Click below to send Mr Howard a prayer flag urging him to publicly support the Dalai Lama’s Middle Way approach and to offer Australia as a neutral venue for talks between China and the Dalai Lama.

In July 2001, despite having been engaged since 1998 in a sustained crackdown on fundamental human rights, Beijing was awarded the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games.

Phuntsok Nyidron was released from Lhasa’s Drapchi prison on 26 February 2004. She is reportedly with her family in Lhasa.

Ngawang Sangdrol was released from prison in October 2002. In March 2003, she was allowed to leave Tibet for medical treatment and travelled to the U.S. Please find below the background information on her protests, arrests and prison sentences.

Ngawang Choephel was released on medical parole on 20 January 2002. ATC was part of an international coalition which worked tirelessly for Ngawang’s release. Read below for details of Ngawang’s arrest, imprisonment and ATC’s campaign.