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In horrific late breaking news, Radio Free Asia is now reporting that up to 80 or more Tibetans have been killed in today's violent clashes with Chinese military. Click here to read more.

Chinese authorities responded with brute force today to ongoing protests in Lhasa and across Tibet. Supported by tanks, thousands of armed troops have sealed off the three major monasteries where nonviolent protests were initiated on Monday. Chinese police have fired live ammunition into crowds of unarmed Tibetans and unconfirmed reports from eye-witnesses in Lhasa say that 26 Tibetans were gunned down outside Drapchi prison. 

While the international public and media have been appropriately horrified by China's clampdown, it is imperative that our national governments speak out in support for Tibet and condemn China's actions.

Please call and write to your Elected Representatives and urge them to push their governments to strongly condemn China's crackdown in Tibet. Please see below for a sample letter. For updates on the situation inside Tibet, please visit:blog.studentsforafreetibet.org

Pho Gyalo! Free Tibet!

All of us here at SFT HQ

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[Sample letter]

I am deeply disturbed to learn of the Chinese government's use of brute force against unarmed Tibetans inside Tibet. Supported by tanks, thousands of armed troops have sealed off three major monasteries near Lhasa, Tibet where nonviolent protests were initiated on Monday. Police have fired live ammunition into crowds of unarmed Tibetans and at least two people and possibly dozens are reported dead.

Please urge the United States government to demand that the
government of China:

1) Allow demonstrators to exercise their right to freedom of
expression and assembly

2) Refrain from excessive use of force against Tibetan
protesters;

3) Release all Tibetans who have been arrested or detained, and

4) Allow international media unobstructed access to Tibet.

For five decades, the Tibetan people have suffered greatly under China's brutal rule. The Chinese government has swamped Tibet with Chinese settlers, poured money into mega-infrastructure projects like the railway that solidify its control, and ruthlessly attacked Tibetan culture and religion. As the Olympics approach and the world's eyes turn to Beijing, this outpouring of frustration is the natural consequence of China's ongoing repression in Tibet.

Please speak out now to help ensure that futher violence against Tibetans is stopped.

 

Manntjón í mótmælum í Tíbet

Kínverjar hertóku Tíbet

Það gleymist allt og oft að nefna það í fréttum sem þessum. Hægt að sjá myndir sem teknar eru á síma á vefnum Tibetan Uprising frá Lhasa og einnig hægt að fá ítarlegri fréttir en yfirvöld í Kína gefa frá sér um þetta mál.

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Laugardaginn 15. mars, kl. 13, verður útifundur á Ingólfstorgi til að mótmæla stríðinu í Írak og krefjast friðar þar og um heim allan. Þann 20. mars verða liðin fimm ár frá innrás Bandaríkjanna og bandamanna þeirra í Írak með stuðningi íslensku ríkisstjórnarinnar. Mótmælaaðgerðir verða víða um heim á laugardaginn og í næstu viku undir kjörorðinu „Allur heimurinn gegn stríðinu”! Sjá nánar á Friðarvefnum, www.fridur.is.

 

 

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Steinunn Rögnvaldsdóttir nemi

 

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Hörður Torfason

 

Fjölmennum!

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Hinir ógnvænlegu 100 munkar sem voru handteknir í gær.

Þeir eru nú í hungurverkfalli, með því að smella á Students for a free Tibet

getið þið sent bréf til að sýna að heimurinn er að fylgjast með.

Óþægilega grunnt á fréttaflutningi mbl.is

Hef verið að fylgjast með þessu í gegnum free Tibet og fleiri vefsvæðum sem mótmælendur halda úti. Það er hreinlega skaðlegt þegar fréttaflutningur er einfaldaður á þennan máta að ekkert samhengi er í fréttinni. Í gær fann ég frétt um mótmæli Tíbeta á Indlandi og var fyrirsögnin "Mótmælendur handteknir", hvar, hverjir? Ótrúlega knappur æsifréttastíll sem hjálpar manni ekki í að finna þær fréttir sem maður hefur áhuga að fylgjast með.

Á meðan á þessu stendur er púður lagt í að flytja Urban legends sögur eins og að einhver kona hafi gróið við klósettsetu og einhver var með bein í tösku. Reyndar eru þetta mest lesnu sögurnar á mbl.is og ber sorglegt vitni um hinn félagslega þroska þeirra sem lesa fréttavefinn. 

En ég fann mjög góða frétt um þessi mótmæli á Yahoo sem ég ætla að láta fylgja með til að fólk sem hefur áhuga á hvað er að gerast í Tíbet og meðal Tíbeta geti þá fengið aðeins gleggri fréttir af því sem er að gerast þarna. Finnst líka að við ættum í alvöru að athuga hvort það væri ekki rétt að taka ekki þátt í Ólympíuleikunum til að mótmæla glæpsamlegri hegðun Kínverskra stjórnvalda.

"BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities sealed off three monasteries in Tibet, reports said on Friday, after a wave of rare street protests in the remote, Buddhist region whose rule has become a focus for critics ahead of the Beijing Olympics

The demonstrations, which also spilled into Chinese provinces populated by Tibetans, began earlier this week after marches around the world to mark the 49th anniversary of a failed uprising against Communist rule.

"All three monasteries are closed off to tourists," the Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet said in a statement, citing tourism operators. "There is an intensified atmosphere of fear and tension in Tibet's capital."

On Monday, 500 monks from the Drepung monastery staged a march in Lhasa, which was later followed by action from monks at the Lhasa-area Sera and Ganden monasteries. Security personnel fired tear gas on at least one of the demonstrations, reports said.

Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fled into exile in India after the uprising in 1959, nine years after Chinese troops invaded.

This week's shows of defiance are likely to worry China's leadership as it seeks to secure a stable environment for the Games, which open on August 8.

The U.S.-government funded Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported that monks from Sera were on a hunger strike, demanding the withdrawal of Chinese paramilitary force from the monastery compound and the release of monks detained earlier this week.

Two monks from Drepung were in critical condition after attempting suicide by slitting their wrists, RFA said.

The number of Tibetans detained could not be confirmed, but the watchdog groups said they expected government reprisals.

"There are indications that the authorities have begun a process of investigation in monasteries that could lead to detention and torture," the International Campaign for Tibet said.

The New York-based Human Rights Watch called on China, as well as Nepal and India, which have seen similar demonstrations, to release detained Tibetans.

"Peaceful demonstrations are protected under international and domestic laws and they should be permitted, not violently dispersed," Sophie Richardson, the group's Asia advocacy director, said in a statement.

(Reporting by Lindsay Beck; Editing by David Fox)"

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