http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org A global blog by Students for a Free Tibet Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser originally written for Radio Free Asia and posted on her blog on June 8th 2009.Since the protests in Tibet that started last year in March, some Chinese lawyers have emerged publicly in support of Tibetans. As Woeser has written below, ... http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2009/07/01/tibetan-lawyers-why-don%e2%80%99t-they-come-forward-by-woeser/ LONDON, 25th June- On April 8th, 2009 the Chinese government sentenced Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak to death for their alleged involvement in the March 2008 protests in Lhasa, Tibet. A number of other Tibetans have also received harsh prison sentences, including: Tenzin Phuntsok and Kangtsuk (sentenced to death with a ... http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2009/06/27/10000-people-petition-against-death-sentences-in-tibet/ Tibetans and supporters held two protests in Vancouver this past week; Saturday, June 20th in front in downtown Vancouver, and then again on Wednesday June 24th outside the Metropolitan Hotel where Continental Minerals held their annual general meeting. SFT Canada's National Director, Tsering Lama, was able to enter the ... http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2009/06/26/sft-canada-confronts-continental-minerals-executives/ It was a rainy Vancouver day, but Tibetans and supporters organized by SFT and CTC came out to hold a second protest on Wednesday June 24th, outside the Metropolitan Hotel where the Continental Minerals AGM took place, to protest the company mining in Tibet. Earlier that morning, Tsering Lama, ... http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2009/06/26/tibetans-and-supporters-confront-continental-minerals-at-their-agm/ SFT Ottawa “welcomed” Chinese foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on June 22nd as he arrived in Ottawa to meet with the Canadian Foreign Minister, Lawrence Cannon. Below is a report from SFT Ottawa’s Wangdu Duntak and photos from Lodoe Laura. We started our protest against the arrival of foreign minister Yang ... http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2009/06/26/sft-%e2%80%9cwelcomes%e2%80%9d-chinese-foreign-mininster-to-ottawa/ All Tibetans and Tibet Supporters are called upon to sign an important petition demanding the release of Liu Xiaobo who was formally arrested by the Chinese government on 23rd June 2009. In 1996, Liu Xiaobo was sentenced to three years in labour camp for writing a joint letter addressed to China’s ... http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2009/06/26/appeal-to-all-tibetans-and-tibet-supporters-to-sign-petition-in-support-of-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo/ Brian Conley, creator of the well-known videoblog, Alive in Baghdad, and one of the 'Beijing 6' citizen journalist detained this summer in Beijing for capturing images and videos of pro-Tibet actions during the Olympics, was interviewed for PBS Idea Lab about his incredibly important new project Alive in Tehran. During his ... http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2009/06/25/beijing-6-brian-gives-shout-out-to-sft-on-pbs-idea-lab/ 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. http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2009/06/25/sft-canadas-tsering-confronts-hdicontinental-minerals-executives/ High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser originally written for Radio Free Asia and posted on her blog on June 5th 2009 on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the historic events on Tiananmen Square, June 4th 1989.Amidst all the media attention surrounding the anniversary, Woeser's ... http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2009/06/25/%e2%80%98june-4th%e2%80%99-facing-the-mirror-seeing-our-common-fate-by-woeser/ London, June 24th '09– Whilst thousands of people today around the world are expressing their concerns about Continental Minerals' mining operations at Shethongmon [Ch: Xietongmen] in central Tibet, Students For a Free Tibet UK in the narrow streets of Dowgate Hill made a similar stand outside the Standard Bank ... http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2009/06/24/standard-bank-lacks-moral-standards-when-it-comes-to-tibet/