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The Chinese government has sentenced two Tibetans, Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak, to death for their alleged involvement in the March 2008 protests in Lhasa, Tibet. Without a reprieve, they could be executed within days.
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Mining to cease; Chinese forces withdraw after months of peaceful protest
Tibetans in eastern Tibet have successfully stopped a Chinese company from mining their sacred Ser Ngul Lo mountain. Thank you to everyone who took action to help support the protests by Tibetans in Markham.
>>Help keep the pressure on to stop mining in Tibet: www.StopMiningTibet.org
>> Read more about this victory.
UPDATE: China’s bid to censor all PC computers
Tell HP & Dell to reject “Green Dam” software; protect information freedom
The Chinese government has announced that as of July 1st, all PC computers must be pre-installed with Chinese-designed internet filtering software. If successful, this would give Beijing unprecedented control over PC users in China and Tibet.
Tell American computer giants HP & Dell to refuse to implement this repressive software on computers heading to the Chinese market.
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July 1st, 2009
Jonathan Watts and Tania Branigan in Beijing
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 30 June 2009
In a last-minute climbdown, the Chinese government announced today that it will delay the launch of censorship software that was supposed to have been sold in every computer from tomorrow.
The postponement comes after an unprecedented wave of online opposition, protests by foreign governments and calls by prominent bloggers for Chinese netizens to climb, attack and demonstrate against the “great firewall”.
Xinhua, the state news agency, reported the change of plan four hours before the software launch was due.
“China will delay the mandatory installation of the ‘Green Dam-Youth Escort’ filtering software on new computers,” it said in a terse statement attributed to the ministry of industry and information technology. Read the rest of this entry »
June 24th, 2009
Press Release
24th June, 2009
* Photos available on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/studentsforafreetibet-india/sets/72157620447881434/
TIBETANS AND SUPPORTERS DEMAND HUNTER DICKINSON TO PULL OUT MINING OPERATION IN TIBET
Dharamshala – Tibetans and supporters staged a die-in protest at the main Mcleod Square, Dharamshala this evening to protest mining in Tibet by Hunter Dickinson’s subsidiary Continental Minerals. The action is a part of the global campaign demanding Continental Minerals to immediately cease all mining operations at Shethongmon [Ch: Xietongmen] in central Tibet.
“We are here to call for the immediate withdrawal of HDI/Continental Minerals from Chinese-occupied Tibet.” said Tenzin Choedon, Program Director of Students for a free Tibet – India (SFT-India), “Under Chinese occupation, Tibetans are denied the internationally recognized right to determine the use of their own land and resources.”
The developments in the few years have raised huge concerns amongst Tibetans and Tibet support groups throughout the world. With a lot of junior mining companies engaging in mining operations in Tibet, it poses threat to the highly fragile ecosystem of Tibet, destroying vast regions of grazing land for animals, and polluting water sources.
Tibet has the source of 10 of its major rivers, including the Yarlung Tsangpo/ Brahmaputra, the Sutlej and the Indus. Most of the mining sites falls along these major rivers and its tributaries. Chemicals from the mining sites are released in these rivers, poisoning the water and has already shown its effect on the livestocks in Tibet. Read the rest of this entry »
May 5th, 2009
Activists stage a street play showing Panchen Lama in Chinese custody in Dharamsala, India, Saturday, April 25, 2009
Kolkata, Apr 27 (ANI): Tibetan exiles took out a candlelight vigil here last evening protesting against the alleged atrocities by Chinese authorities in their homeland.
The march was organised by the Students of Free Tibet in memory of the victims of Lhasa riots last year and in support of the missing 11th Panchen Lama, Gendhun Chockyi Nyima.
“The reason behind this candlelight vigil is that we are remembering all those people who lost their lives in Lhasa riots last year and yesterday was Gendhun Chockyi Nyima’s birthday. He has been kidnapped by the Chinese and till now we don’t know about his whereabouts. So, we are demanding his release and simultaneously we want our country to be free,” said Kheysang Choden Bhutia, spokesperson of the Students of Free Tibet. Read the rest of this entry »
