Submitted by bafot on Mon, 2013-05-06 22:59
Submitted by bafot on Wed, 2015-09-23 23:20
Protesters call on Obama to publicly raise Tibet with Xi
San Francisco Team Tibet* plans protest at SF Chinese Consulate
Submitted by bafot on Fri, 2015-03-13 13:12
Submitted by bafot on Mon, 2014-12-08 17:01
Press Advisory:
Sonamtso Lama 510-816-0600
Giovanni Vassallo 415-264-3264 giovanni@friends-of-tibet.org
For Immediate Release: 8 December 2014
China: Human #Rights365 = Human Rights for All
Solidarity for Tibetans, Uyghurs, Southern Mongolians, Chinese
and Hong Kong People
(San Francisco, California)
Submitted by bafot on Tue, 2014-06-10 10:44
Submitted by bafot on Thu, 2014-06-05 23:36
Phayul[Thursday, June 05, 2014 16:15]
DHARAMSHALA, JUNE 5: The jailed Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen has been released this morning after serving six years’ imprisonment sentence, said Gyaljong Tsetrin, Dhondup’s cousin who lives in Switzerland.
He was driven by the police to Khotse, (about two hours drive away from Xining) where he reached his sister's home around 15.00hrs local time.
Submitted by bafot on Mon, 2014-04-28 12:41
Here are statements by Tashi Lhunpo Monastery on the the occasion of the Panchen Lama's 25th birthday in English and Tibet.
Submitted by bafot on Sat, 2014-03-08 20:18
March 8, 2014
Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Pelosi Statement on the Anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today to mark the 55th anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day – the date of Tibetans’ peaceful uprising and the ensuing crackdown by Chinese authorities that devastated the Tibetan people and forced His Holiness the Dalai Lama into exile:
Submitted by bafot on Thu, 2013-11-21 20:22
In October the Filming for Tibet team successfully launched a new phase of the Free Dhondup Wangchen campaign called "Unchain The Truth". Building on the campaign actions around Dhondup's birthday the team have developed a number of actions and resources for Tibet groups to take part in and promote the campaign for Human Rights Day on 10 December.
NEW Website, Action Overview & Resources:
Please visit and promote the NEW website at http://unchain-the-truth.com. A number of key actions can be found on the site including:
Submitted by bafot on Fri, 2013-11-15 20:38
Phuntsokling Tibetan Settlement in Odisha was established in the year 1963 by the Government of India on an area of 2500 acres of land provided by the State government on lease to rehabilitate about 3000 Tibetan refugees. The settlement is basically agrarian one,engaged in raising crops like corn, millet in an acre of 1700. The cultivation activities are rainfed and there are no irrigation facilities. The Tibetan farmers could not cultivate their agricultural field last year on account of some local problems which had adversely impacted their livelihood.
