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Free Tibet Campaign stands for the Tibetans' right to determine their own future. It campaigns for an end to China's occupation of Tibet and for the Tibetans' fundamental human rights to be respected. Founded in 1987, Free Tibet Campaign generates active support by educating people about the situation in Tibet, It is independent of all governments and is funded by members and supporters. www.freetibet.org NEWS ON CRACKDOWNS ON TIBET DEMONSTRATIONS, MARCH 2008

TIBET WATCH RELEASES 'NO FAITH IN THE STATE' REPORT Tibet Watch gathers information on the situation in Tibet from refugees entering India. This report explores religious freedom in Tibet, and can be purchased printed or download free here .Read more about our work and the situation in Tibet by downloading our magazine.
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Team Tibet is a global initiative to get Tibet to the Beijing Olympic Games 2008 Since China's illegal occupation of Tibet in 1950, Tibetans' fundemental human rights have been systematically violated. The Chinese government routinely represses Tibetans' right to express their political views and to practise their beliefs. Tibetans have followed the Dalai Lama's call for a non-violent opposition to the ongoing occupation. These non-violent calls for a free Tibet have led to lengthy prison sentences for many Tibetans. The systematic torture of political prisoners is also extensively documented. As recently as 2005 the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture reported after a visit to China and Tibet that torture of political prisoners remained 'widespread'. As Beijing builds up to hosting the world's most prominent sporting event in August 2008, Tibet groups are united in their desire to bring the issue to public forums and seek change. China promised the international community that it would improve its human rights record and allow freedom of press in across China as part of the olympic spirit; a spirit which does not include the supression and torture which the Tibetans endure. But even today, Tibetans are imprisoned indefinately for expressing their views and any attempts to mention the situation in China result in detention. You can help pressure China to start to respect human rights by joining Team Tibet. This is the year to act! You can sign the online petition to urge the International Olympic Committee to keep to their word: In Olympic year, we urge as many people as possible to do what Tibetans are unable to do at Beijing 2008; to fly the Tibetan flag at sporting events! This is the perfect time to stage your own sponsored sporting event, to participate in treks, football matches and even sky dives for Tibet or even to organise a mini Olympics or Tibet-themed school sports day to raise funds and awareness with which to campaign for Tibetan freedom! For some brief ideas on what you could do to fundraise in 2008, feel free to download our fundraising pack .
. You can also help us to press for action on the Tibet issue in this crucial year by joining Free Tibet Campaign , signing up for our urgent campaign scheme or being seen in the Team Tibet colours!

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PROTESTS IN TIBET News on current crackdowns in Tibet can be found on the Free Tibet Campaign March 2008 news page here.

Help free Runggye Adak!
Ruggye Adak is a Tibetan nomad who was recently arrested for standing up and saying he would like to see the Dalai Lama return to Tibet.
He was recently sentenced to 8 years imprisonment.
Free Tibet Campaign had urged Norman Baker MP to table an Early Day Motion on Runggye Adak and media freedom in Tibet.
Click the box above to find how to get your UK MP to sign the EDM

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Anybody who is interested in Tibet and our campaigns.You can help: SUPPORT RUNGGYE ADAK Dozens of Tibetans were taken into custody in the town of Lithang on 1st August 2007. The most prominent of these was Runggye Adak, a nomad who simply expressed his desire to see the Dalai Lama return to Tibet. Sentenced for 'splittism' and subversion, Runggye Adak has begun an eight year sentence, merely for expression an opinion in a peaceful manner. His associates were given sentences of 9 and 10 years. Free Tibet Campaign and other human rights organisations are keen to press the case of Runggye Adak, as individual political prisoners represent the larger scale system of detention and lack of free speech in China and Tibet. Norman Baker MP has tabled a parlimentary motion concerning Runggye Adak and media freedom in Tibet. This motion needs the signature of UK MPs to be effective. Please contact your MP and ask them to sign the motion, quoting this link: http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=34318&a mp;SESSION=891 You can find your MP's name and email address here . SUPPORT GLOBAL NON-VIOLENT ACTION! Following the detention of the six Tibet activists at the Great Wall on Tuesday 7 August, Lhadon Tethong and Paul Golding, a Briton and formerly a Free Tibet Campaign staff member, were detained the following day. The two had been in Beijing for a week, openly reporting on China’s huge propaganda programme surrounding the Olympics Countdown and uploading their reports onto a blog, www.beijingwideopen.org . The two had been under constant surveillance, followed by Chinese security officials wherever they went. They were later deported and reunited with the Great Wall banner activists in Hong Kong. Free Tibet Campaign works with other Tibet organisations who are united in their desire to see positive developments in human rights issues in Tibet. LEARN MORE ABOUT TORTURE IN TIBET SEE 'THE FORBIDDEN TEAM' 'The Forbidden Team' is a documentary film following the plight of the Tibetan national football team as they attempt to play their first international match.This film will appeal to Tibet supporters and sports fans alike and is a fantastic tie-in to the question of China hosting the Olympic Games despite their repressive human rights record. Ask us how to get a copy & organise a screening! Be seen in Team Tibet clothing FLY THE FLAG AT MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS! Sport events such as premiership football can be seen all over the world, even in China! If you are planning to go to a match, wear a Team Tibet shirt; even the Chinese can't censor every shirt worn in crowds! Participate in other campaigns:HELP FREE THE PANCHEN LAMA The Panchen Lama was taken into custody when he was only 6 years old and remains there today, some 12 years on. OPPOSE THE GORMO-LHASA RAILWAY The railway has been built both to extract Tibet's mineral wealth and to repopulate Tibet with Han Chinese with the purpose of making Tibetans a minority in their own country. Many regard this part of a sustained 'cultural genocide' in which Tibetan people become disenfranchised through a system in which they must reject their own culture and heritage in order to obtain education and work, making it difficult for ethnic Tibetans to compete with the influx of Han Chinese residents. Alongside the state's continued attempts to control religious activity in Tibet through banning disobedient monks from monestaries, shutting them down and appointing their own high-level representatives, this gradually fragments Tibetan culture and the people's ability to practice their religion freely. TIBET AND BURMA As the peaceful protests by Burmese monks and civilians in September 2007 have shown, oppressive military regimes will use violent means to decimate ordinary people's right to free speech. Western governments have roundly condemned the Burmese junta's actions, but one nation remains unwilling to impose sanctions; China. As the Burma Campaign's Myo Thein has said: "China funds the Burmese regime, arms the regime, and protects it from international pressure. It is hypocritical of China to argue against a Security Council resolution on Burma, saying it is interfering in their internal affairs, when China interferes more in the internal affairs of Burma than any other country in the world.” The Burma issue is China's chance to prove to the world that it is a progressive nation by withdrawing its support of the regime. The next step will be to begin to follow similar strategies when it comes to its own human rights abuses concerning minorities, students and Tibet. HUMAN RIGHTS As China becomes a major player on the world stage and cements it's place as a developed nation, it must adhere to the standards of human rights enjoyed by the rest of the free world. As citizens of the free world, it is up to us to insist that our governments pressure China into ending the supression of Tibet and also those in China who wish to make their political views heard. Write to your MP , the Foreign Office or organisations which support China's stance such as the International Olympic Committee, and ask them to press China into joining the developed world for real: By developing their human rights!FOR MORE INFORMATION visit our site at: www.freetibet.org

