TIBETAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

To mark the Countdown to the 100th Anniversary of the Tibetan Proclamation of Independence, a re-creation of the Proclamation, produced by Students for a Free Tibet, will be unveiled in Dharamsala.

 

WHAT: Unveiling of the Scroll, Public Ceremony, Education Campaign
WHEN: 6pm May 23, 2012
Where: Dharamsala, India (McLeod Day School)

 

The year 2013 will mark exactly 100 years since Tibet proclaimed the restoration of its independence. The Manchu army sent troops to Tibet 1909, prompting the 13th Dalai Lama to escape to India. However, as the Manchu dynasty succumbed to a Chinese revolution, Tibetans seized the moment and expelled the Manchu troops from Tibet. The 13th Dalai Lama returned to Tibet and issued a proclamation to mark the restoration of Tibetan independence. The text of this proclamation has survived, though the original document did not. Students for a Free Tibet has created a faithful reproduction of this historic document, which we will launch this month in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence.

 

On May 23rd, SFT will hold a ceremony in Dharamsala where the scroll will be unveiled. Our goal is to have this scroll distributed in 100 cities – delivered to Chinese Embassies, presented to world leaders, plastered on global landmarks – by March 10, 2013.

 

The “Declare Independence” campaign will be waged in three phases. During Phase I, we will encourage Tibetans and supporters to declare cultural independence from China by promoting Tibetan language, arts, literature and culture. During Phase II, we will encourage Tibetans and supporters to declare economic independence from China by boycotting Made-in-China products. In Phase III, we will ask our members, Tibetans and supporters to deliver copies of the Independence Scroll to world governments, leaders, parliamentarians, etc.

 

Phase I of this campaign will start on May 23rd. We urge all of our members, Tibetans, friends and supporters to join the countdown to this historic anniversary by taking the following actions, and send us photos and videos that we can post on SFT’s website.

 

1. Hold a rally in a public area and read the Proclamation out loud through a microphone. The text is pasted below.
2. Organize a history talk on the 1913 Declaration of Independence issued by the 13th Dalai Lama. Invite a Tibetan elder or historian to your community or campus and ask them to speak about their memories or knowledge of Tibet as an independent state before 1949.
3. Paint or write the text of this Proclamation on a wall, building, street or any blank space in a public area.

 
Read English translation of the Proclamation:

https://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/campaigns/political-action/declare-independence-celebrating-the-100th-anniversary

 

SFT Statement on the Self-immolation of a Young Tibetan in Delhi, India (March 26, 2012)

Jamphel Yeshi set himself on fire in India on 26th March 2012, just days before China’s premier Hu Jintao’s visit.

Today’s act of self-immolation by Jamphel Yeshi, a young Tibetan in Delhi, highlights the extreme urgency of the situation inside Tibet. Thirty Tibetans have lit themselves on fire in protest in Tibet over the past two years, 17 since January of this year, and now four Tibetans in exile have also attempted to self-immolate. These acts are a direct response to the decades of violence and repressive policies that Tibetans have endured under China’s occupation, and a cry for action.

The Chinese government has responded to Tibetans’ calls for freedom and the return of the Dalai Lama by locking down Tibet and intensifying its vicious attacks against the Dalai Lama. The few journalists who have managed to get into Tibet by eluding checkpoints and road blocks have reported towns and cities saturated with Chinese troops; their photos show Tibet looking like a war zone. An unknown number of monks, nuns and lay people have been arrested in recent weeks for taking part in peaceful protests, many of them rounded up from their homes at night.

China’s brutal attempts to crush Tibetans’ nonviolent resistance have only strengthened our resolve to achieve freedom. Tibetans everywhere – in Tibet and in exile – have been galvanized by the events of the past several months, and are doing everything possible to build political momentum for an international diplomatic intervention to save Tibetan lives.

The overwhelming message from Tibet is that change must come now. Thousands upon thousands of people of conscience are standing in solidarity with Tibetans in this hour of crisis, and our collective global outrage must translate into direct pressure on Beijing to withdraw the troops, stop the crackdown and address Tibetan grievances.

Tenzin Dorjee

Executive Director Students for a Free Tibet
 

Jamphel Yeshi la last statement before his self-immolation

Jamphel Yeshi la last statement before his self-immolation (English Translated)

INDIAN YOUTH STANDS FOR TIBET

Delhi University Students Union(DUSU) Organize a Protest March for Tibet.

