[+/-] : BEIJING: WE ARE READY

STUDENTS FOR A FREE TIBET

BEIJING: WE ARE READY

"If...human rights are not acted upon to our satisfaction then we will act." Jacques Rogge, IOC President on China, ... all » BBC's Hardtalk, April 2002

December 10th, International Human Rights Day, is a day set-aside to recognize the inherent rights of every individual. The IOC promised in 2001, when they awarded China the 2008 Summer Olympics, that the Games would bring an improvement in the human right situation in China.

In reality, the human rights situation in China and Tibet is growing steadily worse. In the lead up to the Beijing Olympics, Chinese authorities are intensifying their crackdown on freedom of religion, assembly and expression in Tibet.

Just last month in Eastern Tibet, Runggye Adak (http://actionnetwork . org/campaign/runggye_ adak), a 52 year-old father of eleven, was sentenced to eight years in prison for simply calling for the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet.

China is clearly a human rights failure. And yet, the IOC remains silent.

But Tibetans and their supporters around the world are speaking out. In the lead up to August 2008, we are shining the spotlight on China's brutal occupation of Tibet and failed human rights record.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

1) Download and watch SFT HQ's "Beijing: We are Ready" video and spread the word on UTube/ Flickr/ Facebook/ Hi5/ Blog/ website or other social networking site. Screen the film on campus or in your community.

2) Create your own "Beijing: We are Ready" video, upload it to UTube, and send the link to tv@studentsforafreetibet . org.

3) Call on the International Olympic Committee to speak out for Tibet: www . studentsforafreetibet . org/IOC

4) Join Team Tibet - a movement of people around the world who believe in freedom and justice for Tibet. Click here (http://www . supportteamtibet . org/supporter/new) to add your name to the international list of Team Tibet supporters.

5) Check out (hyperlink: http://www . indiemerchstore . com/sft) SFT's stylish line of Team Tibet Gear and spread the world about Team Tibet!

6) Click here (http://www . studentsforafreetibet . org/olympics) to find out more about SFT's 2008 Beijing Olympics campaign.
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[+/-] : Students’ body asks athletes to quit Games

Students’ body asks athletes to quit Games

By AMIT AGNIHOTRI

New Delhi, May 19: The All India Tibetan College Students’ Mass Movement has appealed to the athletes to boycott the Beijing Olympics if China continues to suppress the innocent Tibetans for expressing their love for freedom.


"We appeal to the athletes to consider boycotting the Beijing Olympics if the Chinese government continues to suppress the Tibetans for showing their love for human dignity," said All India Tibetan College Students’ Mass Movement member Tenzin Morkyi. The college students’ body has also asked the Chinese government to immediately hold a meaningful dialogue with the Dalai Lama, reconsider its agreement on human rights improvement and free media coverage in Tibet.

Concerned over the whereabouts of their fellow students in Tibet, the group members said that they "want the Chinese government to explain the fate of Tibetans university students who are missing after expressing their solidarity with the Tibetans killed in Tibet".

Calling for a UN intervention, the students have appealed to the international body to send a team to check the reality in Tibet and investigate the human rights violations there.

The body, which has been formed as a result of realistic demands and several emergency meetings held by representatives of 14 prominent regions, is going to launch a membership drive from May 21.
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