet Jacket go to: www.studentsforafreetibet.org/cokecontest
Early Wednesday, Beijing time, a spokesman for China’s Olympic Committee issued an ominous threat: “The command centre has given its order for the final assault tomorrow.” He was referring to China’s climbing team that took the Olympic torch to the summit of Mt. Everest early Thursday. But never before has the mountaineering term ‘assault’ been used more appropriately. China’s assault on Mount Everest – sacred Mount Chomolungma to Tibetans – is in fact an assault on Tibet and the Tibetan people, not to mention the Olympic ideals.
Over the last couple weeks, two very significant stories were reported by Radio Free Asia that somehow fell through the cracks – at least as far as being reported here on the SFT blog. On April 23rd, it was reported that Chinese authorities in Tibet are planning a massive Chinese-only “patriotic rally” in the courtyard […]
Despite the deportation of SFT activists from Hong Kong earlier this week and the Chinese government’s attempts to keep protesters away, several people, including a 21-year-old Chinese student from Hong Kong University, took part in pro-Tibet and pro-democracy demonstrations along the route this morning.
Everyone here at SFT HQ gives a big shout-out to Christina Chan […]
Do you think its ludicrous that an international brand with the prestige and recognition of Coca Cola is sponsoring the Olympic torch run through Tibet at a time when Tibetans are protesting and dying and the Chinese government is putting the entire nation on lockdown? So do we. Show us exactly how you feel. SFT […]
Kenya’s Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai has pulled out of the Olympic torch relay in which she was due to take part over the weekend in Tanzania, citing concerns for worldwide human rights.
Maathai said she withdrew to show solidarity with activists over rights issues, including in Tibet where China’s crackdown on recent protests have sparked […]
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.
Canada’s Globe & Mail carried an interesting piece, looking at how China’s rule in Tibet is an anacronistic throwback to imperialism even as Beijing tries to present a more modern face to the world:
The struggle in Tibet is a reminder that China is not just a nation but an empire, and a communist empire at […]
Seven Tibet independence activists were detained this
afternoon after three of them scaled the Golden Gate Bridge and unfurled a
large protest banner reading “One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 08.” The
three climbers remained on the bridge for about 2 hours before coming down
voluntarily.
Tibet activists Pema Yoko, Conall Hon, Peter Speller and Dan Burston were detained after unfurling a banner reading , “One World, One Dream: Free Tibet 2008,”on Westminster Bridge. All four activists have just been released.
On the eve of the arrival of China’s Olympic torch these brave young activists have kept the international community’s focus where […]
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