SFT Canada’s Tsering Confronts HDI/Continental Minerals’ Executives

Footage from HDI/Continental Minerals Shareholders’ meeting in Vancouver, Canada on June 24th. Tibetans and their supporters protested at the meeting to intenisfy pressure on the company to Stop Mining Tibet.

Thoughts on San Francisco

Back in Toronto now after what was a 24 hours a day week in San Francisco. Looking back at the day of the disastrous Torch run, I have come to the conclusion that protests against the Chinese government’s actions in Tibet, Burma, Sudan, East Turkestan, Taiwan, and China itself has now truly become a popular, global movement of the people.

Canadian activists in hang banners in Paris and on the Golden Gate Bridge

What can I say about a day like today? This was another landmark achievement for our movement and the Olympics campaign. We started the day at the crack of dawn, driving towards the Golden Bridge while watching a live stream video of the banner hang in Paris uploaded by our colleagues. We [...]

Chinese human rights activists speak up for Tibet

This is video footage from a press conference we had in front of the Chinese consulate. On the same day, ‘Chinese students’ organized a ’song and dance festival’ for China - where they incidentally chanted for “One China,” cursed Tibetans as violent rioters, and assaulted numerous Canadians and Tibetan Canadians who spoke up for [...]

Chinese-Canadians rally in support of homeland

ctvtoronto.ca - original article Several hundred Chinese-Canadians rallied at Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday afternoon to show their support for their homeland. The group waved both Chinese and Canadian flags and chanted “One China!” while patriotic Chinese music played on boom boxes. Demonstrators said China has been unfairly portrayed by the media during the recent violent clashes with Tibetan [...]

Biggest Tibetan Demo Ever in Toronto - March 23, 2008

On the first Sunday of spring, in Toronto where the streets were relatively quiet because of the Easter long-weekend, thousands of Tibetans and Tibetan supporters rallied through the heart of downtown Toronto to protest China’s brutal crackdown on the uprisings inside Tibet, and to call on Canadians everywhere to be aware of and support the [...]

Protest in the Nation’s Capital - March 20, 2008

[Ottawa - Sunday, March 23, 2008] As people in Ottawa prepared for the long-weekend ahead on a cloudy and chilly Thursday morning, a riveting sight of more than seven hundred people holding the multi-coloured snowlion flags of Tibet enlivened the city and roused the Parliament Hill with chants for freedom and justice like never before. Tibetans [...]

To Ottawa! (March 20, 2008)

This is a call to all freedom fighters and humanitarians to gather in front of the Parliament Hill on Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 9 AM. The international spotlight is now focused squarely on the happenings inside Tibet. This is our moment to link arms with our brothers and sisters back in Tibet and turn that [...]

March 14, 2008 - Tibetans in Toronto Perform “Sangsol” Ceremony in Solidarity of Tibetans Detained in Tibet

[Friday, March 14, 2008 - Toronto, Canada] Amid reports streaming in from all major news outlets about fresh uprisings and revolts erupting all across Tibet, Tibetans in Toronto gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate building to perform “sangsol” (prayer ceremony) in solidarity with those that are being detained and hurt in the clashes. More than [...]

March 10 Uprising Day Reports from all across Canada - Ottawa, ON

[Mar 10, 2008 - Ottawa, Canada] As always, it was freezing cold; especially since we just had a snow storm this weekend, so we had to trudge our way through the snow during the whole protest. We had a good turnout and of course had a lot of fun. We had representatives from the [...]