On this page the following entries were made in the “June, 2008” time-frame.
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Team Tibet fan at the European Championship Semifinals
During the European Championship Semifinals, a Team Tibet supporter surprised the football fans with a message: “Tibet is not China.” Moments after he was tackled by the security guards and taken away but our Team Tibet fan had already won our hearts. Go Team Tibet!
For Rangzen,
Yingsel
Pro-Tibet protester runs onto field during Euro 2008 semifinal match
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Keep politics out of Olympics, IOC tells China
IOC is telling China not to politicize the Olympics after Zhang Qingli, the Chinese Communist party secretary in Tibet said, “In order to bring more glory to the Olympic spirit, we should firmly smash the plots to ruin the Beijing Olympic Games by the Dalai clique and hostile foreign forces inside and outside of the […]
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Beijing’s Cuddly Strategy Backfires
Many Chinese citizens believe that the Fuwa(lucky) mascots are actually unlucky. The recent earthquakes, floods, and uprise in Tibet has made the Chinese citizens rethink how lucky their mascots really are.
This interesting article is from the Telegraph UK
Beijing Olympic Fuwa mascots ‘have cursed’ China in unlucky 2008
By David Eimer in Beijing,
Last Updated: 10:22AM BST 21/06/2008
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Lhasa’s monks all but vanish in Chinese crackdown
He y Freedom Fighters,
As the pilgrims return to Potala Palace on Monday June 23, 2008 they realized that mostly all monks in Lhasa have disappeared. Where are all the monks? What has happen to them? Why are they missing? Ever since the crackdown took place in Tibet, there has been severe restrictions. “There are police […]
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Tibet capital under tight guard for Olympic torch
Hey Beautiful Freedom Fighters.
I am very worried about my Tibetan brothers and sisters after reading about Lhasa’s tight security in Tibet. Some foreign media outlets were allowed in Lhasa but were under strict scrutiny by the Chinese police. “Lhasa is a city of fear and intimidation whose residents live under constant surveillance,” Phelim Kine of […]
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Three detained at Shipkila border post after staging protest; 38 others detained in Pooh, Reckong Peo and Rampur
Two Exile Tibetans ( Chime Youngdung and Konchok Yangphel) protested at the Indo-Tibet boarder at the eve of the torch relay. This was documented by Legdup Tsering. All three were arrested and detained at Shipkila boarder by Indian boarder forces. The two protesters help a banner that read, “Free Tibet Now.” We will surely Free […]
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Olympic torch relay cut to one day in Tibet
They are delaying their torch relay ceremony to only a day when they were supposed to do it for three days. I wonder what changed their mind? Maybe they heard about our June 18th, Global Day of Action for the torch relay. Maybe they heard that our brave Tibetans inside Tibet will also rise up […]
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March to Tibet restarts as six leaders released from jail
It’s amazing how the marchers had all these setbacks yet they never gave up and kept fighting for our country. This gives me pride to be a Tibetan antelope. I keep the marchers in my heart and in my prayers. We all will meet again in a Free Country,Tibet.
Tibetan Peoples Uprising Movement Leaders declare March will continue despite temporary setback
Marchers […]
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Brave Tibetan Nuns
This is from the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Demcracy.
TCHRD[Monday, June 09, 2008 19:29] The Chinese security forces severely beat and then arrested a nun of SamtenLing Nunnery in Drango County, Kardze “Tibet Autonomous Prefecture” (’TAP’) Sichuan Province, following her act of defiance by staging a peaceful solo protest in Drango County, by […]
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