MountEverest.net is an amazing site that aggregates all the climbing news of the Himalaya region. With one of the many olympic torches at the Northside (Tibetan side that is!) basecamp, the site is abuzz with updates and news from the area… well, at least what news can get out, due to a basically complete blackout […]
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 […]
[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 […]
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 […]
[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 […]
In a new blog post titled Tibet in Turmoil, CNN Beijing Bureau Chief, Jaime FlorCruz discusses the difficulties on covering events like this in Tibet:
We’ve always found it extremely difficult to get accurate information and images from the Himalayan region.
Even without chaos, we can’t easily get into Tibet because China strictly controls our travel and […]
[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 […]
[March 10, 2008 - Vancouver, BC] The Vancouver Tibetan community and supporters were joined by one hundred of Tibetans from Vancouver Island, Oregon, and Washington to mark the 49th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day. The crowd of over a hundred and fifty marched from downtown Vancouver to the Chinese Consulate where they staged a […]
Around a thousand Tibetans and Tibetan supporters braved the winter chill of Ontario, Canada and descended on the streets of downtown Toronto to voice their opposition and remember the fallen ones on the forty-ninth anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day. Barely a day removed from the record-setting snowstorm that blanketed much of Ontario under 50 cm […]
In the lead up to Chairman Hu Jintao’s first visit to India — the first one by a top Chinese official in 10 years — thousands of colourful Tibetans lined the streets of New Delhi, India’s capital, in anticipation of his arrival.
Nuns, Monks, children and youths joined this day to show their solidarity and […]
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