Delhi:  Indian youth of Delhi University, joined by Tibetans, led a protest march across Delhi University to highlight the current ongoing crisis in Tibet and call upon China to respect human rights in Tibet.

With the self-immolation of Nangdrol, 18-year old Tibetan from Dzamthang, Ngaba, eastern Tibet who died on the spot on 19^th Feb 2012, so far 23 Tibetans are now reported to have set fire to themselves in Tibet since 27^th February 2009.

Hundreds of Indian college students from St. Stephens, Miranda House, Kirori Mal, Hans Raj, Ramjas, Khlasa, Hindu, Dhauladram took part in the protest march against the Chinese govt. repression and violence in Tibet.

“Tibetans and Indians have share long history and cultural of friendship, therefore it is our moral responsibility to stand with the Tibetan people in their fight for Freedom” said Mr Deepak Bansal, DUSU Joint Secretary. “We were shocked by the recent cases of self-immolations and military crackdown by Chinese arm force which leads to the death of many Tibetan people. Therefore, we strongly condemn Chinese govt. violence means on Peaceful protesters”

Students Union of Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh, and other Himalayan regions also joined the protest to express their solidarity.
“Both Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh share a long history of cordial relationship with Tibet. We both share similar culture, language and religion,” said Stanzin Khakyab, President of the Ladakh Student Union, Delhi. “China’s regular muscle-flexing has been evident with is recent land grabbing attempts across the trans-Himalayan region. Tibet’s resolution can only bring a true solution to these problems.”

In an unprecedented show of defiance to Chinese rule, series of protests have been taking place inside Tibet this year. To stop news of the unrest reaching the world after security forces opened fire on unarmed protesters calling for Tibetan freedom and the return of the His Holiness Dalai Lama, the Chinese government has sealed Tibet off to foreigners and journalists.

“The spate of self-immolations by Tibetans is a testimony to China’s authoritative and repressive rule in Tibet. World leaders must now come together and intervene as a global force to stop China from taking further Tibetan lives” said Dorjee Tseten, National Director of Students for a Free Tibet-India. “Tibetans are not celebrating this year Losar (Tibetan new year) both inside and outside to show our solidarity and organizing hunger strike, protest vigils all over the world.”

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Students in the Capital Holds Candle light Vigil for Tibet

The cases of uprisings, self-immolations and clashes between local Tibetans and Chinese have been gaining momentum in the last year. Seventeen people have set themselves alight to protest against the Chinese repression and in demand of religious freedom. At least two people have been shot dead in confrontations between local Tibetans and the Chinese police in the areas of Kham and Amdo and the unrests are the worst since the March 2008 uprisings. In solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Tibet, in solidarity of the precious lives that our people have lost and in protest of the continued violation of all basic human rights by the PRC, Student activists with the Delhi chapter of Students for a Free Tibet held a candle light vigil on Saturday, January 28th at Delhi University.

Students March with their candles at Delhi University.

“The Chinese police in Tibet celebrated the Chinese new year by opening fire on Tibetans who were protesting peacefully against religious repression,” said Rinzin Choedon, Coordinator of Students for a Free Tibet-Delhi. “This is the state of the Tibetans in Tibet. Even in the happiest of times, the Chinese don’t forget that we are a whole different people and they will never let anything cloud their agenda of suppression and elimination of the Tibetan people, religion, culture and language. If the Tibetans back in Tibet can challenge the Chinese authorities right on their face, truly showing their martyrdom, we the Tibetans living in India, shall let them know through our solidarity and support, that they are not alone and that we will REUNITE soon!”

Indian Supporters demand international community for help

The tide of Tibetans offering their bodies as sacrifice for the cause of Tibet has only been getting stronger. They died to draw the world’s attention to the fact that though the Chinese government may use many pretty words to fool us that Tibetans in Tibet are happy and free under them, by burning themselves in protest against the repression that the Tibetans are subjected to, maybe the world will finally understand the anguish of the Tibetans.

Candle Light vigil for the martyrs of Tibetan Freedom

“It’s not just a single case of self-immolated. It is 17 people now in a row that too in a period of several month and I really feel the international community should have some concern and take serious actions against the human rights violation that is taking place in Tibet by Chinese government.” said Purandaya, an Indian member of SFT taking part in the vigil. “I am an Indian and I still support the Tibetan cause and their solidarity because I value human rights, I value Justice and whatever the Chinese government is doing in Tibet is complete inhumanitaric. That’s why I am here, to stand in solidarity and support for Tibet.

