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September 24, 2007 11:13 AM EDT --   Tibetan monks and nuns condemn China's prohibitive measures on Living Buddha's By Phurbu Thinley, Phayul, September 21, 2007 (reprinted by permission) Dharamsala, India -- Tibetan monasteries . . . more
August 08, 2007 02:52 AM EDT -- Today the one year count down to the 2008 Olympics in China begins.  It is also, the International Day of action for Tibet . Today there will be world wide protests by supporters to FREE TIBET. . . . more
August 08, 2007 03:26 PM EDT --                              Being Christian, Jewish, or . . . more
August 08, 2007 11:40 AM EDT -- The Chinese government invaded a free and independent Tibet under Chairman Mao. His "dream" of cultural and racial genocide is nearly a reality with the recent completion of his planned rail . . . more
August 23, 2007 10:25 AM EDT --      I've re-posted this article here on Gather, because it is pertinent to our discussion of "Why Save Tibet?"  More than the obvious merits of Tibetan survival, . . . more
August 08, 2007 11:09 AM EDT -- BACKGROUND: In the July 2006 issue of WIRED magazine, there was a featured article on the new train/railway to Lhasa Tibet.  The train is an engineering marvel, being built on semi-frozen . . . more
October 09, 2007 03:33 PM EDT --                   Tibet:        Lamplight Unto a   Darkened World.....     . . . more
August 12, 2008 09:09 PM EDT -- A while back I wrote an extensive article about the high speed train to Lhasa Tibet. My critical response to an Article in WIRED Magazine, which wrongly extolled its engineering “virtues” and amazing . . . more
October 16, 2007 07:30 AM EDT --   In 1942, Gandhi made a public pronouncement for Britian to quit India......... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi   In the 1960's, Martin Luther King  gave his . . . more
February 20, 2008 05:42 PM EST --   Welllll, here they come.....   Check this out, folks.   Tibetans are planning a march back into Tibet; and all across the world, everyone is rising up....March 10 th , 2008. . . . more
March 12, 2008 08:10 PM EDT -- Below is an email from the group "Students for a Free Tibet"..... It is meant to be shared with people So, please send it out to folks..... The Tibetans are being beat up and put in prison . . . more
January 23, 2008 01:57 PM EST -- Well, here we go .......again. As the Olympics approaches, the tension rises.....and brutal repression is stepped up ....again. Below is an article, reprinted with permission, that was written . . . more
March 17, 2008 05:05 PM EDT -- The Students For a Free Tibet sent out the email update below....reprinted here, with their permission; asking that it be circulated as widely as possible.  Follow the links, and send your senators . . . more
March 18, 2008 03:06 PM EDT -- "The Chinese side is determined, the Tibetan side is determined, and the result is: killing." the Dalai Lama said to BBC today, sadly...... hoping there was another way, but knowing there isn't..... . . . more
January 23, 2008 06:24 PM EST -- Here is the link to the webcast of the entire ceremony where the Dalai Lama was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor.   See part two to hear speeches from Pres. Bush, the Speaker . . . more
February 21, 2008 02:29 PM EST -- Here is an incredible series of multi-media reports from the New York Times on the pollution in China...... a direct result of unbridled "development" at the "cost" of the Tibetan . . . more
March 09, 2008 12:09 AM EST --                                    . . . more
March 14, 2008 12:57 PM EDT -- I have been writing articles, posting links, and trying to bring awareness up on a huge issue for the world  The FREE TIBET Group on Gather Here it is, happening......so do what you can. Read . . . more
March 19, 2008 02:06 PM EDT -- I Just signed an urgent petition calling on the Chinese government to respect human rights in Tibet and engage in meaningful dialogue with the Dalai Lama. This is really important, and I thought . . . more
March 24, 2008 05:59 PM EDT -- See attached pictures of Tibetan monk Protest of Chinese Occupation, & Coke-a-Cola's recent investment in Bottling plants in Tibet, at CNN and Coke world headquarters March 22, 2008 . . . more
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