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

 

Indian Students Protest Premier HU JINTAO’S failed policies in Tibet; Urge BRICS summit leaders to press China to end crackdown in Tibet

Delhi, March 26, 2012: Indian students protested Chinese President Hu Jintao’s failed policies and escalating crackdown in Tibet as he prepares to attend the fourth BRICS Summit in New Delhi. The students unfurled a large banner stating “HU JINTAO: YOU’RE NOT WELCOME TO INDIA. YOU’VE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS. FREE TIBET NOW” in front of the India Gate. The protest comes a day after Jamphel Yeshi, a 27-year-old Tibetan man, set himself on fire in Jantar Mantar, Delhi’s main square, in protest of Chinese rule over Tibet. He is currently being treated with severe burns at Ram Manohar Lohia hospital.

“As an Indian and a person of conscience, I will not welcome Hu Jintao or any Chinese leader to my country as long China continues its extreme and violent rule over Tibet,” said Priya, chapter coordinator of Students for a Free Tibet in Delhi. “The BRICS leaders gathered here must publicly and vigorously pressure Hu Jintao to end the gross human rights violations his regime is perpetrating in Tibet. We must also remember that China is not only inflicting horrific suffering on the people of Tibet but also is the biggest sponsor of tyrannical regimes around the world, including in Syria, Burma, and Sudan.”

China’s repressive policies during its 60-year rule over Tibet, and the severe crackdown going on today, have created a human right crisis, provoking an unprecedented wave of self-immolations by Tibetan monks, nuns and laypeople. Since January 2012, there have been 17 self-immolations by Tibetans calling for freedom for Tibet and the return of the Dalai Lama. The same calls for freedom were also heard during a recent wave of large-scale peaceful protests in Tibet. Chinese security forces responded to this resistance by opening fire on crowds and then arresting and disappearing people suspected of being involved in the protest.

“Standing before this National monument, I pay homage to all my Tibetan brothers and sisters who have sacrificed their lives fighting to regain the freedom of their country Tibet. Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh share a very intimate relation with Tibet and it pains us to see Tibetan culture, language and religion under such vicious attack under China’s authoritarian rule,” said Rinchen Dolma, a student from Ladakh. “Our message to the Indian Government today is China cannot be trusted; every year there are several incursions by Chinese security forces into Ladakh and Arunachal, a clear indication of China’s true intentions to control the entire trans-Himalayan region by force. Only a resolution for Tibet can bring true stability for India’s northern border and I urge Prime Minister Singh to directly call on Hu Jintao to cease the brutal crackdown in Tibet and to help secure a just and fair resolution for the Tibetan people.”

SFT Activists Urge the Indian MPs to Talk Tibet at the Parliament Session

TIBETANS & SUPPORTERS LOBBY INDIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS TO PRESSURE CHINA TO END THE CRACKDOWN IN TIBET
Students for a Free Tibet-India Urge the MPs to Talk Tibet at the Parliament Session

Delhi, 25 March: With the session currently ongoing in the Indian Parliament, Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) – India initiated a lobby campaign since early March urging the Indian Parliamentarians to Stand Up for Tibet by highlighting the ongoing crises in Tibet at the Parliament and ask the Foreign Minister Mr. S M Krishna to make a public statement condemning China’s crackdown in Tibet.

The lobbying comes at a time when the President of China, Hu Jintao, will be attending the fourth BRICS summit in Delhi on 28^th March, where many presume it will be his last visit to India before he steps down as the party head this October/November 2012.

Since February 2009, Tibet has now witnessed 30 cases of self-immolation with Sonam Dhargye, a 43 year old Tibetan farmer, from Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren) County of Malho (Chinese: Huangnan) Prefecture, Qinghai, being the latest Tibetan to set himself on fire on 17 March, 2012.

“At a time when Tibetans inside Tibet are brutally oppressed and making ultimate sacrifices, it is highly crucial that world leaders intervene and pressure China to bring an immediate end to the crackdown in Tibet before more Tibetan lives are lost ” said Tenzin Jigdal, Program Director of Students for a Free Tibet-India. “Everyone we have met in the Indian Government expressed their concern on the tragedy unfolding in Tibet and assured to highlight the issue before the Parliament and to the Government.”

With members from both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, SFT-India met six Members of the Indian Parliament:

Shri  C.M. Chang: IAS (Rtd.)
Nagaland People’s Front
Hon’ Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha.