Nearly 100 students participated in the vigil including a couple of dozen Indian supporters from Ladakh, Arunachal, northeast states and other Indian Nationals. Along with the Candle light vigil, SFT Delhi also aim to visit different Universities, Bureaucrats, and lobby around at Delhi offices of Influential persons to highlight the urgent issue and request them to take urgent actions and urge their leaders to pressurize the Chinese communist party to immediately stop the crackdown and respect human rights in Tibet.

(for more photos: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.261548077248469.58391.100001798362637&type=1 ) 

TIBET ACTIVISTS PROTEST THE BAN OF A FREE TIBET BANNER FROM THE FILM ‘ROCKSTAR’.

Mumbai – The recent decision by the Censor Board to remove “Free Tibet” a fleeting reference to Tibetan freedom struggle in the film Rockstar, releasing tomorrow has disheartened many Tibetans & Indian supporters here in India and across the world.

Activists with Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) rallied and met the Regional Officers of the Censor Board in various cities to highlight the sentiments of the Tibetan & Indian people.

Here in Mumbai, SFT Mumbai activists & Tibetan writer/activist Tenzin Tsundue met Smt. Pankaja Thakur, CEO of the Censor Board of Film Certificate Head Quarters. They met the CEO of CBFC for over an hour long exchange on the details of the decision taken by the Censor Board to blur the “Free Tibet” banner from the film “Rock Star”.

“Tibetans living in India and across the world are disheartened that the “Free Tibet” banner had been deleted from the film which otherwise could have carried the message through this much awaited film of the year,” said Dorjee Tseten, National Director of Students for a Free Tibet-India. “All this is happening at a time when so much brutal oppression is unleashed by China in Tibet, because of which twelve young monks, nuns and young adults have set themselves in a series of self-immolations. And we just heard this morning that there was another case of self-immolation by a Tibetan in Kathmandu.”

Tibetan writer and activist Tenzin Tsundue also addressed the press conference today and said: “This act of self-censorship in India belies the larger reality of India’s support to Tibet and the Indian people’s love and support for His Holiness the Dalai Lama. As much as it denies the Tibetan refugee living in India for the past 52 years, it also denies Indian artists their right to freedom of expression.”

This is the time when internationally people of the world should be standing up with the people of Tibet and support their nonviolent freedom struggle led by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. “Unfortunately this single opportunity to see a “Free Tibet” banner in a mainstream Hindi Film has been banned”, said Dorjee Tseten, SFT National Director.

Students for a Free Tibet – India

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“Sadda Haq; FREE TIBET: SFT Delhi rallies in Delhi University

“Sadda Haq; Free Tibet” Tibetan students and supporters protest rallied against the decision of censoring Tibetan Flag from ROCKSTAR

 

With the ongoing issue of censoring the Tibetan flag from ROCKSTAR and all the controversial politics played among the Bollywood industry under the Chinese pressure, who ultimately suffers are certainly the less powerful ‘Tibetans’. It has now become a violation of Human rights and a game with someone’s Identity. Students for a Free Tibet has launched a campaign recently to protest against the censoring and to warn the Indian government about the game plan of the Chinese communist party, playing with the largest democracy of the world.

Yesterday, with only two days to the release of the movie, the sudden blame game among the censor board and the producers had not only caused big havoc but had also shattered the feeling of most of Tibetan refugees due to the politics that they played using a National flag, but it was clearly seen as how the Chinese government is imposing such kind of pressure, effecting the Free speech and world’s largest democracy that the Tibetan refugees always admire about India.

