03/20/2013 Lhamo Tso, wife of imprisoned Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen, granted US Political Asylum Press Release Contact: Giovanni Vassallo, 415-264-3264, giovanni@friends-of-tibet.org (March 18, 2013) On February 27, Lhamo Tso was granted political asylum by the United States of America in San Francisco. The idea to seek asylum in US came up last July when the Bay Area Friends of Tibet (BAFoT) along with other groups invited Lhamo Tso to the United States and organized

西藏抗暴54周年 旧金山数千藏人呼吁自由 【大纪元2013年03月11日讯】（大纪元记者周凤临旧金山采访报导）3月10日（星期日），数千藏人及西藏自由支持者聚集加州旧金山中领馆前集会，纪念西藏抗暴54周年，要求西藏自由和宗教自由。 这次在旧金山中领馆前举行的集会活动，是全美一系列纪念活动的一部分。藏人及支持者们高喊“给西藏自由”、“中共谎言下，西藏在死去”等口号，唤醒人们对中共集权统治下对西藏现状的关注。 六四幸存者方政表示：“善良勤劳的西藏人民在中共统治下，遭受了如此的深重的苦难。作为大陆来的汉族朋友，在感到遗憾的同时，有一种深深的愧疚。” 藏人自焚事件引广泛关注 自2009年2月起，为抗议中国政府对西藏的高压统治和宗教限制、同化政策，在中国西藏、四川和青海等藏区，发生一系列僧侣自焚事件。截至目前，已有至少107名喇嘛、女尼包括农牧民在内的藏人以自焚方式抗议中共政府，引起国际社会广泛关注。方政说：“ 他们是以牺牲自己的生命，来表达对这个政府的抗议。” 非盈利组织“自由西藏学生”（Students for a Free Tibet）成员巴桑（Pa

On March 10th, SF Team Tibet***, as well as other groups around the world, will take to the streets to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising. We mark March 10th each year to show solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet and to honor and support the brave resistance to the People's Republic of China's totalitarianism and its oppressive policies that continues to this day.Tibetans in Tibet are risking imprisonment, torture, and their lives to ensur

Press Release: Dhondup Wangchen Transferred to Another Chinese Prison January 21, 2013 Zurich, January 21, 2013: In an unusual move, it has been learned by Filming for Tibet that filmmaker and political prisoner Dhondup Wangchen has been transferred from Xichuan labour camp to Qinghai Provincial Women’s Prison, the main prison for women in China’s Qinghai province [1]. Following a visit to Dhondup Wangchen by close family members on January 15, 2013, Dhondup Wangchen spoke of

From: bayareafriendsoftibet [mailto:bayareafriendsoftibet-bounces@tibet.org] On Behalf Of giovanni@friends-of-tibet.orgSent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:09 AMTo: BAFoTSubject: [BAFoT] [FWD: Urgent: Tibetans Sentenced for "inciting self-immolations"] Please call/email/write Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and/or John Kerry (http://contact-us.state.gov/app/answers/list) as well as the Chinese Ambassador to the US, Ambassador Zhang Yesui, (http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/sg

Press Releasehttp://tibet.net/2013/01/24/sikyong-dr-lobsang-sangays-appeal-tibetans-n...24 January 2013 With profound grief, I report that the number of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest against repression in Tibet is now reaching 100. In 2012 alone, 83 Tibetans self-immolated, and twenty-eight of these occurred within the single month of November. Now in the new year of 2013, I am saddened to inform you that three Tibetans have set themselves on fire. The m

Dear Friends, Please join me, Tibetans, and Americans for a Freedom - Rangzen Walk, taking any step along the 108-mile route to highlight Tibetan rights. Rangzen: The International Tibet Independence Movement will lead a March for Tibet's Independence in 2013, from March 23 to 30, in the Bay Area. March co-sponsors include Bay Area Friends of Tibet, Tibetan Association of Northern California, San Francisco Students for a Free Tibet, and San Francisco Regional Tibetan Youth Co

CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY, CULTURE AND HEROIC COMPASSION WILL TAKE PLACE ON DECEMBER 8, 2012 (9 AM-10 PM) AT BERKELEY ADULT SCHOOL, 1701 SAN PABLO AVE, BERKELEY, CA MAP In effort to preserve the art and culture of Tibet, Bay Area Friends of Tibet (BAFoT) and Tibetan Association of Northern California (TANC) are pleased to invite you to the 27th Annual Tibet Day Festival: A Celebration of Community, Culture and Heroic Compassion. This is the largest annual celebration day of Ti

