UK TIBET ACTIVIST ARRIVES HOME AFTER BEING DEPORTED FROM BEIJING - HUNG FREE TIBET BANNER OUTSIDE BEIJING CCTV HEADQUARTERS
August 15, 2008
Press Advisory / FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 15, 2008
Contacts: Tenzin Dorjee, +44 (0)7767 083768
Sophia Conroy, +44 (0) 7767 086920
Han Shan, +44 (0) 7876 327143
Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) member arrested after unfurling Free Tibet banner outside Beijing’s CCTV headquarters to arrive at Heathrow Airport this evening to a reception by friends, family, and members [...]
TIBET ACTIVISTS HANG BANNER, BLOCKADE BEIJING’S ‘CHINESE ETHNIC CULTURE PARK’ - JAPANESE CITIZEN DETAINED ALONG WITH SEVEN OTHERS
August 13, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 13, 2008
Contacts: In Asia: Lhadon Tethong, Executive Director, and Kate Woznow, Campaigns Director +1 917-289-0228 or +44 2070-84635
Doug Herman, eyewitness, Executive Board Member of the International Tibet Independence Movement +86 15 010 762 120
In London: Han Shan, Olympics Campaign Coordinator +44 (0) 7876-327143
***Photos and video footage of the action and [...]
TWO LONDON-BASED TIBETAN ACTIVISTS TO ARRIVE HOME WEDNESDAY AFTER BEING DEPORTED FROM BEIJING - Pema and Padma, two young Tibetan women, arrested separately for speaking out for Tibet
August 13, 2008
PRESS ADVISORY | Students for a Free Tibet
For Immediate Release: August 13, 2008
Contacts: Tenzin Dorjee, 07767 083768
Sophia Conroy, 07767 086920
Han Shan, 07876 327143
Who: Pema Yoko Niwa Norbu and Padma-Dolma Fielitz
Where: London City Airport (via BA flight #8733 from Frankfurt)*
When: 12:25pm, August 14, 2008
What: Reception by friends, family members, Tibetan community
London – [...]
TIBET ACTIVISTS HANG BANNER, BLOCKADE BEIJING’S ‘CHINESE ETHNIC CULTURE PARK’ - TIBETAN WOMAN DETAINED ALONG WITH SEVEN OTHERS
August 13, 2008
Five Tibet activists blockaded the front entrance of the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park, at the south end of the Olympic Park, at 12:30pm today. The five were behind locked bicycles across the entrance to the park, which prominently features an exhibit of Tibetan culture. They wore t-shirts reading “Free Tibet” and held a banner reading “Tibetans Are Dying for Freedom.” A sixth activist, a Tibetan-Japanese woman, made a statement about what they were doing and the situation on the ground in Tibet.
Nearby, two other activists unfurled a banner over a pedestrian bridge, which read “Free Tibet.”
The two activists at the bridge were immediately detained by security officials. The six outside the park were detained after approximately five minutes. The activists are: Pema Yoko, 25, a Tibetan-Japanese woman resident in the UK; Americans Tom Cohen, 41; Martin Thomas, 36; Jennifer Kirby, 30; Jene DeSpain, 31; James Brady, 41; Bani Campozano, 20; and Jonathan Fox, 29, an Israeli-American. Their present whereabouts are unknown.
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DEPORTED TIBETAN-GERMAN TO ARRIVE AT BERLIN-TEGEL AIRPORT AFTER DRAMATIC OLYMPIC PROTEST IN BEIJING
August 12, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: In Berlin: Padma-Dolma Fielitz: + 49 (0) 163 2462234
In London (German & English language): Dechen Pemba, +44 (0) 7784 823907
In London (English language): Han-Shan, +44 (0) 7876 327143
Berlin – Padma-Dolma Fielitz, the first Tibetan to protest at the Beijing Olympics, arrives in Berlin today after being deported for [...]
SEVEN TIBET ACTIVISTS ARRIVE BACK IN CANADA TODAY AFTER DRAMATIC PROTESTS IN BEIJING
August 11, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
In Toronto: Tsering Lama 647 637 1810 or Melanie Raoul 647 238 2391
In Montreal: Kelsang Palden 514 299 7912 and Jessica Spanton 514 994 9288.
In Vancouver: Hayfa Abichahine 778 838 9594
***Photos, video, audio, and the activist bios are available at: http://freetibet2008.org/globalactions/tibetanprotest/
Toronto – Seven Canadian Tibet supporters will arrive back in Canada today after [...]
DEPORTED FREE TIBET ACTIVISTS ARRIVE AT FRANKFURT AIRPORT TODAY AFTER DRAMATIC OLYMPIC PROTEST IN BEIJING
August 11, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: In Germany, for David Demes: Gabriele Demes, +49 64829 490206
In London (German & English language): Dechen Pemba, +44 7784 823907
In London (English language): Han-Shan, +44 7876 327143
Frankfurt – Tibet supporter David Demes and Tibetan-German Padma-Dolma Fielitz return home today after being deported for demonstrating for Tibetan freedom in Beijing.
David Demes held [...]
TIBETAN WOMAN AND FOUR SUPPORTERS PROTEST AT TIANANMEN SQUARE 5 MORE CANADIANS DETAINED IN BEIJING HOTEL
August 10, 2008
Five Tibet activists, including a Tibetan woman from Germany, Padma-Dolma Fielitz, 21, staged a protest today at 3:10pm Beijing time just outside the southern entrance of Tiananmen Square.
Padma-Dolma Fielitz and another activist held the Tibetan national flag aloft. As Chinese security officials tried to wrest the flags away, Padma was seen being dragged across the ground. Shortly after, three other activists attempted to unveil a large banner before being removed by Chinese security officials. The banner read: “Tibetans are dying for freedom.” The protest lasted approximately five minutes. All five protesters were detained by the Chinese authorities and their present whereabouts and status are unknown.
Photos and video footage of the action and the activists’ bios will be available shortly at: http://freetibet2008.org/globalactions/tibetanprotest/
TIBET PROTESTORS UNFURL TIBET FLAG AT HONG KONG OLYMPIC EVENT
August 9, 2008
Students for a Free Tibet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
In Hong Kong: Brianna Cotter, +852-6405-0446 and Matt Browner-Hamlin, +852-9284-2864
In Asia: Lhadon Tethong, Executive Director and Kate Woznow, Campaigns Director, +1 917-289-0228 or +44 2070-846-359
* The activists’ bios will be available shortly at: http://freetibet2008.org/mediacenter/updates/
Hong Kong – Two Tibet protestors unveiled a Tibetan national flag during an Olympic equestrian competition [...]
TIBET ACTIVISTS RETURN TO NEW YORK’S JFK AIRPORT TODAY AFTER ACTION NEAR BEIJING’S BIRD’S NEST STADIUM
August 9, 2008
Tibetan Community and Supporters Greet Activists Deported for Displaying Tibetan National Flag in China
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 9, 2008
Contacts: In New York, Celia Alario +1 310 721-6517, and Yangchen Lhamo +1 415 997-3212
In Asia, Lhadon Tethong, Executive Director, and Kate Woznow, Campaigns Director, +1 917-289-0228 or +44 2070-846-359
Photos and video [...]