Dont Censor TIBET from ROCKSTAR

Today, with Tibetans all over India protesting against the Chinese government for pressurizing India in such an unrealistic way and to rise up against the decision of censoring of ‘Tibet’ from the movie, the Delhi chapter of Students for a Free Tibet(SFT) organized a peace march rally as well as a cycle rally at Delhi University. Around 50 Tibetan students and Indian supporters participated in the rally showing their full disagreement to the censoring issue and to appeal the Censor Board not to go under Chinese pressure to value the free speech rights in India.  Speaking to the participants and the media, Chapter director of SFT Delhi, Spalgon said “’Sadda Haq’ as the song featuring the Tibetan flag refers, it’s the right of every individual to express their own right. And the Tibetans are just demanding their own right, a Free Tibet. So censoring such a strong message not only shows the violation of free speech in such a democratic country like India, but also shows the clear sign of how the Chinese government is starting to pressurize India and playing with its largest pride, ’The Indian Democracy’.” He also added “for Indians, the censoring of the Flag might just be an issue of free speech. But for the Tibetans, it’s an issue of identity; it’s an issue of survival”

Getting ready for the Rally

The rally was divided in to two parts – a cycle rally reaching each and every nook of Delhi University and a peach march, reaching out each and every Indian student by freezing at every college in the Campus. The rally was aimed to raise the awareness about the current Tibetan situation under Chinese pressure and the threat that India might also face being so loyal towards Chinese orders and negligent towards its thread.

“As an Indian, I personally fear like India might also become like Nepal, a Chinese puppet in the future now. The recent censoring had clearly certified that, we have now no more rights to express our free Speech. The Tibetan Flag in the movie is not only the right of the Tibetans, but also the demand and right which thousands of Indian supporters like me seek from the censor board. If India will be more anti-china and pro-Tibet, Supporting the Tibetan Freedom Struggle, I really feel like there will be much better solution for a peaceful and safer Indian future” said PriyaDarshini, the coordinator of SFT Delhi.

Dont Censor TIBET from ROCKSTAR

Sonam, one of the participants said “In Tibet, we don’t have human rights. We have witnessed 11 cases of self immolations in the recent 6 months only. While escaping from Tibet to exile in India, we always feel the generosity of India being such a huge democratic country. But the recent issue of censoring Tibetan flag had caused havoc in the hearts of most Tibetans. But I am not blaming India. In fact, request them not to be pressurized by China and maintain their own value of Democracy. Support Tibet and help our land to be free again”

We shall over come; Ngatso Rangzen thobgi re; Hum Honge kamiyab

The event finally conclude with shouting of “Sadda haq; itte raq”, Free Tibet, slogans and singing of  “we shall overcome” song.

Action in Delhi: “Nov 2, Global Day of Action for Tibet”

TIBETANS, SUPPORTERS PROTEST IN 60 CITIES AS CHINA’S PRESIDENT HU JINTAO ARRIVES AT G20 SUMMIT

The Delhi Chapter of Students for a Free Tibet organized various action plans across Delhi to call down the Chinese repression in Tibet and also visited all the G20 embassies in Delhi with respective memorandum. Today, in over 60 cities around the world, Tibetans and supporters are saying Enough! Enough to China’s violent military rule over Tibet and Enough to the world leaders in failing to hold Beijing accountable for its atrocities in Tibet. The actions are executed by around 55 student supporters belonging to different universities of Delhi including, DU, JNU, Ambedkar university, Jamia Hamdard, and IP University etc.

Dr.Manmohan Singh, Talk TIBET at G20! Political theater at India Gate.

Yangchen P. Sither, Spokes Person of Students for a Free Tibet –Delhi, said “The recent self immolation series in Tibet is a clear sign of the brutal Chinese oppression and the violation of human rights in Tibet by the Chinese Communist Party. Since 2009, 11 young Tibetans have lit themselves on fire in an unprecedented series of actions protesting Chinese rule and calling for the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet”

Chalk Tibet at Delhi University

“Today on the eve of the G20 submit to be happening in France from tomorrow, we are here to protest and urge our Indian Prime Minister as well as the global leaders to talk Tibet and raise the critical Tibetan issue infront of Hu Jin Tao and other global leaders take immediate action to stop the repression” said Priyadarshini Singh Mahara, an Indian and the Coordinator of Students for a free Tibet – Delhi. “As a Tibetan supporter and a fellow Indian Citizen, I really feel Dr.Manmohan Singh should step forward to take initial steps in resolving the Tibetan issue during the summit. It’s really not time to talk Economy now. It’s time to discuss human values and rights.” She added.

Banner Display at Delhi University!

Celebrities, politicians and other prominent individuals, including Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu and musicians Radiohead have joined over 20,000 people in supporting a new campaign calling for coordinated global action to resolve the escalating crisis in Tibet, where ten young Tibetans have self-immolated since March 2011. On the eve of the G20 Summit, Tibetans and their supporters are joining a Global Day of Action to highlight a Campaign for Global Intervention, an urgent call to world leaders to exert multilateral pressure on Chinese President Hu Jintao to ease tensions in Tibet.

