Dharamsala: Tibetan exiles march against Chinese government
August 8, 2008
Exiled Tibetans marched in Dharamsala, India, on Wednesday to protest the killing of fellow countrymen in Lhasa earlier this year. With candles in their hands and prayers on their lips, Buddhist monks and nuns attired in their traditional maroon robes led the procession which kept getting bigger as locals and foreigners joined.
Tsering Norbu, an exiled [...]
New Delhi: Tibetans exiles in India protest Beijing Olympics
August 8, 2008
NEW DELHI (AP) — More than a thousand Tibetan exiles held protests in pouring rain Friday in New Delhi, chanting anti-China slogans and demanding freedom for Tibet hours ahead of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
The protesters chanted “Free Tibet” and “Down with China” and waved Tibetan flags and a large banner that said, [...]
London: Tibetan Flag Raising Ceremony & Coalition Demonstration
August 8, 2008
An hour before the start of the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, members of SFT-UK gathered outside the Chinese Embassy along with Tibetans and members of The Tibet Society, Free Tibet, Burma Democratic Concern, Zimbabwe Vigil, Reporters Without Borders, and Sudan Organisation Against Torture.
The group held 216 silhouettes high to represent the confirmed [...]
New York: High Tech Tibet Projection on Chinese Consulate
August 7, 2008
Local Tibetans and supporters marked the start of the Beijing 2008 Olympics with a high profile projection on the facade of the Chinese Consulate in New York City. On the eve of the Games, members of SFT and the Tibetan Youth Congress of NY & NJ projected images - including powerful images of this year’s [...]
London: Shine a Light for Tibet
August 7, 2008
On the eve of the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, members of SFT-UK and other Tibetans and Tibet supporters held a candlelight vigil outside the Chinese Embassy to coincide with the international Candle4Tibet vigil. Candles were lit in solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet. Iain Thom, one of the SFT activists who was [...]
New York: Candlelight Vigil in Union Square
August 7, 2008
On the eve of the opening of the Olympic Games, Tibetans and Tibet supporters gathered for a large candle light vigil in Union Square.
San Francisco: Demonstration at Chinese Consulate - SFT Condemns Assault of Activists by Consular Officials
August 6, 2008
Five Tibet activists, including two Tibetan women, blockaded the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco on the morning of August 6th. Three of the activists, Tenzin Khando Tsering (of Salt Lake City, UT), Megan Swoboda (of Oakland, CA) and Sabba Saleen Syal (of San Francisco, CA) chained themselves to the consulate’s entrance, while Nyendak Wangden (of [...]
Ottawa: Banner and Blockade at the Chinese Embassy
August 6, 2008
In Ottawa, SFTers Bhutila Karpoche, a Tibetan-Canadian and Queenly Lee, a Chinese-Canadian, climbed light poles on the sides of the Chinese Embassy’s gates and hung banners reading “One world, One Dream, Free Tibet” in English and French. The protest also included a blockade involving five Tibetan-Canadians from Montreal and Toronto who locked themselves to the [...]
London: Free Tibet Climbers Scale Tower Bridge
August 6, 2008
On the eve of the start of the Beijing Olympic Games, SFT-UK activists protested on London’s iconic Tower Bridge. Climber Jenny Raynor (26) and the two-woman support team, Elizabeth Elliott and Katie Mallin, were intercepted and arrested. The second climber, James Murray (23), ascended a support cable by the South tower and unfurled a Tibetan [...]
Brussels: Demonstrations at Chinese Embassy
August 6, 2008
Tibetans chained themselves to the main entrance of the Chinese Embassy in Brussels at 7:30 am. They remained there for about one hour, before the police came and cut off the chain. Among the chained protesters were Gyaltsen Dolkar, who is a former political prisoner and one of the Drapchi 14 Singing Nuns who were [...]
