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HIGH TECH TIBET PROTEST IN NEW YORK!

Students for a Free Tibet marked International Human Rights Day th a high tech demonstration at the Chinese consulate in New York City. SFT members projected a video entitled Beijing We Are Ready as well as the Team Tibet logo onto the side of the Chinese consulate.The protesters delivered a giant Human Rights Report Card to the consulate, which was received by consulate security. The report card declared that China was a human rights failure.

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"China's Olympic Truce Resolution" Excluding Values

China's Olympic Truce Resolution On Wednesday October 31st China will introduce its Olympic Truce resolution at the UN General Assembly. The Resolution is entitled "Building a Peaceful and Better World through Sport and the Olympic Ideal. According to the International Olympic Committee the Olympic Truce Resolutions role in modern games is “protecting, as far as the as possible the interests of the athletes and sport in general, and to continue for the search for the search for peaceful and diplomatic solutions to the world’s conflicts.” It seems that its role does                                                                          not extend to the Tibetan conflict.


Latest threat from China: Toxic clothes?


Other recent problems have involved toxic pet food, toothpaste laced with an ingredient used in anti-freeze and car tyres that were allegedly missing a key safety feature.
Cheap clothes made in China have been found to contain high levels of a potentially dangerous chemical.
Formaldehyde is used to protect clothes that have to be shipped great distances against mildew. The ongoing rows over the quality of Chinese goods threatens a diplomatic row between East and West.

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Breaking News: TIBET ACTIVISTS PROTEST 2008 OLYMPICS AT GREAT WALL OF CHINA

Six Tibet independence activists from the UK, US, and Canada were detained today after rappelling from the top of the Great Wall of China with a 450-square foot protest banner reading “One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008” in English and Chinese.  The dramatic action took place on the eve of the one-year countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Chinese authorities removed the activists after two hours; their current                                                                                                 whereabouts are unknown.
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Support Team Tibet: Take Action!

August 8th, 2007 marks the One Year Countdown to the opening ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. This is a symbolic moment for the Chinese government to promote its Olympics propaganda and mask the reality of life on the ground inside China and Tibet.
On this day, Tibetans and supporters, under the Team Tibet banner, will expose China's Olympics lies and bring the message of Free Tibet 2008 to Chinese Embassies and Consulates worldwide.
 
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Unprecedented: High-Altitude Free Tibet Protest on Mt. Everest!
Three Tibetan independence activists, including one Tibetan-American, were detained by Chinese authorities today after demonstrating at Mount Everest’s main base camp iTibet, unfurling a banner reading “One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008” in English, and “Free Tibet” written in Tibetan and Chinese. The last reports were that the activists were in detention but had sent a text by phone to say they were  safe. Dramatic video of the action will be available here soon. Click Here for More Info

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Tibetan language broadcasts in danger

    The Tibetan language broadcasts of Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Voice of America (VOA) - US-based radio programs that broadcast into Tibet may be in danger of losing some critical US government funding. The Broadcasting Board of Governors' (BBG), which oversees RFA and VOA, has proposed a reduction of US congressional funding for the Tibetan broadcasts. This is very alarming! RFA and VOA are the only independent sources of news available to Tibetans inside Chinese-occupied Tibet, whose access to outside information is entirely restricted by China's media censorship. Click here to read the full story and take action!

[Right His Holiness the Dalai Lama  at Radio Free Aisa. Photo: AFP]       


The largest March10th commemoration in history!

On March 10th, 2007, Tibetans and their supporters in over 100 cities and towns worldwide took to the streets to demand an end to China's occupation of Tibet. In the spirit of the 1959 Lhasa uprising, tens of thousands of people marched, protested, chanted, and sang resistance songs in what was the largest and most dynamic March 10th commemoration ever. Click here to view photos and videos, to read updates, and coverage of the day's actions.  



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