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

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