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23/07/2008
The second Tibetan People's Mass Movement
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{The Tibet Post International -22 July 2008}-To protest against the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the continuing colonial occupation of Tibet by China, Tibetan Youth Congress will launch an "Indefinite Fast for Tibet - without Food and Water" on 28th July, 2008 at New Delhi as part of the Tibetan People's Mass Movement.TYC will also organize many other campaigns throughout the Olympics. Over 25,000 Tibetans from all over the world gathered on 08th August, 2007 in New Delhi to support the demands laid down by the 14 Tibetans who were on an 'Indefinite Hunger Strike unto death' for 33 days. TYC passed resolutions during its General Body Meeting in September 2007 at Dharamshala and Annual Working Committee Meeting in July 2008 at Manali to carry out the second phase of "Tibetan People's Mass Movement" before Beijing Olympic Games.
Demands:
Immediate end to the brutal suppression of Tibetans inside Tibet and unconditional release of all the Tibetan political prisoners.
Convincing evidence to prove the well-being and whereabouts of His Holiness the Gedun Choekyi Nyima (the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet).
Allow independent and neutral international fact finding delegation, media and humanitarian organizations to assess the current situation inside Tibet.
Immediate end to dumping of nuclear and toxic waste in Tibet and stop plundering of Tibet's natural resources.
Immediately end the demographic aggression of Chinese settlers into Tibet.
We appeal:
To all world leaders to boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics
To all athletes to return Beijing's blood stained medals and podium protest to show your solidarity with the Tibetans.
To seek a meeting with the IOC President or his representatives to update the IOC on the current grim situation inside Tibet.
International community to Boycott Beijing 2008 Olympics.
The recent pro – independence demonstrations in Tibet will go down in history as yet another example of man’s indomitable spirit in fighting against tyranny and oppression. The unanimous call for “Long Live the Dalai Lama”, “Independence for Tibet” and “Release Panchen Lama” from Tibetans inside Tibet in all the three traditional provinces of Tibet are the true aspirations of the six million Tibetans. Their courageous defiance against the colonial Chinese regime by shedding their blood brought to fore the deeply held resentment Tibetans feel against the repressive and discriminating policies of the Chinese Communist Party since 1949.
Olympics are a symbol of freedom and peace, an international event where friendship and brotherhood is celebrated. It is a tradition that brings the world under a single umbrella embodying peace and harmony through sport. But the International Olympic Committee (IOC) went against its ideals and made the biggest blunder by awarding this prestigious event to the illegal Communist Chinese regime that is responsible for the killings of over one million Tibetans, the illegal Communist Chinese regime that has razed over 6000 Tibetan monasteries to the ground, the illegal Communist Chinese regime that has flooded Tibet with Chinese reducing Tibetans to an insignificant minority in our own country.
With the start of "Indefinite Fast for Tibet - without Food and Water" in New Delhi, all regional chapters of TYC will organize campaign against Beijing Olympics in their respective regions throughout the world. TYC will begin Tibetan People's Mass demonstration on 07th August, 2008, based on the principles of nonviolence and Gandhi's tradition of “satyagraha” (insistence on truth).
The Chinese people deserve to host the Olympic Games but what the Tibetans and the Chinese people deserve more now is freedom; freedom of speech, of religion, of association, of equal opportunity, of electing their own government, of feeling safe in their own homes. The day might not be far when Tibet will again be an independent nation and the Chinese people would be free from the inhuman communist regime, only then it will be the right time for Beijing to host the prestigious Olympic Games. But not now. Not while the butchers of 1.2 million Tibetans remain in power. Not while the communist butchers of 70 million Chinese remain in power.
We request responsible citizens and governments worldwide to stand up against China’s appalling human rights record in Tibet and boycott Beijing Olympics. We request all freedom loving people of the free world to raise your voice for the freedom of the peace loving Tibetan people and help us restore our lost Independence.
Press released by TYC on 21st July 2008
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China maneuver Tibetan Versus Tibetan
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{The Tibet Post International -23 July 2008}-In a bizarre case of mounting surveillance over the monasteries, sources have reported about China's exploitation of Tibetan officials versus Tibetan monks. The new drive has recently been launched in Drago monastery in Karze (Ch: Ganzi) county.Which requires the prominent county and township level officials to monitor and indoctrinate the high ranking lamas and abbots of the monastery while more than 120 low level Tibetan officials have been mobilized to monitor the activities of the general monks as well as to politically educate them.