SFT-India Program Director with Shri CM Chang, MP

Shri Prem Das Rai:
Sikkim Democratic Front
Hon’ Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

SFT-delhi members with Shri Prem Das Rai, MP

Shri Tathagata Satpathy:
Orissa
Biju Janata Dal
Hon’ Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

SFT-Delhi members with Shri Tathagata Satpathy, MP

Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Uttarakhand
Bharatiya Janata Party
Hon’ Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

SFT Delhi members with Shri BHagat Singh Koshyari, MP

Shri Sharad Yadav
Bihar
Janata Dal (United)
Hon’ Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

Shri Maheshwar Hazari
Bihar
Janata Dal (United)
Hon’ Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

Jigdral and Tibet Supporter Adhitya Jha with Shri Maheshwar Hazari, MP

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.

TIBET ACTIVISTS TO PROTEST CENSOR BOARD’S REMOVAL OF TIBETAN FLAG FROM UPCOMING FILM ‘ROCKSTAR’

Urgent Press Release 

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TIBET ACTIVISTS TO PROTEST CENSOR BOARD’S REMOVAL OF TIBETAN FLAG FROM UPCOMING FILM ‘ROCKSTAR’

Dharamsala – Activists with Students for a Free Tibet are planning rallies and actions in several cities, including Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Calcutta and Dharamsala, to protest the controversial decision by Censor Board of India to remove the Tibetan flag and ‘Free Tibet’ banners from the film Rockstar, which comes to theaters this Friday. In a shocking move by the Censor Board, director Imtiaz Ali was told to either delete or blur the visual of the flag.

“It is extremely disturbing that such a grotesque violation of free speech is occurring in the world’s largest democracy,” said Dorjee Tseten, National Director of Students for a Free Tibet India. “By caving in to Chinese pressure, the Censor Board is allowing China to threaten the freedom and liberties that Indians enjoy.

“Tibetans are dying for freedom. In the last eight months, eleven Tibetans in Tibet have set themselves on fire in protest of Chinese rule,” said Dorjee Tseten. “At this critical time – when Tibetans are suffering so desperately under Chinese repression – one would expect India to be promoting and protecting the Tibetan people’s basic human rights, not censuring their struggle in a free country simply because China demands it be done.”

Students for a Free Tibet is demanding that the Censor Board reverse its decision before the release of the film and Dorjee Tseten will be seeking a meeting with the Chief Executive Officer, Pankaja Thakur, this week.

Don't Censor TIBET! Free Tibet "Sadda Haq"

Students for a Free Tibet, India (SFT India) is the India National Network of Students for a Free Tibet International, which has over 650 chapters in more than 35 countries, and is a non-profit organization funded entirely by donations from members and supporters.

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.

TIBET Assembly at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University

Students for Free Tibet (SFT), Delhi chapter organized an event-‘A Tibet Assembly’ at one of the most top-notch colleges across the country, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University.

The Assembly began with a performance of Tibet’s unique cultural opera dance known as ‘Tashishoepa’ in the college auditorium, with an objective to sprinkle cultural awareness amongst Indian youths. This was followed by a talk by Dorjee Tsetan, the National Director of SFT India, which enriched large number of students with ongoing situations in Tibet as well as SFT’s objectives.

“Time has now come to shift from throwing ourselves at the streets and protesting all day towards educating and having the youths abreast with information on Tibet and how important is it to India to make themselves aware of it’’ said Spalgon, Students for a Free Tibet Delhi chapter Director.

SFT aims at youths as the thrust of the society and considers them the most liable group to receive support and align with them to fight against frauds effectively.

In these streak beliefs, SFT Delhi often seeks supports from the youths by mediating about Tibet’s historical and political issues, distributing pamphlets, screening documentary movies and introducing Tibetan culture and performing arts.

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With similar routines held at LSR (Lady Shri Ram College), the assembly dispersed with great satisfaction with the students bringing up questions, suggestions and confusions from which it is recognizable that the program successfully managed to install curiosity and interest on Tibet’s issues. There was also a circulation of signature campaign on urgent call for restraint in Ngaba, where two monks, devoid of religious freedom, recently self-immolated themselves in protesting against Chinese intensifying harsh treatment on nomads, petition on Lobsang Tenzin’s need for medical care after 23 long years of imprisonment and Lama Jigme Guri’s immediate release. The campaign was hard-hitting and effectual.

