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TAKE ACTION: Free Runggye Adak Print E-mail

Three years ago Runggye Adak, a brave Tibetan nomad, stepped on stage at the annual Lithang Horse Festival and gave voice the desperation of millions of Tibetans. He was detained and sentenced to eight years for “provocation to subvert state power”.

Click here to send a message to Sichuan’s Party Secretary Liu Qibao, requesting Runggye Adak’s immediate release

Footage has now emerged of what the Chinese government called “a major political act”.

Click here to send a message to Sichuan’s Party Secretary Liu Qibao, requesting Runggye Adak’s immediate release

Nomads have been the biggest losers in today’s Tibet
Since 1998 the Chinese Government has been working systematically to end the nomadic way of life in Tibet. It has removed hundreds of thousands of nomads from the grasslands, forced them into permanent dwellings and deprived them of their traditional culture and livelihoods.

For over three years Tibet supporters have campaigned for Runggye Adak’s release. Following the discovery of the remarkable footage of Runggye Adak’s protest, Tibetans worldwide are reinvigorating the campaign to free Runggye Adak and highlight the oppression of Tibet’s nomads.

Click to view Runggye Adak’s profile and a video appeal from his family
 
URGENT ACTION: Justice for Dhondup Wangchen Print E-mail

BREAKING NEWS: Dhondup Wangchen transferred to labour camp.

Send an email to Qiang Wei, Party Secretary of Qinghai Provence, at www.freetibetanheroes.org

The family of Tibetan filmmaker, Dhondup Wangchen, who was sentenced to six years in prison on 28 December 2009, have reported that he was transferred to a labour camp in April. Wangchen was arrested for making “Leaving Fear Behind,” a remarkable documentary that captures the true feelings of Tibetans inside Tibet about life under Chinese rule, the Dalai Lama, and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Take action by joining an international appeal to Qiang Wei, Party Secretary of Qinghai Provence, at www.freetibetanheroes.org

His trial was held in secret and he was denied a lawyer of his choosing and instead was represented by a court-appointed lawyer. It was reported that Dhondup Wangchen would try to appeal his sentence. It is now assumed that the appeal was refused or has failed.

BACKGROUND
Read more about the film “Leaving Fear Behind”

Read more about Dhondup Wangchen and the five other Tibetans highlighted in our “Profiles of Courage” project
 
URGENT ACTION: Take Action To Free Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Print E-mail

Revered Tibetan leader, Tenzin Delek Rinpoche was arrested in 2002 and given a suspended death sentence for a crime he did not commit. Following a high profile international campaign his sentence was commuted to life in 2005. He is currently in poor health in a prison in Sichuan and the authorities have denied his request for Tibetan medication.

In June 2009, Tenzin Delek Rinpoche told a community member who visited him in prison, “I am not guilty, please appeal for justice for me … call all people together and do everything possible to help me overturn the verdict”. In a remarkable act of support, 40,000 Tibetans in his community signed petitions - many signatures being in the form of thumbprints - demanding justice for their leader.

The International Tibet Support Network is aiming to show the level of international concern for the case of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche - replicating the Tibetan petition by collecting virtual ‘thumbprints’ online and on the streets around the world.

Help us match the 40,000 strong Tibetan petition by adding your thumbprint online at www.freetibetanheroes.org

You can also help us recruit more ‘thumbs’ by:

1. Emailing this page to your friends

2. Posting the following link on your Facebook: http://www.freetibetanheroes.org/home.php/profiles/tenzin-delek-rinpoche/petition

3. Twittering the following message: Support Tibet: Add your thumbprint to the petition for Tenzin Delek Rinpoche!!!! http://bit.ly/tdr-petition

Please add your thumbprint to the petition today!
 
EMAIL: Question China's Answers On The Panchen Lama Print E-mail

ImageThe circumstances of the Panchen Lama’s case have changed. In 2007, the Panchen Lama turned eighteen and became an adult under Chinese law. It is time for this young Tibetan man to be allowed to decide his own future. Read more…

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