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At a time like this, when a people is suffering […]

There were more protests in Tibet today. As a group of diplomats were flying out of Tibet, hundreds of Tibetans are reported to have protested in Lhasa. We sat around the dinner table tonight trying to imagine the scene. Their bravery. The chaos. How long can they keep this up? What is happening inside? No […]

Just in case anyone had any doubts that the real issue at stake in Tibet is one of freedom, the monks of the Jokhang have now risked everything to send this message to the world. They ran into the middle of the strictly controlled tour of foreign media when it reached the Jokhang (Tibet’s holiest […]

BREAKING NEWS:
Tibet Monks Disrupt Tour by Journalists
By CHARLES HUTZLER, AP
LHASA, China (AP) — A group of Tibetan monks disrupted a tour by foreign reporters to Lhasa Thursday, complaining that there is no religious freedom and that the Dalai Lama is not to blame for recent violence.
About 30 monks surged into a carefully stage-managed visit to […]

Here they are. Look at them carefully and please remember their faces. If you want to understand the plight of Tibetans under China and if you want to know why Tibetans despise Chinese rule as deeply as they do, then read about these men and what they stand for. Zhang Qingli, Wang Lequan, and […]

The world is not changing China. China is changing the world - bringing oppression wherever it goes.

The Olympic Torch will be lit in ancient Olympia tomorrow and everything it stands for is being compromised and undermined by China’s brutal policies in Tibet, East Turkestan, Southern Mongolia, Darfur, and, of course, China itself.
Even as I write this, the Chinese government is undermining Greek democracy. SFT’s Deputy Director, Tenzin Dorjee, is being followed […]

I ran into a friend on the street today. He’s a monk from Kirti monastery. He’s from Amdo, Ngaba, where there has been intense protests against Chinese rule in the past week. At least 15 people are reported to have been killed by Chinese military. What I didn’t realize until I met my friend today, […]

This editorial, currently featured on Guerrilla News Network (GNN), was written by one Tibet’s greatest supporters and a former board member of Students for a Free Tibet.
The Occupiers’ Burden, By Josh Schrei

Is the Dalai Lama’s pacifist stance helping or hurting the Tibetan cause?
Over the last 19 years since the last significant pro-independence protests in Tibet, […]