Date: Saturday, September 8, 2012 - 6:00am Location: Bay Area Friends of Tibet1310 Fillmore Street #401San Francisco, CA 94115 Please RSVP to giovanni@friends-of-tibet.org or 415-264-3264

An Occupied Country For two millennia, Tibetan culture developed north of the Himalayas, gradually spreading through much of Central Asia. Home to an extensive monastic system and a vibrant lay cultur e, Tibetans thrived on scarce resources in a harsh climate. Today, Tibet is an illegally occupied country. Its people are outnumbered by Chinese settlers and its culture is rapidly disappearing. Invasion and Subjugation The Chinese army invaded Tibet in 1949. After an abortive n

Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 7:00am to Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 4:00pm Location: Live Oak Park in Berkeley, California

Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 11:00pm to Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 11:00pm Location: SF International Film Festival Old DogDir: Pema Tseden From the leading filmmaker of the New Tibetan Cinema comes this mesmerizing, emotionally gripping story about an old sheepherder and his grown son, a visually stunning portrait of rural anomie that takes a completely modern approach to narrative, patiently accumulating detail by telling detail. (China/Tibet 2011, 88 min). http://fes

Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 4:30pm to 6:30pm Location: 350 Sansome Street, Suite 210, San Francisco Date: Monday, April 23, 2012 - 5:00pm Location: Bermann Hall, University of San Francisco Date: Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 6:00pm Location: Tibetan Community Center 5200 Huntington Ave, Richmond, CA Come and hear first hand Lhamo Tso, a mother of four and the wife of imprisoned film-maker Dhondup Wangchen, talk about her husband and his documentary "Leaving Fear Behind"

Bay Area Tibetans & Supporters Commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day March 10, 2012 Vow to intensify efforts to secure government action, as instances of self-immolation in Tibet escalate By San Francisco Team Tibet San Francisco, CA - Some 500 Tibetans and Tibet supporters took to the streets of San Francisco on March 10th to mark the 53rd anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising, when thousands of Tibetans rose up against China's invasion and

Rally Commemorating the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day! Saturday March 10 2012 9 AM - 8 PMBerkeley City Hall, Justin Herman Plaza, U.N. Plaza,Chinese Consulate, Union Square 9 - 10 AM: Tibetan Flag raising ceremony at the Berkeley City Hall, Berkeley, CA 10:30 - 11 AM: Rally at Justin Herman Plaza Then March along Market St. toward City Hall. 11:45 - 12:30 PM: March to U.N. Plaza 12:30- 2:30 PM: Protest/Rally in front of the Chinese consulate 4:30 - 8 P

Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm Location: Chinese Consulate Laguna & Geary in San Francisco STAND UP FOR THE MARTYRS OF TIBET (San Francisco, CA) San Francisco Team Tibet, a coalition of Tibetan organizations in the Bay Area, will hold a candlelight vigil on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 in front of the Chinese Consulate, 1450 Laguna Street, San Francisco, CA 94115, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. The vigil is part of a worldwide effort by the international community

Date: Friday, January 20, 2012 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm Location: Chinese ConsulateLaguna & Geary in San Francisco STAND UP FOR TIBETCandlelight Vigil for Tibet in front of the Chinese Consulate 20 January 2012 - 6:30-8:30 PM --Laguna & Geary Blvd., San Francisco Self-immolations continue and spread into Tibet in 2012 (San Francisco, 19 January 2012). In 2012, four Tibetans have set themselves on fire in a new form of protest and sacrifice in Tibet. All four have died. 12 of the

BAFoT Celebrates 28 Years of Education and Nonviolent Resistance On October 2nd the Bay Area Friends of Tibet (BAFoT) invites you to join us for a spectacular and enchanting Sunset Dinner Cruise on San Francisco Bay to support our efforts on behalf of Tibet and its people. This special celebration dinner cruise will feature delicious and exotic Tibetan and Indian foods aboard the classic luxury yacht, the Empress. At this event you will have the opportunity to not only suppor

premiere Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 6:00pm Location: Opera Plaza TheatreSan Francisco Date: Friday, November 11, 2011 - 6:00pm Location: USF Cowell Hall2130 Fulton StreetSan Francisco

Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 9:00am Location: UN Plaza San Francisco Global Intervention to Save Tibetan LivesJoin us in saying "Enough is Enough!" Join Us! What: Protest rally and march through the streets of San Francisco When: Wednesday 11/2/11 Where: San Francisco, CA Why: Part of a global campaign on 11/2, a day before the G20 summit begins, to show Tibetans in Ngaba and across Tibet that their deep pain and suffering has not gone unnoticed by the world Since Ma