Added: Jan 6, 2008
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TIBETANS LAUNCH HISTORIC MOVEMENT AHEAD OF BEIJING OLYMPICS Global Uprising to Include Exiles' March to Tibet New Delhi -- Five leading Tibetan organizations announced today the launch of the "Tibetan People's Uprising Movement", a new coordinated Tibetan resistance effort in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The Games will take place only months before the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising against China's invasion of Tibet. The movement's organizers are calling on Tibetans worldwide to join protests during the Beijing Olympics and support a return march of exile Tibetans to their homeland. "Today, in the spirit of the 1959 Uprising and in memory of the courageous Tibetans who sacrificed their lives for Tibet's independence and continue to resist China's brutal occupation, we are launching a unified movement to bring about an end to Chinese rule in Tibet," said Tsewang Rigzin, President of Tibetan Youth Congress. The organizing committee that China's leadership is using the Beijing Olympics as a platform to gain international acceptance and to legitimize its illegal rule in Tibet. After almost five decades of oppression and cultural assimilation, the situation inside Chinese occupied Tibet is dire. "We are calling on Tibetans worldwide to join us at this critical moment when China is trying to spread its Olympics propaganda," said B. Tsering, President of the Tibetan Women's Association. "Together, we will seize this unprecedented opportunity to voice Tibetan resistance and reinvigorate our freedom struggle." The march to Tibet is an initiative by exile Tibetans to strengthen Tibetan resistance by taking the struggle home. The march will commence on March 10th, the 49th commemoration of the Tibetan National Uprising in Tibet. Tibetans worldwide will engage in non-violent direct actions and mass protests during China's Olympic torch relay and the Games themselves. "Our message to China's leadership is loud and clear that after fifty years, Tibetans in exile are determined to return to our homeland and be reunited with our Tibetan brothers and sisters," said Ngawang Woeber, President of the Gu Chu Sum, the ex-political prisoners' association. Members of the organizing committee: Tibetan Youth Congress, Tibetan Women's Association, Gu Chu Sum Movement of Tibet, National Democratic Party of Tibet, and Students for a Free Tibet, India.
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zhangjieyu Says:
Mar 23, 2008 - go hell now, it's your way!
zhangjieyu Says:
Mar 23, 2008 - hei, so stupid you are. To learn more knowledge and then speak.
zhangjieyu Says:
Mar 23, 2008 - stupid poor guy.
lovelaureshang123 Says:
Mar 23, 2008 - I know China is not perfect, but she is my home country just like mother. Tibet is in China for thousands of years. He just likes one of children of China. As a Chinese, I'll say Tibet was is and always will be a part of China. No one can separate it from China!
agoodh007 Says:
Mar 24, 2008 - 你脑子进水了，咣当当的，说的话都条理不清啊。中国是由56个民族组成的，包括藏族。在中国的藏族也是中国人。在其它国家的藏族可以不是中国人。国家和民族是两个完全不同的概念。世界上多民族的国家很多，世界上一个民族分散在多个国家的也很多。如果你觉着做中国人不好，可以离开中国。但是绝对没有理由、权利从中国分出一块土地。明白了？这就是答案。This is the answer.
agoodh007 Says:
Mar 24, 2008 - 你是自由的，你可以去任何地方。
agoodh007 Says:
Mar 24, 2008 - 你就诌吧，除了英语，你还懂啥？你那点知识都是从那些专门说假话的媒体上来的吧？Go to library, read some book, not only those bullshit newspaper.
agoodh007 Says:
Mar 24, 2008 - 你咋就知道"tibet is not china and the tibetans are not chinese"？拿证据来。
edtube1004 Says:
Mar 24, 2008 - why china doesn't look of their own vital resources, anyway they are big country,so why they still looking for other country's vital resources. What i can observe for this is greedyness.
yangziriver Says:
Mar 28, 2008 - terrorists!!!!! Tibet has freedom now! wanT Tibet to be independent from China? No Way!
provisos Says:
Mar 29, 2008 - Only the daydream will never come true.
tadayima1 Says:
Mar 30, 2008 - so you guys wanna be some terrorist to finish your rise-up?
yellowuncle1031 Says:
Mar 30, 2008 - Now Tibet is free!Why they want independence?! Tibet has been one part of China for hundreds of years! Those who want to show his opinion should look up the history in Chinese books,not from the foreign media!!!
historywillabsolve Says:
Mar 31, 2008 - CIA puppets, we have them in Latin America too, especially Venezuela.. Fifth Columns...fuckers
kawanayoung Says:
Mar 31, 2008 - he s korean?
CnDeAu Says:
Mar 31, 2008 - Tibet is already free. How Tibet will become after you "free" it? Better or worse? Without support from the Chinese government, your people will live a poor and miserable life. Remember, what the Chinese government are doing is for the interest of millions of Tibetans living there in Tibet, and you guys are struggling for your own interest, how selfish and ugly you are! No nation can survive in its isolated world. All Chinese out of Tibet as the Da-lie insists? Completely bullshit!
weichanghong Says:
Mar 31, 2008 - this is shit
liujia2007 Says:
Mar 31, 2008 - secessionist terrorists must pay for they did. there CIA boss rot in hell too.
xuyaoyork Says:
Mar 31, 2008 - This video shows their essence as terrorists clearly.
fg2tube Says:
Apr 1, 2008 - 1. Million slaves were liberated as soon as Dalai left in 1959. Dalai's punishment such as cutting hands and feet, tongues, ears, removing eyes no longer exist. Majority Tibetan live well in China. 2. In western world, there is no political-religious combined organization. Church is church, government is government. Dalai's position does not match with any western system. 3. Your declaration is threatening China. You may launch terrorism and cause damages. But watch out your fellow members.
tthosem Says:
Apr 1, 2008 - Nothing wrong..It is a preperation for annual uprising and what is wrong with taking it on a higher level on the eve of olympic? Tibetan issue needs gobal attention and some thought using this period to highlight our cause makes sense.None one of those people talked about violence and all Chinese should remember that fact before jumping to conclusion.freedom struggle is our right and it is fair as long as it is peaceful.And the recent tragedy is the result of attack on peaceful protestor.
LAOA2008 Says:
Apr 1, 2008 - According the law in China, protest need to be applied to the local government or police. If the application is permitted, then you can do this. Otherwise is illeagal. I do not think those monks apply for that.
UTEEngineer Says:
Apr 1, 2008 - THOSE ARE CRIMINALS
PariahDark Says:
Apr 2, 2008 - So let me get this straight. Chinese "population tranfsers", i.e. people deciding to move to Tibet, is inhibiting a free Tibet. So presumably part of forming a free Tibet involves reversing that policy. I don't expect everyone will go quietly so what does this mean? Well, I think what happened in Lhasa is a good indicator.
xelinyy Says:
Mar 23, 2008 - why does USA government tell every country in the world what to do ? why why why? why your soldiers being so "nice" to Iraq and their resources?