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!