According to the new edict, if any monks are found guilty of disobeying and participating in the protests, the responsible Tibetan official will have to bear the brunt of expulsion from service. This new drive has thus placed both the officials and monks under immense pressure of distress and anxiety.
The new drive further decreed that the monastery would face closure, either permanently or temporarily, if more than 30% of the monks were found participating in the protests even after it had been cleansed (of separatist forces). In the event of permanently closing down the monastery, all the monks would have to leave the monastery, which would then be confiscated by the state, the authorities have stated.
With only less than three weeks for the Summer Olympics to go, China has stepped up restrictions in whole of Tibet with particular intensification of restrictions and surveillance on the Tibetan people living in Beijing and elsewhere in Mainland China. Tibetan officials and students living in the Chinese capital and adjacent areas are under strict security observation with many of them ordered to leave the capital. This is a clear case of the innate distrust that the Chinese leaders have of Tibetan people.
In a daring effort, a young Tibetan monk, whose identity could not be confirmed except for his monastery, staged a lone demonstration in front of the Karze county's Armed Police office on June July 15. Failing to capture the monk by around ten armed police personnel who pounced on him as soon as he had shouted slogans, the police fired at least three bullets (rubber bullet) rendering the monk unconscious and was thus captured, tossed into a police vain and taken away. The monk is said to be belonging to Langna monastery of Yarto Rongpatsa village in Karze county.
Report- Tibetan Solidarity Committee
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H.H the Dalai Lama urges city leaders to fight political oppression
 {The Tibet Post International -23 July 2008}-The Dalai Lama in a private audience Tuesday thanked Madison city leaders for embracing the local Tibetan community and urged their continued opposition as local political leaders to political oppression around the world."You people are really showing your concern for those people who have lost freedom, and I appreciate that," said the temporal and spiritual leader of Tibet, who is presenting a series of talks and Buddhist teachings during a six-day visit to Madison. Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and 17 members of the City Council met with the Dalai Lama in an intimate sitting room at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum. Each exchanged a silk scarf with the Dalai Lama, a Buddhist symbol of pure intention. "America is a champion of democracy, liberty and freedom," the Dalai Lama said. He spoke of the restrictions on religion imposed on Tibetans by the Chinese, who occupied the Himalayan land in the 1950s. The Chinese government has turned its attention to modernizing infrastructure, he said, while the spiritual Tibetans seek freedom of religion and autonomy to safeguard their cultural identity. "We dearly want to modernize Tibet. Provided we are given a full guarantee to preserve our culture, our language, our spirituality ... then we are willing to be part of China," the Dalai Lama told the Madison leaders. West-side Ald. Thuy Pham-Remmele, a native of Vietnam, told the Dalai Lama that the experience of her people carries a message of hope for Tibetans. "My country was under the control of China for 1,000 years," she said. "They tried to extinguish us, and we are still here all over the world and we still keep our language." "I thank you for coming here," Pham-Remmele said. "Long life to you." A special long-life ceremony for the Dalai Lama, 73, is a unique aspect of his visit this year.  A Nobel Peace Prize recipient who is considered by Tibetan Buddhists to be the 14th reincarnation of the Buddha of compassion, the Dalai Lama has visited the Deer Park Buddhist Center and monastery in nearby Oregon several times in recent years. This visit comes as hopes are raised for a political resolution with China, which is looking to improve its human rights image as it steps upon the world stage with the Olympic Games on Aug. 8.Yet the Chinese consulate in Chicago protested, as it did in 2007, the flying of the Tibetan flag at the City-County building in honor of the Dalai Lama's visit. Consul General Ping Huang implored local officials to take down the flag and refuse to meet with the Dalai Lama in a letter to Cieslewicz received Monday. "The purpose of Dalai Lama's visit to the United States this time, as always, is to engage in activities aimed at splitting China and undermining China-U.S. relations under the cover of religion," the Counsul General wrote. Cieslewicz said he will tell Chinese officials that the Dalai Lama is a visiting dignitary of world stature, and that it is not inappropriate to honor his visit by flying the Tibetan flag. The Dalai Lama, Cieslewicz said, is playing a high profile, and important role in the world now, but his approach carries much broader implications. "His methods are all about non-violence and bringing people together and finding common ground without compromising on principle," the mayor said. "I think that's an important message in any walk of life, in any endeavor.  "It can apply to our much smaller problems on a local level -- dealing with a very difficult budget," said Cieslewicz who last week asked city departments to slash funding by 5 percent next year. "The idea that you should be steadfast in principle but willing to see the other persons' point of view is an important message."Several City Council members said that they realized that meeting with the Dalai Lama might draw criticism from constituents who don't recognize Tibet; one said she wrestled over whether to take advantage of a privilege not offered to the ordinary city resident. But they were glad they came. "It was a real pleasure and real honor to have met with the Dalai Lama directly," said Satya Rhodes-Conway, who represents the east side's District 12. Ald. Eli Judge, who represents campus-area District 8, remarked on the diversity of people who had come out Tuesday to hear the Dalai Lama's teachings and the relaxed way they gathered on the Alliant Center grounds between sessions. "Literally every single walk of life you could think of was represented," he said. Ald. Paul Skidmore said he felt humbled and awed at the opportunity for such a personal meeting. "When I was in there, I was kind of speechless and that's unusual for me," said Skidmore, who represents west-side District 9. Report:-http://www.madison.com on 22 July 2008 | | | |
{The Tibet Post International -23 July 2008}-The Dalai Lama in a private audience Tuesday thanked Madison city leaders for embracing the local Tibetan community and urged their continued opposition as local political leaders to political oppression around the world."You people are really showing your concern for those people who have lost freedom, and I appreciate that," said the temporal and spiritual leader of Tibet, who is presenting a series of talks and Buddhist teachings during a six-day visit to Madison.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and 17 members of the City Council met with the Dalai Lama in an intimate sitting room at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum. Each exchanged a silk scarf with the Dalai Lama, a Buddhist symbol of pure intention.
"America is a champion of democracy, liberty and freedom," the Dalai Lama said. He spoke of the restrictions on religion imposed on Tibetans by the Chinese, who occupied the Himalayan land in the 1950s. The Chinese government has turned its attention to modernizing infrastructure, he said, while the spiritual Tibetans seek freedom of religion and autonomy to safeguard their cultural identity.
"We dearly want to modernize Tibet. Provided we are given a full guarantee to preserve our culture, our language, our spirituality ... then we are willing to be part of China," the Dalai Lama told the Madison leaders.
West-side Ald. Thuy Pham-Remmele, a native of Vietnam, told the Dalai Lama that the experience of her people carries a message of hope for Tibetans.
"My country was under the control of China for 1,000 years," she said. "They tried to extinguish us, and we are still here all over the world and we still keep our language."
"I thank you for coming here," Pham-Remmele said. "Long life to you."
A special long-life ceremony for the Dalai Lama, 73, is a unique aspect of his visit this year.
A Nobel Peace Prize recipient who is considered by Tibetan Buddhists to be the 14th reincarnation of the Buddha of compassion, the Dalai Lama has visited the Deer Park Buddhist Center and monastery in nearby Oregon several times in recent years. This visit comes as hopes are raised for a political resolution with China, which is looking to improve its human rights image as it steps upon the world stage with the Olympic Games on Aug. 8.
Yet the Chinese consulate in Chicago protested, as it did in 2007, the flying of the Tibetan flag at the City-County building in honor of the Dalai Lama's visit. Consul General Ping Huang implored local officials to take down the flag and refuse to meet with the Dalai Lama in a letter to Cieslewicz received Monday.
"The purpose of Dalai Lama's visit to the United States this time, as always, is to engage in activities aimed at splitting China and undermining China-U.S. relations under the cover of religion," the Counsul General wrote.
Cieslewicz said he will tell Chinese officials that the Dalai Lama is a visiting dignitary of world stature, and that it is not inappropriate to honor his visit by flying the Tibetan flag.
The Dalai Lama, Cieslewicz said, is playing a high profile, and important role in the world now, but his approach carries much broader implications.
"His methods are all about non-violence and bringing people together and finding common ground without compromising on principle," the mayor said. "I think that's an important message in any walk of life, in any endeavor.
"It can apply to our much smaller problems on a local level -- dealing with a very difficult budget," said Cieslewicz who last week asked city departments to slash funding by 5 percent next year. "The idea that you should be steadfast in principle but willing to see the other persons' point of view is an important message."
