Take Action! IOC: Speak Up About the Tibet Crisis!

Sonntag, 16.03.2008, 12:06 Uhr
Kategorien: Aktionen, Links & Downloads, Menschenrechte, News Allgemein, Olympische "Spiele" 2008, Widerstand in Tibet

After years of China’s repressive policies and a recent increase in official denunciations of the Dalai Lama, China’s heavy-handed
response to peaceful demonstrations by hundreds of monks and nuns earlier this week has triggered the desperation felt by Tibetans living under Chinese occupation and led to widespread protests in Lhasa and throughout Amdo province (present-day Qinghai and Gansu provinces). In Lhasa on Friday, police fired live ammunition into the crowd of protesters and unconfirmed reports place the number of dead at at least 100.

These are not the actions of a responsible Olympic host country.

The International Olympic Committee’s continued silence about Tibet will only embolden China to crack down harder on Tibetans. Please join more than 150 Tibet organizations in urging the IOC to remove Tibet from the Olympic Torch Relay route now and to speak up publicly about the situation in Tibet.

Click here to send a message to the IOC now: http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/tibet_IOC

After you have sent your message, please also help by:

Supporting the efforts of a Tibet Support Group in your country:
find one near you at http://www.tibetnetwork.org/itsn/membership/organizations/

Asking friends and family to join Team Tibet: http://teamtibet.org/supporter/tellafriend

Thank you for your support at this critical time.

Freya Putt, International Tibet Support Network www.teamtibet.org

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