In the light over the day’s programs, the Grassroots Coordinator of the SFT Delhi chapter Tsering Tashi said, “We purposely choose colleges and educational institutions to obtain genuine support from youths who will one day become policy makers, decision makers and can stake our Tibet issue at international level with truth. Having huge western supports, it would be more effectual if India starts rendering its moral and genuine help more than before in resolving the tensions between Tibet and China”.

SFT Delhi articulated its gratefulness towards such a fine Institution to provide the stage and spaces to perform and yet, is expecting to get further opportunities to advertise Tibet and its drooping issues of humanity.

རྒྱ་གར་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ནང་གི་ཆེས་སྙན་གྲགས་ཅན་གྱི་ལྡི་ལི་གཙུག་ལག་སློབ་གྲྭ་ཆེན་མོའི་ཡན་ལག་བུད་མེད་མཐོ་སློབ་ལད་ཌེ་ཞེ་རེ་རམ(Lady Shri Ram )ནང་ལྡི་ལི་བོད་རང་བཙན་སློབ་ཕྲུག་ཚོགས་པའི་བཀོད་སྒྲིག་འོག་“བོད་ཀྱི་འདུ་འཛོམས་”་ཞེས་པའི་བོད་དོན་དྲིལ་བསྒྲགས་ཀྱི་ལས་འགུལ་ཞིག་སྤེལ་ཡོད་ལ།   ལས་འགུལ་འདུ་འཛོམས་ཀྱི་ཐོག་མར་རྒྱ་གར་གཞོན་སྐྱེས་ཚོར་བོད་ཀྱི་སྲོལ་རྒྱུན་རིག་གཞུང་དང་འབྲེལ་བའི་བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཞོལ་འབག་ངོ་སྤྲོད་གནང་བ་མ་ཟད།   ལྡི་ལི་བོད་རང་བཙན་སློབ་ཕྲུག་ཚོགས་པའི་རིག་གཞུང་ཚན་ཁག་གིས་དངོས་སུ་བོད་ཀྱི་གནའ་བོའི་རིག་གཞུང་གི་ཆ་ཤས་གང་དེ་འཁྲབ་སྟོན་གནང་བ་་ལ་ཚོགས་ཁང་ནང་འཛོམས་པའི་རྒྱ་གར་སློབ་ཕྲུག་ཡོངས་ཀྱིས་དགའ་བའི་ཐེལ་མོ་དྲག་ཏུ་བརྡེབས་སོང་ལ།   དེ་ནས་རྒྱ་གར་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་བོད་རང་བཙན་སློབ་ཕྲུག་ཚོགས་པའི་འགན་འཛིན་རྡོ་རྗེ་ཚེ་བརྟན་ལགས་ཀྱིས་རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་མི་རབས་གསར་པ་ཚོར་བོད་ཀྱི་དངོས་ཡོད་གནས་ཚུལ་གོ་རྟོགས་སྤེལ་ཆེད་དང་ཁོང་ཚོའི་ཁོངས་ནས་བོད་དོན་ལ་གདུང་སེམས་མཉམ་བསྐྱེད་དང་ཁ་ཞེ་གཉིས་མེད་ཀྱི་རྒྱབ་སྐྱོར་ཡོང་བར་སྤྱིར་བོད་ཀྱི་གནའ་བོའི་ལོ་རྒྱུས་དང་མི་ལོ་དྲུག་ཅུའི་རིང་གི་རྒྱ་ནག་གི་དྲག་གནོན།   ལྷག་པར་བོད་ནང་གི་ད་ལྟའི་ཛ་དྲག་གི་གནས་བབ་སྐོར་ལ་ངོ་སྤྲོད་དང་འགྲེལ་བཤད་ཞིབ་རྒྱས་བསྐྱོན་པར།    རྒྱ་གར་སློབ་ཕྲུག་ཚོའི་ངོས་ནས་རང་ཉིད་ཀྱི་སེམས་སུ་གནས་པའི་བོད་དོན་དང་འབྲེལ་བའི་དྭོགས་གཞི་ཁག་ཕྱི་རུ་བཏོན་ནས་དྲི་བ་འདྲ་མིན་དང་བསམ་ཚུལ།   ནང་སྒོས་སུ་ཕན་ཚུན་དབར་ལ་སེམས་ཐག་ཉེ་པོའི་སྒོ་ནས་གྲོས་བསྡུར་ལྷུག་པོར་བྱུང་།