Several City Council members said that they realized that meeting with the Dalai Lama might draw criticism from constituents who don't recognize Tibet; one said she wrestled over whether to take advantage of a privilege not offered to the ordinary city resident. But they were glad they came.
"It was a real pleasure and real honor to have met with the Dalai Lama directly," said Satya Rhodes-Conway, who represents the east side's District 12.
Ald. Eli Judge, who represents campus-area District 8, remarked on the diversity of people who had come out Tuesday to hear the Dalai Lama's teachings and the relaxed way they gathered on the Alliant Center grounds between sessions.
"Literally every single walk of life you could think of was represented," he said.
Ald. Paul Skidmore said he felt humbled and awed at the opportunity for such a personal meeting.
"When I was in there, I was kind of speechless and that's unusual for me," said Skidmore, who represents west-side District 9.
Report:-http://www.madison.com on 22 July 2008
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and 17 members of the City Council met with the Dalai Lama in an intimate sitting room at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum. Each exchanged a silk scarf with the Dalai Lama, a Buddhist symbol of pure intention.
"America is a champion of democracy, liberty and freedom," the Dalai Lama said. He spoke of the restrictions on religion imposed on Tibetans by the Chinese, who occupied the Himalayan land in the 1950s. The Chinese government has turned its attention to modernizing infrastructure, he said, while the spiritual Tibetans seek freedom of religion and autonomy to safeguard their cultural identity.
"We dearly want to modernize Tibet. Provided we are given a full guarantee to preserve our culture, our language, our spirituality ... then we are willing to be part of China," the Dalai Lama told the Madison leaders.
West-side Ald. Thuy Pham-Remmele, a native of Vietnam, told the Dalai Lama that the experience of her people carries a message of hope for Tibetans.
"My country was under the control of China for 1,000 years," she said. "They tried to extinguish us, and we are still here all over the world and we still keep our language."
"I thank you for coming here," Pham-Remmele said. "Long life to you."
A special long-life ceremony for the Dalai Lama, 73, is a unique aspect of his visit this year.
A Nobel Peace Prize recipient who is considered by Tibetan Buddhists to be the 14th reincarnation of the Buddha of compassion, the Dalai Lama has visited the Deer Park Buddhist Center and monastery in nearby Oregon several times in recent years. This visit comes as hopes are raised for a political resolution with China, which is looking to improve its human rights image as it steps upon the world stage with the Olympic Games on Aug. 8.Yet the Chinese consulate in Chicago protested, as it did in 2007, the flying of the Tibetan flag at the City-County building in honor of the Dalai Lama's visit. Consul General Ping Huang implored local officials to take down the flag and refuse to meet with the Dalai Lama in a letter to Cieslewicz received Monday.
"The purpose of Dalai Lama's visit to the United States this time, as always, is to engage in activities aimed at splitting China and undermining China-U.S. relations under the cover of religion," the Counsul General wrote.
Cieslewicz said he will tell Chinese officials that the Dalai Lama is a visiting dignitary of world stature, and that it is not inappropriate to honor his visit by flying the Tibetan flag.
The Dalai Lama, Cieslewicz said, is playing a high profile, and important role in the world now, but his approach carries much broader implications.
"His methods are all about non-violence and bringing people together and finding common ground without compromising on principle," the mayor said. "I think that's an important message in any walk of life, in any endeavor.
"It can apply to our much smaller problems on a local level -- dealing with a very difficult budget," said Cieslewicz who last week asked city departments to slash funding by 5 percent next year. "The idea that you should be steadfast in principle but willing to see the other persons' point of view is an important message."Several City Council members said that they realized that meeting with the Dalai Lama might draw criticism from constituents who don't recognize Tibet; one said she wrestled over whether to take advantage of a privilege not offered to the ordinary city resident. But they were glad they came.
"It was a real pleasure and real honor to have met with the Dalai Lama directly," said Satya Rhodes-Conway, who represents the east side's District 12.
Ald. Eli Judge, who represents campus-area District 8, remarked on the diversity of people who had come out Tuesday to hear the Dalai Lama's teachings and the relaxed way they gathered on the Alliant Center grounds between sessions.
"Literally every single walk of life you could think of was represented," he said.
Ald. Paul Skidmore said he felt humbled and awed at the opportunity for such a personal meeting.
"When I was in there, I was kind of speechless and that's unusual for me," said Skidmore, who represents west-side District 9.
Report:-http://www.madison.com on 22 July 2008
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