ENOUGH! Global intervention now to save Tibetan lives

Statements of concern following the self-immolations in Tibet have been issued by a number of governments, such as the United States, Germany and also the European Parliament. Campaigners are calling for a more coordinated, multilateral approach, including a joint demarche and the urgent creation of an appropriate and effective multi-lateral mechanism through which future diplomatic measures concerning Tibet can be agreed. Lobbying efforts have won the support of parliamentarians around the world, see www.StandupforTibet.org.

Enough message by a SFT Delhi member

The harsh reaction of the Chinese government authorities to the 2008 protests across Tibet and the follow-on compulsory “patriotic reeducation” or “legal education” at Tibetan monasteries. Although protests in Tibet have been initiated and joined by all sectors of the society, including students, monks and nuns are frequent targets of repression given that religious practice connected to the Dalai Lama is viewed as subversive by the Chinese government. Elements of the security crackdown in Tibet that began as a reaction to the 2008 protests are ongoing with tightened control all around the country.

13Tibetan College students stormed the Chinese Embassy, New Delhi

13 Tibetan students(7girls and 6 boys) stormed the Chinese Embassy on 9th October 2011, with Tibetan flags and shouting slogans in protest against the policy of patriotic re-education campaign and forced disappearance of Tibetans in Tibet as more and more Tibetans set themselves on blaze in order to express the harsh reality of their life under Chinese occupation. One of student said’ The consecutive self immolation of Tibetans and specially the monks inside Tibet is clear sign that for Tibetans in Tibet, it is easier and more honorable to burn themselves to ashes than to live under humiliating and oppressive imperialist China.”

Tsultrim Dorji shouts slogans while holding a banner after climbing a pole during a protest outside the Chinese Embassy.

As the situation in Tibet unfolds a gruesome picture, Tibetan youth in exile becomes restless and explosive, a seven day hunger strike observed by eight Delhi University Tibetan students just called off on 7th October and today they knocked the Chinese Embassy as the news of self immolation of two Tibetans in Amdo, Tibet reached their ears. This protest is to condemn and oppose the Chinese government’s policy of repressing Tibetan monks, writers, singers, artists and activists in particular and Tibetan people in general. Another student involved in the protest said’ We will never stop our activities unless situation in Tibet is not improved. Hu Jinthao ascended on power ladder of China by stepping on bloods and bones of Tibetans and he wants to step down on the ashes of Tibetans too. But we will not remain silent and passive.”

Tibetan exile students hold onto each other as they are detained by police at the protest

So far international governments including US, India, France, England and others and international organization like UN remain as silent spectators despite the suffering and desperation of the Tibetan people in Tibet unveiled through the nonstop self immolation in Tibet in the very recent past. If freedom and democracy and peace and security are the principles they uphold and cherish, then why they turn a blind eye to the atrocities against humanity in Tibet. Why Tibetan people in Tibet do not deserve justice and human rights?
[Courtesy: RTYC Rohini Press Release ] 

Three Brave Men

I had the opportunity to attend the Indian Solidarity Evening at Jantar Mantar, on Sunday, May 14th, 2011.

I was incredibly moved and humbled to see the three Tibetan men, braving the sweltering heat of Delhi summer, sitting on their (then) 21st day of hunger strike.

The evening was a sombre occasion. There was an assorted crowd of students (both Indian and Tibetan), foreigners, activists, and curious people from all walks of life.

Crowd at the gathering

There were host of speakers who said a few words of support and solidarity. Someone read a poem, and another sang a song. Someone spoke in Hindi, and another in Tibetan. I felt very privileged to be able to speak on behalf of SFT Delhi, and voice my concern, and support for the three men, and their demands.

Candle Light Vigil

These men are : Kunchok Yangphel (finance secretary, TYC), Dhondup Ladhar (vice president, TYC) and Tenzin Norsang (joint secretary, TYC).

Three Brave Men

Today, they enter their 25^th day on hunger strike.

