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 [...]

Tibet flag tops Chinese Consulate

Two young Tibetans scaled the Chinese Consulate in Toronto during the global March 10 protests, and replaced the Chinese flag with the Tibetan flag.

In the words of Bjork: Tibet Tibet, Raise your Flag!

Watch what happened here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mClYTf80No

The Toronto Sun‘s front page: “Two students take down the Chinese flag and replace it with the flag of Tibet at the Chinese consulate on St. George St. yesterday. About 1,000 Tibetan demonstrators cried and cheered during the protest, held to spotlight human rights issues in advance of the Beijing Olympics. The students — whose faces have been blurred because of the youth criminal justice act — were charged with mischief and released. (Dave Abel/Sun Media)“

March 10 Uprising Day Reports from all across Canada

[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 [...]

Tremendous Turnout and a Spontaneous Act of Rebellion Spark one of the Most Successful Mar 10 Demo in T.O.

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 [...]