Tuesday 03 June 2008 |
- An estimated 1.2 million Tibetans have been killed by the Chinese.
- Tibet's religious leader, the Dalai Lama, was forced into exile in 1959.
- Tibetans are considered second-class citizens in their own country.
- Tibetans cannot search online for phrases like "Tiananmen Square" or "human rights."
- It is illegal to own a Tibetan flag in Tibet.
- The End of Tibet by Joshua Kurlantzick, Rolling Stone Magazine
- Free Tibet
- Students for a Free Tibet
- International Campaign for Tibet
- Amnesty International
May those frightened cease to be afraid, and may those bound be free.
May the powerless find power, and may people think of befriending one another.
-- from a Buddhist prayer for freedom
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