New Tibet Alliance to March and Rally in Downtown SF Aug 8th

Team Tibet August 8, 2007

Please join us for a march and rally in downtown San Francisco, on Aug 8th, to take part in an international Day of Action in support of Tibet!

August 8th marks the One Year Countdown to the opening ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. This is a symbolic moment for the Chinese government to promote its Olympics propaganda and mask the reality of life on the ground inside China and Tibet.

The Chinese government is using the Games to gain international approval for their cruel occupation of Tibet. San Francisco is the only US city hosting the Olympic torch, a symbol now tainted with genocide and repression, on its way to Beijing. Meanwhile, the Mayor of San Francisco has said that human rights are irrelevant to the Games. We would like to tell him otherwise, as we join Tibetans and supporters to help expose China's Olympics lies, and bring the message to Chinese Embassies and Consulates worldwide.

Free Tibet 2008


August 8 Schedule
11:00 am Meet at SF Civic Center BART Station, UN Plaza entrance.
11:30 am March to SF City Hall.
12:30 pm March to SF Chinese Consulate, at Geary & Laguna.
1:30 pm Press Conference at SF Chinese Consulate.
3:00 pm End. Thank You!


The Tibetan community really needs our support, and we expect the media to be very responsive. Please join us and help spread the word!

Team Tibet is a movement of Tibetans and support groups around the world that is working to press for political change in China in the lead-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The International Campaign for Tibet is calling on China to end human rights abuses in Tibet and to resolve the issue of Tibet through negotiations with the Dalai Lama or his representatives.

Chinese government officials promised reforms, including the protection of minority nationality rights, before winning the right to host the games. Recent reports on Tibetans indicate the implementation of new constraints on religious freedom, the forcible relocation of nomads and farmers off their lands, exploitative resource extraction and ecological damage, and new restrictions on travel.

It's time for China to wake up and take seriously the concerns of the international community about Tibet. Ideally, the Olympics symbolize the display of excellence in physical ability and mutual understanding between peoples and nations. The 2008 Beijing Olympics will take place even as China suppresses human rights in Tibet and refuses to accept the political aspirations of the Tibetan People.
stated Professor Larry Gerstein, President of the International Tibet Independence Movement.

The Olympic Games cannot cover up China's brutal occupation of Tibet, but our efforts to expose the truth will only escalate over the next year as we push for concrete change inside Tibet. During this one year countdown, we are calling upon Tibetans and people of conscience worldwide to join us in taking a stand in support of the Tibetan people.
said Tenzin Dorjee, Deputy Director of Students for a Free Tibet.