Chinese Dissidents and Uyghur Leader Support Tibetan Protest against Beijing 2008: Audience Asked Not to Applaud the Handover of the Olympic Flag during Closing Ceremony
8/26/04 - Athens - Prominent Chinese human rights activists, the World Uyghur Congress and international human rights organisations have joined Tibetan rights supporters in calling for a peaceful protest during the Olympic Closing Ceremony in Athens on Sunday 29th August. Read more
Tibet Banner Unfurled in Athens 
8/25/04 - With the historic Acropolis site in Athens as a dramatic backdrop, a group of Tibetans unfurled a huge banner protesting the holding of the 2008 Olympic Games in China. The successful launching of the campaign heralds the start of several actions that will take place in Athens this week leading up to the closing Olympics ceremony on Sunday, where the banner will be handed over to the International Olympics Committee. The Tibetan rights supporters are asking the audience to turn their backs and not to applaud China's presentation and the handover of the Olympic flag from Athens to Beijing at Sunday's closing ceremony. "We have been encouraged by the response from Athenians to our campaign," said Tenzin D. Sewo, spokesperson for ITSN.
Tibetans Protest in Olympic Stadium
 8/23/04 - A small group of Tibetan activists successfully displayed a banner at the women’s 10-meter springboard final. The banner was a Chinese national flag with the words "Free Tibet" in Chinese letters. During the medal ceremony it could be seen very clearly on the big stadium screen. Some Chinese supporters started to whistle and boo. Wangpo Tethong, ITSN spokesperson, explained the action’s aim: "It is the Chinese and their leadership who have to learn that the Tibetans don’t want to live under oppression. I hope that this small action will contribute to get this message through. We are very satisfied with the start of our campaign and hope to be even more successful with other actions that are planned for the coming days."
"Say No to Beijing 2008" Campaign Background
With the hand-over of the Olympic flag from Athens to Beijing
only a few days away, opposition to the Beijing 2008 Olympic
games is heating up! Yesterday, representatives of the
International Tibet Support Network (of which SFT is a member)
unfurled a massive banner at the foot of the Acropolis in
Athens. Today, we put out a press release calling for the
audience at Sunday's closing ceremony to show their support for
Tibetan freedom by remaining silent during China's presentation
and accepting of the flag. To see photos and read more, please
visit
http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?list=type&type=15 .
Over the next four years, Students for a Free Tibet will
intensify our opposition to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. China has
the opportunity to use the 2008 Games as a historic milestone by
which to become a responsible member of the international
community, one which recognizes and respects fundamental human
rights and is worthy of the honor of hosting such a prestigious
event. Unless the Chinese government ends its illegal occupation
of Tibet and the repression of its own people, the 2008 Games
are sure to be the site of international protest and inevitable
crackdowns by the Chinese leadership.
TAKE ACTION TODAY!
Visit this link to send a letter to Chinese president Hu Jintao
and International Olympics Committee President Jacques Rogge,
voicing your opposition to the Beijing 2008 Olympics unless
Tibet is free: http://www.games-of-beijing.org/web/act_now.html
Finally, check out http://www.2008-freetibet.org/ for other
useful resources in the Olympics campaign. We will also keep you
posted on further protests and developments in this campaign.
Tibet will be free.
Alma, Lhadon, Han-shan, Freya & Thupten
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