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ITV'S REPORT ON TIBET, WITH RARE FOOTAGE
PHUNTSOG NYIDROL'S APPEAL TO GORDON BROWN
CHINA: GET OUT OF TIBET
CHINA & THE OLYMPICS

CAN YOU SEE TEAM TIBET?

DREAM OF TEAM TIBETDALAI LAMA AWARDED CONGRESSIONAL GOLDTEAM TIBETREFUGEE SHOOTINGS IN 2006FAITH IN EXILETIBET: STORY OF A TRAGEDYCRY OF THE SNOW LIONGORILLAZ IN FREE TIBET CAMPAIGNFREE THE PANCHEN LAMAREPRESSION OF TIBET

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Gordon Brown to avoid meeting Dalai Lama in Downing Street: sign the petition!

Gordon Brown says he will only meet the Dalai Lama at Lambeth PalaceUK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has clarified that he will meet the Dalai Lama at Lambeth Palace rather than Downing Street when His ...
Posted by Free Tibet Campaign on Mon, 12 May 2008 06:00:00 PST

Stand up for Tibet in London April 6th

Sunday sees the Official Olympic Torch pass through London.Recent events in Tibet have propelled the cause into the world’s media and this Sunday is the day to show your support!If you can make ...
Posted by Free Tibet Campaign on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:50:00 PST

News of crackdowns flood the media

News of the brutal crackdowns in Tibet continue to flood into the international media, despite China’s attempts to play down the information.At last count, up to 100 seem to have died during the...
Posted by Free Tibet Campaign on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:14:00 PST

Situation in Tibet esculates

News continues to emerge today concerning the protests in Tibet and the reaction of the Chinese authorities.Please click below for more articles:Guardian.co.ukTimes OnlineAFP reportGuardianAl Jezerra ...
Posted by Free Tibet Campaign on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:20:00 PST

Demonstrations in Lhasa for Uprising Day

Reports are coming in that Tibetan monks have staged a huge demonstration in central Lhasa on Uprising Day 2008.Demonstrations were also held in Nepal and elsewhere in the region.Information on the pr...
Posted by Free Tibet Campaign on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:19:00 PST

BBC programme dismissed as propaganda

Free Tibet Campaign has obtained a preview copy of the first episode of the BBC's new series 'A Year in Tibet', entitled "The Visit" which is largely devoted to a visit to a monastery in Gyantse (a to...
Posted by Free Tibet Campaign on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:24:00 PST

Bjork speaks up for Tibetan independence

Bjork calls for Tibetan independence at Shanghai concert Free Tibet Campaign today salutes Bjork's courageous declaration of support for Tibet and the plight of its people at her concert in Shanghai o...
Posted by Free Tibet Campaign on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:53:00 PST

Pressure continues to mount on Beijing over Olympics

As we approach the Beijing Olympics, the international news media is asking more and more questions about the validity of a country with China's human rights record representing the free and fair idea...
Posted by Free Tibet Campaign on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:54:00 PST

Speilberg quits as artistic advisor for Beijing Olympics

Steven Speilberg has resigned from his role as artistic advisor for the Beijing Olympics, citing China's contribution to human rights problems in Sudan as his reason for ending his association with th...
Posted by Free Tibet Campaign on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:34:00 PST

The British Olympic Association’s athletic gagging order

This weekend Free Tibet Campaign has been in the news as we discuss the British Olympic Association's demand that Britain's athletes do not talk about human rights in China and Tibet during the Olympi...
Posted by Free Tibet Campaign on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:13:00 PST