དེ་ཡང་རྒྱ་གར་མི་སེར་ཡིན་པའི་ལྡི་ལི་བོད་རང་བཙན་སློབ་ཕྲུག་ཚོགས་པའི་སྤྱི་ཁྱབ་འགན་འཛིན་ལ་དྭགས་པ་རིག་འཛིན་དཔལ་མགོན་ལགས་ཀྱིས “་ད་ནི་ང་ཚོ་ཁྲོམ་གཞུང་ལ་བཏོན་ནས་ངོ་རྒོལ་སྐད་འབོད་བྱེད་པ་ལས་ཀྱང་ཤེས་ཡོན་གྱི་བརྒྱུད་ལམ་འདྲ་མིན་བརྒྱུད་ནས་རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་མི་རབས་གསར་པ་ཚོར་བོད་ཀྱི་གནས་བབ་སྐོར་ལ་གོ་རྟོགས་སྤེལ་བའི་དུས་ལ་བབ་འདུག་ལ།   ཕྱོགས་གཞན་ཞིག་ནས་ཁོང་ཚོར་ཡང་བོདདོན་གྱིས་རྒྱ་གར་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ཀྱི་བདེ་འཇགས་སྐོར་ལ་ཐེབས་པའི་ཤུགས་རྐྱེན་ཁག་ཧ་གོ་རུ་འཇུག་རྒྱུ་ནི་བོད་མི་ཡོངས་ཀྱི་སྐབས་བབ་ཀྱི་ལས་དོན་གལ་ཆེ་ཤོས་དེ་ཆགས་འདུག”ཅེས་བརྗོད་སོང་།

བོད་རང་བཙན་སློབ་ཕྲུག་ཚོགས་པས་ལས་འགུལ་གྱི་ཁ་ཕྱོགས་མི་རབས་གསར་པའི་གཞོན་སྐྱེས་ཚོར་གཏོད་དགོས་པའི་རྒྱུ་མཚན་གཙོ་བོ་ནི་ང་ཚོས་མི་རབས་གསར་པ་ཚོ་ནི་སྤྱི་ཚོགས་གང་ཞིག་ཁ་ལོ་བསྒྱུར་བའི་གཞི་རྩའི་ནུས་ཤུགས་དང་ཐོན་ཁུངས་གསར་བ་ཞིག་ལ་ངོས་འཛིན་བྱེད་ཀྱི་ཡོད་ལ།  ཤེས་ཡོན་སྡེ་ཚན་ཁོངས་ཀྱི་མི་རབས་གསར་བ་ཚོའི་ལྷག་བསམ་ཟོལ་མེད་ཀྱི་རྒྱབ་སྐྱོར་ལ་བརྟེན་ནས་འཛམ་གླིང་ནང་གི་དྲང་བདེན་མ་ཡིན་པའི་ཆབ་སྲིད་ཀྱི་དབང་སྒྱུར་ཡོད་ཚད་བདེན་པའི་ཐབས་ལམ་གྱི་ནུས་སྟོབས་འོག་ནས་མགོ་རྟིང་བསློག་ཐུབ་པར་ཡིད་ཆེས་བྱེད་ཀྱི་ཡོད།  རེ་བ་དང་ཡིད་ཆེས་དེའི་ངོས་ནས་ལྡི་ལི་བོད་རང་བཙན་སློབ་ཕྲུག་ཚོགས་པའི་ཚོགས་མི་ཡོངས་ཀྱིས་སློབ་ཞོར་གྱི་ཆུ་ཚོད་ཡོངས་རྫོགས་བེད་སྤྱད་དེ་ལྡི་ལི་གཙུག་ལག་སློབ་གྲྭ་ཆེན་མོའི་ཡན་ལག་མཐོ་སློབ་འདྲ་མིན་གྱི་འཛིན་སྐྱོང་སྡེ་ཚན་ཁག་གི་གནད་ཡོད་མི་སྣ་ཚོ་དང་མཉམ་དུ་འབྲེལ་བ་བཙུགས་ནས་ལོ་རེར་ཁོང་ཚོའི་རྒྱབ་སྐྱོར་ལ་བརྟེན་ནས་རྒྱ་གར་དང་བོད་ཀྱི་མཁས་དབང་ཁག་མཐོ་སློབ་འདྲ་མིན་ནང་གདན་འདྲེན་ཞུས་ནས་བོད་ཀྱི་ཆབ་སྲིད་ལོ་རྒྱུས་སྐོར་ལ་བགྲོ་གླེང་བཀོད་སྒྲིག་དང་།   བོད་ཀྱི་རང་བཙན་འཐབ་རྩོད་དང་འབྲེལ་བའི་གློག་བརྙན་གཟིགས་འབུལ།  བོད་ཀྱི་སྲོལ་རྒྱུན་གཞས་སྣ་གཟིགས་འབུལ།   བོད་དོན་དང་འབྲེལ་བའི་ཕྱག་དེབ་དང་ཡིག་ཆ་གལ་ཆེན་ཁག་རིན་མེད་ཐོག་འགྲེམས་སྤེལ་སོགས་བྱས་ནས་རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་མི་རབས་གསར་པ་ཚོའི་ཁོངས་ནས་བོད་དོན་རྒྱབ་སྐྱོར་བ་ཙམ་མ་ཡིན་པར་རྒྱ་གར་མི་རིགས་ཚོའི་ཁོངས་ནས་བོད་དོན་འཐབ་རྩོད་ཀྱི་སྣེ་ཁྲིད་མི་སྣ་གང་མང་བསྐྱེད་བསྲིང་བྱེད་པར་འབད་པ་བྱེད་ཀྱི་ཡོད།

