Foreign Supporters Committee and others associations who want to share the initiative.
1000flagsprotibet with the approval of the Organising Committee of the Tibetan People's Uprising Movement (Tibetan Youth Congress, Tibetan Women’s Association, GuChuSum, National Democratic Party of Tibet, Students for a Free Tibet [India]), aims to:
Goals: Give support to the Return March to Tibet, its participants and attract worldwide attention (through press, public opinion, Tibetan patriots, friends of Tibet, etc.) to the events of these days –so crucial for the history of Tibet– in relation to the right of Tibet to demand self-determination and de-colonization from China, dignity, respect of civil rights, free circulation of international reporters, introduction of the Red Cross and Amnesty International observers, respect for religious freedom, observance of the United Nations resolutions concerning Tibet.
Activities and means:
Gathering as many representatives as possible from different countries, local administrations, universities, cultural associations, syndicates, groups connected with NGOs, Tibetan Youth Congress, Tibetan Women’s Association, GuChuSum, National Democratic Party of Tibet, Students for a Free Tibet, etc., in order to provide concrete and visible support to the March. The meeting point will be Almora town, an adjoining district to the border district of Pithoragarh, famous for its natural beauty and temples.
A Forum on Human Rights in Almora will be promoted with daily events (conferences, debates, witness statements, music and cultural performances, invitation of well known friends of Tibet, etc.) specifically agreed with the Organising Committee of the Tibetan People's Uprising Movement. The Forum will begin on 10 June and will last until the marchers cross the Tibetan border and, if possible, will be extended to the following period until a reasonable negotiation with the Chinese authorities will be assured.
How can we support the Return March?
Everybody can do something important by:
1. Joining personally the Marchers (with Almora as base camp) and possibly being representative of an Association.
2. Supporting economically the March (see “donate” on the left) and asking somebody of the friends who will be physically present to carry the flag of your Association. The Coordinators of 1000flagsprotibet will match Supporters and Participants
The Marchers are very close to the Tibetan board. Please give us a quick feed back if you want to be part of this coordinated initiative.
The Foreign Supporters Committee
The website www.1000flagsprotibet.org is hosting the list of participants (associations or individuals in order to give more visibility to the project, support coordination and provide information.
In order to consent an organized data collection about and to collaborate with 1000flagsprotibet project,
we ask you to fill the International Support Form by clicking here:
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. The presidents of the five participating NGOs told the marchers to return to their settlements to enlist and energize their friends and family members to prepare for larger initiatives in August, during the Beijing Olympic Games.
Nepalese police break up Tibetan protest, detain 50
Kathmandu, June 27 - Nepalese police detained about 50 Tibetan exiles who were protesting Friday against China's crackdown in their homeland, a day after the United States raised concerns about Nepal's treatment of Tibetan demonstrators.
China's Internet censorship getting worse: activist
TOKYO (AFP) — Chinese censorship of the Internet and restrictions on reporting have worsened despite Beijing's pledge to improve media freedom ahead of the Olympic Games, an activist said Thursday.
To get to the apartment we have travel down a series of laneways in the south of Beijing, all bearing the character "chai", which means "demolish". A series of locks are opened as the steel door is pulled back, but it won't do much good when the police do come.
There is considerable disagreement about what exactly happened in Lhasa on March 14th – and why, but I think everyone is agreed on this one fact that the only accredited foreign journalist in Lhasa when the uprising began was James Miles, of the Economist.
Dharamshala: A two-day special conference of All India Tibet Support Groups will be convened at Agrasen Bhavan in Chandigarh from 28 to 29 June. India Tibet Coordination Office based in New Delhi, will organise the conference.
Marchers join Dehradun protest against torch in Lhasa
More than 350 marchers from the March to Tibet and over a thousand exile Tibetans from seven different refugee camps in Uttarakhand, Poanta Sahib, Deckyiling, Rajpur, Puruwala, Hebertpur, Clementown, and Tsering Dhondenling, staged a massive protest at Gandhi Park, Dehradun, to condemn China taking the Olympic torch to Tibet.
ARRESTED TIBETAN MARCHERS ON HUNGER STRIKE FOR SECOND DAY
41 Tibetans arrested in border district, stopped from restarting March to Tibet on eve of torch relay in Lhasa
Shimla - 41 Tibetans headed to the Indo-Tibet border on Shipkila pass to restart the March to Tibet were arrested by Indian police in four separate incidents. 10 Tibetans arrested in Rampur in Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh yesterday sat for the second day of hunger strike today, refusing to eat and drink unless they are released and allowed to continue the march.
Tibetan Satyagraha Need for the restoration of freedom in Tibet
By Prof. S. Rinpoche*
The idea that Tibet's freedom must be restored is not politically motivated, nor is it based upon some nation-state theory. Our struggle is not primarily an ethnic or political struggle. Rather, all people born in the spiritual land of Tibet have a universal responsibility to all beings, and the fulfilment of that responsibility is a duty that we all incur simply by the fact of our birth. If we do not live up to that birth-duty, then we are not worthy of being Tibetans and we are unable to act in a way that does justice to our heritage.
Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948
On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the full text of which appears in the following pages.
The Township of Almora is the district headquarter and has all the facilities for a tourist of twenty first century. This ancient hill station is reputed for it's health giving climate and is perched on a five Km. long horse saddle shape ridge in between the river Kosi and Suyal and has been a cultural and political region of Kumaun for almost four hundred years, settled by Chand Rajas and nurtured by the British.
L'anno 2008, nel quale la Cina si appresta ad attrarre l’attenzione dei media di tutto il mondo, costituisce per il Movimento Tibetano un’importante occasione per denunciare le ingiustizie che i tibetani sono stati costretti a subire. Prenderò parte alla Marcia di ritorno in Tibet, da Dharamsala, organizzata dal "Movimento di Insurrezione del Popolo Tibetano",
Quella mattina presto, prima del sorgere del sole, quando ho impacchettato il mio sacco a pelo per intraprendere questo lungo viaggio, ho deposto una sciarpa bianca (khatak) sull’altare di Sua Santità e mi sono detto: ho deciso, qualsiasi cosa succeda andrò avanti.
