March to Tibet Concludes (press release)
June 30, 2008
Original post on TibetanUprising.org
For Immediate Release: June 29, 2008
MARCH TO TIBET CONCLUDES AS JAILED MARCHERS RELEASED
Tibetans prepare for actions during the Beijing Olympics in August
Dharamsala - After 110 days, the March to Tibet was officially brought to an end on Friday morning with a closing ceremony held at the Tibetan refugee camp in Paonta Sahib. [...]
Pro-Tibet fan runs onto field at European Championship Semi-finals
June 30, 2008
From Yingsel2008
AP[Thursday, June 26, 2008 09:55]
(AP Photo/Murad Sezer)
BASEL, Switzerland - A pro-Tibet protester ran onto the field late in Germany’s 3-2 win over Turkey on Wednesday in the European Championship semifinals.
The man was wearing a T-shirt with the words “Tibet is not China,” and he ran on the field at St. Jakob Park moments after [...]
Tibetan supporters seek action from athletes, community
June 30, 2008
June 29, 2008
by Robert D’Andrea | News Reporter
The Oregon Daily Herald
The Beijing 2008 Olympics will be a grand stage on which the world’s best athletes look to fulfill lifelong dreams. Tibetans around the world hope the games will also bring a global media spotlight to the brutal crackdowns that have taken place since protest broke [...]
TIBETANS APPEAL FOR ATHLETE SUPPORT AT BEIJING OLYMPICS
June 30, 2008
Athlete Outreach campaign launched in Eugene during U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials
For Immediate Release: June 27th, 2008
Contact: Jamphel Dorjee, 971-XXX-XXXX
Han Shan, 917-XXX-XXXX
Eugene – Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters from across the United States are gathering in Eugene, Oregon to appeal for support from American athletes competing at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials. [...]
Tibetan supporters seek action from athletes, community
June 29, 2008
June 29, 2008
by Robert D’Andrea | News Reporter
The Oregon Daily Herald
The Beijing 2008 Olympics will be a grand stage on which the world’s best athletes look to fulfill lifelong dreams. Tibetans around the world hope the games will also bring a global media spotlight to the brutal crackdowns that have taken place since protest broke [...]
Marchers try to bring plight of Tibet to Olympic forefront
June 29, 2008
By Randi Bjornstad, The Register-Guard
The Starting Line: China Denies I.O.C. Criticism After Official’s Tibet Remarks
June 26, 2008
By Jeff Z. Klein, New York Times Olympics Blog
“Splittist schemes”: Tibet Communist Party leader Zhang Qinlin, right, at the Olympic torch relay ceremony in Lhasa on Saturday. His remarks about the “Dalai Lama clique” drew a statement of regret this week from the I.O.C. for politicizing the Olympics. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
After months charging that others were [...]
Olympic Athlete Outreach Campaign: Athlete Wanted!
June 26, 2008
The Athlete Wanted campaign is an effort by Students for a Free Tibet and a coalition of Tibet supporters worldwide, appealing to Olympic athletes to stand in solidarity with Tibetans during the Beijing Olympics.
As part of the campaign, SFT placed a full-page ad (left) in the New York Times, which appeared on July 29th on page A9 [click on the ad to see a larger image]. Please visit www.AthleteWanted.org to see how we’re appealing to athletes to stand up for Tibet.
UPDATE 2-IOC tells China to stop mixing politics and sport
June 26, 2008
By Nick Mulvenney, Reuters
(Releads with IOC reaction to speech)
BEIJING, June 25 (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) told China on Wednesday to stop mixing sport and politics after a speech by Tibet’s Communist Party boss at the end of last weekend’s Beijing torch relay leg in Lhasa.
“The IOC regrets that political statements were made [...]
China reopens Tibet to foreign tourists
June 25, 2008
By HENRY SANDERSON, Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — Tibet reopened to foreign tourists on Wednesday, three months after the Chinese government banned such visits in the wake of violent anti-government riots and protests that tainted the image of the country ahead of the Olympics.
The first foreign tourists, a retired Swedish couple, arrived at the airport near [...]