དེ་ཡང་དེ་རིང་གི“བོད་ཀྱི་འདུ་འཛོམས་”ཞེས་པའི་ལས་འགུལ་གྱི་གལ་ཆེའི་རང་བཞིན་དང་དམིགས་ཡུལ་སྐོར་ལ་ལྡི་ལི་བོད་རང་བཙན་སློབ་ཕྲུག་ཚོགས་པའི་གཞི་རིམ་ལས་འགུལ་གྱི་འབྲེལ་མཐུད་པ་ཚེ་རིང་བཀྲ་ཤིས་ལགས་ཀྱིས་“ ང་ཚོས་རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་རྒྱལ་ས་ལྡི་ལི་ནང་གིོ་ལས་འགུལ་ཕལ་ཆེ་བ་ཤེས་ཡོན་གྱི་བསྟི་གནས་དང་མཐོ་སློབ་ཁག་ནང་སྤེལ་བ་ལ་ཡང་འཆར་གཞི་རྒྱ་ཆེན་པོ་ཞིག་དང་དམིགས་ཡུལ་རྒྱང་རིང་པོ་ཞིག་བཟུང་ཡོད།  གང་ཡིན་ཞེ་ན་ད་ལྟའི་རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་མི་རབས་གསར་པ་ཚོ་ནི་མ་འོངས་པའི་རྒྱ་གར་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ཀྱི་ཆབ་སྲིད་ཀྱི་གནད་དོན་ཐག་གཅོད་བྱེད་མཁན་དང་གཞུང་གི་སྲིད་བྱུས་ཁག་གཏན་འབེབས་གནང་མཁན་གྱི་དཔུང་སྡེ་ཞིག་ཡིན་པས།  ང་ཚོས་ད་ལྟ་ནས་ཁོ་ཚོར་བོད་དོན་སྐོར་ལ་གོ་རྟོགས་ཡག་པོ་སྤེལ་ཐུབ་པ་ཡིན་ན་ཁོང་ཚོས་མ་འོངས་པར་ཆུང་ས་ནས་རྒྱ་གར་ནང་གི་བོད་མི་སྐྱབས་བཅོལ་བའི་དཀའ་ངལ་ཁག་ལ་་དངོས་ཤུགས་བརྒྱུད་གསུམ་ནས་རྒྱབ་སྐྱོར་བྱེད་ངེས་ལ།   ཆེ་ས་ནས་ད་ལྟའི་བོད་རྒྱ་གཉིས་དབར་གྱི་དཀའ་རྙོག་སེལ་བར་ཕྱོགས་ཡོངས་ནས་ནུས་པ་བསྐྱོན་ངེས་རེད”་ཅེས་བརྗོད་སོེང་།

