SAN FRANCISCO (December 27, 2017) – Tibetan independent filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen arrived at San Francisco International Airport on Christmas Day, 2017. He has been reunited with his family after having been separated for more than ten years during which he was held incommunicado, detained, imprisoned, and subjected to deprivation of political rights in the People’s Republic of China. He conveys his thanks to the governments, organizations, and individuals who made this day

On 28 December 2009, filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen was sentenced to six years imprisonment for "subversion", following a secret trial in Xining. Dhondup Wangchen had been detained shortly after completing filming for a documentary called “Leaving Fear Behind”. His film portrays the actual living conditions in occupied Tibet and features interviews with Tibetans talking about the situation in Tibet. It was shot secretly and smuggled out of the country in March, 2008, just days be

The jailed Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen was released this morning after serving a six-year imprisonment sentence, said Gyaljong Tsetrin, Dhondup’s cousin who lives in Switzerland.

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

Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 11:00am to 1:00pm Location: Chinese ConsulateGeary Blvd. at Laguna StreetSan Francisco MEDIA ADVISORY Photo Opportunity DATE October 3, 2013 Contact: Mrs. Lhamo Tso, 510-681-3244 (ONLY TIBETAN) Mr. Peter Coyote, c/o Elizabeth Ross, Assistant to Peter Coyote, 415-385-9908 Ms. Tenzin Tselha, Students for a Free Tibet, 510-289-5691 Mr. Giovan

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

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

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

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"

Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm Location: Berkeley Bart station CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL at the downtown Berkeley Bart station 7-9pm. Please come to TANC office at 4pm to make some Dhondup Wangchen placards.