In the lead up to and during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) carried out several creative, powerful, and ambitious actions at strategic locations in Beijing and around the world to show China's current and future leaders that Tibet is an issue of global significance that must be resolved before China will truly be accepted and respected as a leader on the world stage.
A video message from SFT's Executive Director Lhadon Tethong on September 11, 2008, appealing to Tibetans and supporters to help SFT continue its important work for Tibet in the post-Olympics period leading up to the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan national uprising of 1959.
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Four Tibetan independence activists, including one Tibetan-American, were detained by Chinese authorities today after demonstrating at Mount Everest's main base camp in Tibet, unfurling a banner reading "One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008" in English, and "Free Tibet" written in Tibetan and Chinese.
Powerful 4-minute video about Tibet's cry for freedom and our Olympic opportunity to make history for Tibet. Includes an intimate look inside contemporary Tibet, rare and explosive footage of the recent Tibetan uprising, and the inspiring efforts of Students for a Free Tibet and Tibet activists worldwide in this historic moment. Please share widely!
Monks interrupted a trip by foreign media organised by the Chinese government in Lhasa. The excursion was meant to show how calm had been restored after riots. The PR disaster was exactly what China did not want, says Sky Asia correspondent Peter Sharp.
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Two Canadians were among six protesters arrested in China on Tuesday, according to reports, after they unfurled a banner on the Great Wall protesting China's presence in Tibet.
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SFT's Deputy Director holds a press conference in Greece, on the evening before the Beijing Olympic torch is to be lit. He demands that Tibet is removed from the torch relay route.
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