དེ་རིང་གི་ལས་འགུལ་འདི་བརྒྱུད་ནས་ང་ཚོས་རྒྱ་གར་གྱི་སློབ་ཕྲུག་ཚོའི་ཁོངས་ནས་བོད་དོན་སྐོར་ལ་དོ་སྣང་བྱེད་མཁན་གྱི་སློབ་ཕྲུག་གང་མང་ཞིག་བསྡུ་རུབ་བྱེད་ཐུབ་ཡོད་ལ།    དེ་ཡང་ལས་འགུལ་གྱི་མཐའ་མར་གཙོ་བོ་བོད་ཨ་མདོ་རྔ་པའི་ནང་གི་ད་ལྟའི་ཛ་དྲག་གི་གནས་བབ་ཞི་འཇགས་ཡོང་ཆེད་དང་།   བོད་ཀྱི་ཆབ་སྲིད་བཙོན་པ་བློ་བཟང་།  གྲྭ་འཇིགས་མེད་རྒྱ་མཚོ་སོགས་གློད་གྲོལ་ཡོང་ཆེད་ས་ཡིག་བསྡུ་བྱས་ནས་ལས་འགུལ་དེ་རྒྱལ་ཁའི་ངང་མཇུག་བསྒྲིལ་བ་ཡིན།    ང་ཚོའི་དེ་རིང་གི་ལས་འགུལ་བསྒྲིལ་ཟིན་པ་རེད་མོད།   ང་ཚོས་ཁོང་ཚོར་ཤེས་ཡོན་གྱི་འབྲེལ་ལམ་ཡག་པོ་བཙུགས་ཐུབ་ཡོད་པའི་རྒྱུ་མཚན་གྱིས།   ང་ཚོའི་དབར་གྱི་བོད་དོན་དང་འབྲེལ་པའི་ཆབ་སྲིད་ཀྱི་སྡིངས་ཆ་མཇུག་བསྒྲིལ་མེད།    དེ་ཡང་ སང་ཉིན་ནས་བཟུང་སྟེ་ང་ཚོས་དེང་རབས་ཀྱི་དྲ་ལམ་བརྒྱུད་ནས་ཁོང་ཚོ་དང་མཉམ་དུ་བོད་དོན་དྲིལ་བསྒྲགས་ཀྱི་ལས་འགུལ་གཞན་ཞིག་དབུ་འཛུགས་བྱ་ངེས་ཡིན།

Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) works in solidarity with the Tibetan people in their struggle for freedom and independence. We are a chapter-based network of young people and activists around the world. Through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action, we campaign for Tibetans’ fundamental right to political freedom. Our role is to empower and train youth as leaders in the worldwide movement for social justice

བོད་རང་བཙན་སློབ་ཕྲུག་ཚོགས་པས་བོད་མི་ཚོའི་རང་བཙན་འཐབ་རྩོད་ཀྱི་ལས་འགུལ་ལ་གདུང་སེམས་མཉམ་བསྐྱེད་ཀྱི་ཐོག་ནས་ལས་འགུལ་འདྲ་མིན་རྩོམ་གྱིན་ཡོད་ལ།  ང་ཚོ་ནི་ལས་འགུལ་པ་དང་གཞོན་སྐྱེས་མི་སྣས་གྲུབ་པའི་རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་རང་བཞིན་གྱི་ཚོགས་པ་ཞིག་ཡིན་ལ།  ཤེས་ཡོན་དང་།  འཚེ་མེད་ཞི་བའི་ལས་འགུལ།  གཞི་རིམ་གྱི་བཀོད་སྒྲིག་ལ་སོགས་པའི་སྦྱོང་བརྡར་ཁག་བརྒྱུད་ནས་བོད་མིའི་གཞི་རྩའི་ཐོབ་ཐང་དང་ཆབ་སྲིད་ཀྱི་རང་དབང་རྩོད་ལེན་བྱེད་ཀྱིན་ཡོད་ལ།  ང་ཚོའི་ལས་གཞི་ཁག་བརྒྱུད་ནས་གཞོན་སྐྱེས་ཚོར་འགོ་ཁྲིད་ཀྱི་སྦྱོང་བརྡར་སྤྲད་དེ་ཁོང་ཚོས་མ་འོངས་པར་འཛམ་གླིང་ནང་གི་དྲང་བདེན་གྱི་འཐབ་རྩོད་དང་ལས་འགུལ་ཁག་གི་ཁྲོད་དུ་སྣེ་ཁྲིད་བྱེད་ཐུབ་པའི་ནུས་པ་བསྐྱེད་བསྲིང་བྱེད་རྒྱུ་དེ་ཡིན།