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Source: Beijing6.org |
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Thursday, Aug 21 2008 |
Beijing police said Thursday it had handed out 10-day detention terms to six foreigners believed by an overseas activist group to be pro-Tibet campaigners involved in Olympic protests this week.
SFT's Statement on the Sentencing
These individuals were in Beijing to amplify Tibetan voices calling for freedom and human rights and the right of all people to freedom of expression. They are no more guilty of a crime than Tibetans or Chinese who speak out for justice and for the Chinese authorities to sentence them at all shows the government’s paranoia and intolerance of even the most peaceful challenges to its control.
SFT WILL FIGHT THIS UNTIL THEY ARE HOME - MORE HERE SOON ON WHAT YOU CAN DO: Remember why they went, and keep in mind - Americans get 10 days jail, Chinese grannies get one year forced labor, and Tibetans get shot. |
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Source: BADA |
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Wednesday, Aug 20 2008 |
To highlight China's role/irresponsible policies in enabling Burma's brutal dictatorship
China is celebrating and making history by hosting world's precious Olympic that would be concluded coming weekends. However, we must not forget millions around the world who are suffering due to Chinese arms along with their diplomatic and economic support to brutal regimes. The suffering of the 50 million plus people in Burma under the brutal dictatorship is an outstanding example of abuse fueled by Chinese arms. China has also consistently stone walled any efforts in UN Security Council to take action against the brutal military regime in Burma.
China must act responsibly and help the people of Burma, not the dictators there --
No More China's military, economic and diplomatic support to Burma’s dictators!!!!
Please join us at a protest rally in front of the Chinese Consulate on Aug 23 to shed light on China's enabling of Brutal Dictatorship in Burma.
2-4 pm Saturday, August 23
Chinese Consulate
1450 Laguna St, San Francisco, CA |
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Source: SF Team Tibet |
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Tuesday, Aug 12 2008 |
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There are events scheduled in the San Francisco Bay Area every day for the duration of the Beijing Olympics. |
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Source: Change.org |
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Thursday, Aug 07 2008 |
The pressure is working! After revealing that it would continue to block access to so-called "subversive" websites, China partially backtracked in the face of international condemnation. Sites including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the BBC Chinese language service are now visible throughout much of Beijing.
But the censorship continues and there's more work to do! Sites with information on the banned spiritual movement Falun Gong, Chinese dissidents, the Tibetan government in exile and the 1989 military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests are still inaccessible. Even The Huffington Post, a popular news portal, is blocked! |
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Source: Credo |
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Thursday, Aug 07 2008 |
The spirit of the Olympics is supposed to be one of peace and international cooperation. As host of this year's games, China should embody that spirit.
Instead, China used its position as a convenient excuse to jail, deport, and murder political dissidents.
Instead, China continues to support the genocide in Darfur, supplying 88% of the Sudanese government's small arms and threatening to interfere with international prosectution of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
Instead, China maintains its oppressive reign of terror in Tibet, closing the nation to all unmonitored foreign reporters after Chinese paramilitary police torched a Tibetan market in March, killing at least sixteen people in the process. |
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Source: Avaaz |
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Thursday, Aug 07 2008 |
The Beijing Olympics should be a moment to bring citizens around the world together. But the Chinese government still hasn't opened meaningful dialogue on Tibet, or made progress on Burma and Darfur -- and global activists' messages are too often lost in a firestorm of accusations about being anti-Chinese.
We've decided to take the moment back with a powerful, unambiguous message of peace, friendship and dialogue -- the Olympic Handshake. The handshake began with the Dalai Lama, passing through the streets of London, now it's gone online where all of us can join in -- help the handshake travel toward Beijing, where our message will be delivered through a big Olympic media campaign before the closing ceremonies. Join the handshake, and see yourself and others as it goes around the globe! |
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Source: Amnesty International |
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Tuesday, Aug 05 2008 |
Important: If you are planning to travel to China, please consider becoming a CICI contributor, collecting test results from Internet Cafés, hotels or university labs in China.
CICI (pronounced chi-chi) is one of three online gadgets created by Amnesty International Australia as part of a campaign for human rights and specifically for an end to internet repression in China. Everyone with a website, blog or Facebook profile can get involved by displaying a CICI badge on their website, blog or profile. If you are traveling to China during the Olympics or in 2008 you can register to become a CICI Tester and test access to specific websites from within China. |
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Source: Amnesty International |
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Tuesday, Aug 05 2008 |
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Leading up to the Beijing Olympics, a major question for China will be how it chooses to define its Olympic legacy. Will it be one where freedom of expression is respected and protected? Not if journalists like Shi Tao continue to be unjustly oppressed, sentenced and imprisoned. Shi Tao wrote for the Contemporary Trade News. Using his Yahoo! account, he emailed a US-based website, sharing the details of an internal government directive barring media reports that could fuel unrest during the 15th anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown. Shi was sentenced to 10 years in prison for "illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities." Disturbingly, Yahoo! provided information to the government for his prosecution. Call on the Chinese Government to release Shi Tao from detention immediately and unconditionally, to ensure that foreign and domestic journalists are provided full media freedom and that the right to freedom of expression and information is protected online. |
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