~ Jyotsna Sarah George

URGENT: 10 Actions to Help Tibetan in Ngaba

UPDATE: Radio Free Asia is reporting that overnight Chinese forces arrested 300 monks from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba, eastern Tibet. Two elderly Tibetans have died after being beaten by Chinese police when they formed a human chain to try and stop the monks from being taken away: http://is.gd/D4c2bH

The situation is critical and many more lives are at stake. Below are 10 simple actions you can take to pressure China to stop the siege in Ngaba.

1)  Urge people to sign the urgent petition: http://is.gd/HgiqsV and Post this image to your Facebook Profile page and wall:http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/img/original/takeactionngaba.jpg.

2) If you are in the U.S., send an urgent letter to your Congressional Representatives urging them to raise the crisis in Ngaba with Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner who will be leading next week’s U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue in Washington, D.C.

https://secure3.convio.net/sft/site/Advocacy cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=786

3) Send an urgent letter calling on your government leaders to take the strongest diplomatic action possible calling on China to:- Immediately withdraw security forces from Ngaba;- Unconditionally release all detainees;- Allow international observers and media unrestricted access to Ngaba.

Find your representative: http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/section.php?id=43

4) Fax a letter in Chinese to the Sichuan Public Security Department: +(86) 0288 6663 961. Copy Chinese text below (English translation underneath). You can also fax the letter to the Chinese Embassy or Consulate nearest you:http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/2490/

至西川公安部

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我要求你们立即采取以下行动：

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我已经要求我国驻北京大使馆以及政府代表注意阿坝县情势，并且要求他们向中国政府关切此事。贵单位持续在西藏镇压只会增强国际社会对西藏运动的支持并破坏中国的国际形象。

FAX to Public Security Department,

Sichuan: I am deeply concerned about the situation in Ngaba County (Ch: Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province).

Following the death of Phuntsok Jarutsang, a monk from Kirti monastery, on 16 March 2011 there has been a violent and intimidating crackdown against Tibetans by the Chinese authorities.

I demand that you immediately:

- release all the Tibetans who have been arbitrarily detained.

- cease with the crackdown and intimidation of Tibetans in Ngaba and the monks at Kirti Monastery.

- stop the forced political re-education at Kirti Monastery, which violates Tibetans’ basic right to religious freedom.

- allow independent international media and government officials to visit the area.

I have alerted my Beijing embassy and government representatives to the grave situation in Ngaba and have urged them to raise this issue with Chinese officials. Your continued crackdown in Tibet only serves to further garner global support for the Tibet cause and tarnish China’s international reputation.

5) Sign the following Online Petitions:

- Amnesty International’s urgent action appeal for Ngaba:http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA17/021/2011/en/d75f7611-be66-4d5a-9391-c80c43501d56/asa170212011en.html

- International Tibet Network’s appeal to world leaders:http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5380/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6257

- International Campaign for Tibet’s appeal to the U.S. Ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman: http://action.savetibet.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3932

6) Read the global statement issued by the International Tibet Network, of which SFT is a member organization. Circulate this statement to your local media contacts:http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?id=2320

Watch video footage smuggled from Ngaba (in Tibetan, courtesy of Voice of America):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwmstGsFlJc&feature=feedu

View dramatic photos (courtesy of Free Tibet):http://www.freetibet.org/newsmedia/photographs-depicting-immediate-aftermath-phuntsogs-self-immolation-and-funeral

7) Call your Embassy in China: Explain the ongoing human rights situation in Ngaba and urge them to press the Chinese government to immediately end the siege in Ngaba:http://www.chinahighlights.com/embassy/embassy-in-china/beijing/

8) Call Chinese authorities in Sichuan and demand the immediate release of those detained and for an end to the military crackdown in Ngaba:http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?id=1235

9) Call the Chinese Embassy in your country: Tell them that people worldwide are watching the situation in Ngaba, Tibet closely and demand the release of all those detained in the protest: http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/2490/

10) Organize a solidarity protest: Send details of your protest to info@studentsforafreetibet.org and we’ll help spread the word!

Read more about the situation in Ngaba:

Two elderly Tibetans killed as hundreds of monks detained from Kirti; crackdown deepens (International Campaign for Tibet): http://www.savetibet.org/media-center/ict-news-reports/two-elderly-tibetans-killed-hundreds-monks-detained-kirti-crackdown-deepens

Besieged Monks ‘Tortured’: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tortured-04212011123529.html

China Bans Foreigners from Restive Tibetan Area (Reuters):http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=29412&article=China+bans+foreigners+from+restive+Tibetan+areas

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