台灣圖博之友會 http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet Taiwan Friends of Tibet zh-tw blog.yam.com All Rights Reserved Thousands of Tibet supporters gather at concert http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2009/07/12/2003448448<br /><br /><p class="head">Thousands of Tibet supporters gather at concert</p> <font class="redhead">MESSAGE:</font> <font class="subhead"> The highlight of the concert was a video recording of Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama addressing the crowd and invoking a blessing for Taiwanese</font> <br /> <font>By Jenny W. Hsu</font><br /> <font>STAFF REPORTER, WITH CNA </font><br /> Sunday, Jul 12, 2009, Page 1 <br /><br />Thousands of Tibet supporters gathered in Taipei yesterday for a marathon concert organized by civic groups as part of a series of activities to commemorate the 1959 uprising in Tibet. Chanting &ldquo;Free Tibet&rdquo; and &ldquo;Long live the Dalai Lama,&rdquo; the crowd waved banners and Tibetan flags.<br /> <a href="http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/22618522">(觀看全文...)</a>

Thousands of Tibet supporters gather at concert

MESSAGE: The highlight of the concert was a video recording of Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama addressing the crowd and invoking a blessing for Taiwanese
By Jenny W. Hsu
STAFF REPORTER, WITH CNA
Sunday, Jul 12, 2009, Page 1

Thousands of Tibet supporters gathered in Taipei yesterday for a marathon concert organized by civic groups as part of a series of activities to commemorate the 1959 uprising in Tibet. Chanting “Free Tibet” and “Long live the Dalai Lama,” the crowd waved banners and Tibetan flags.
(觀看全文...) ]]> http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/22618522 ENGLISH Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:09:45 +0800 An earnest appeal from Tibetan Women's Association <div><span style="font-size: 11pt">Ms. Navanethem Pillay<br />Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights<br />Palais des Nations<br />CH-1211 Geneva 10<br />Switzerland<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt">Date: October 17, 2008</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt">Subject: An earnest appeal from Tibetan Women's Association</span></b></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt">Your Excellency,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt">Today on the occasion of the first anniversary of the awarding of U.S Congressional Gold Medal to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Women's Association would like to congratulate you on your appointment as the High Commissioner for Human Rights. We very much appreciate your lifetime of work upholding human rights around the world. We are certain that you will excel in your duties as the High Commissioner. </span></div> <a href="http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/17767898">(觀看全文...)</a> Ms. Navanethem Pillay
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland

Date: October 17, 2008
 
Subject: An earnest appeal from Tibetan Women's Association
 
Your Excellency,
Today on the occasion of the first anniversary of the awarding of U.S Congressional Gold Medal to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Women's Association would like to congratulate you on your appointment as the High Commissioner for Human Rights. We very much appreciate your lifetime of work upholding human rights around the world. We are certain that you will excel in your duties as the High Commissioner.
(觀看全文...) ]]> http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/17767898 ENGLISH Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:54:27 +0800 A Statement on Situation in Tibet &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Added 21st March 2008<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A statement on situation in Tibet signed by six personalities associated with the Forum 2000 Foundation.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size="4"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tibet's Peace of the Grave</span></font><br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prague – Recent events in Tibet and the provinces that adjoin it are causes for deep concern almost everywhere. Indeed, the dispersal of a peaceful protest march organized by Tibetan monks, which led to a wave of unrest that was brutally suppressed by the Chinese military and police, has caused indignation all over the democratic world.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/14427528">(觀看全文...)</a>    
    A statement on situation in Tibet signed by six personalities associated with the Forum 2000 Foundation.
   
    Tibet's Peace of the Grave

    Prague – Recent events in Tibet and the provinces that adjoin it are causes for deep concern almost everywhere. Indeed, the dispersal of a peaceful protest march organized by Tibetan monks, which led to a wave of unrest that was brutally suppressed by the Chinese military and police, has caused indignation all over the democratic world.
    (觀看全文...) ]]> http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/14427528 ENGLISH Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:34:34 +0800 [FIDH] Tibet: call for independent comm. of investigation Tibet: call for an independent commission of investigation<br /> <br /> *International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)<br /> Press release<br /> <br /> *Paris, 17 March 2008* - The International Federation for Human Rights<br /> (FIDH) calls upon the United Nations to appoint an independent<br /> commission of investigation to enquire on the current crackdown in Tibet. <a href="http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/14315021">(觀看全文...)</a>
*International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
Press release

*Paris, 17 March 2008* - The International Federation for Human Rights
(FIDH) calls upon the United Nations to appoint an independent
commission of investigation to enquire on the current crackdown in Tibet. (觀看全文...) ]]> http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/14315021 ENGLISH Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:33:04 +0800 〔AI〕Tibet Protests: Independent UN investigation needed AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL <br /> PRESS RELEASE <br /> 15.03.2008 <br /> <br /> "The Chinese authorities should allow an independent UN investigation into the events of the last week in Tibet, particularly in the light of the sealing off of the region in recent days and the long-term restrictions on human rights monitoring there," said Amnesty International today. "The situation also demands attention by the Human Rights Council at its current session." <a href="http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/14314819">(觀看全文...)</a> PRESS RELEASE
15.03.2008

"The Chinese authorities should allow an independent UN investigation into the events of the last week in Tibet, particularly in the light of the sealing off of the region in recent days and the long-term restrictions on human rights monitoring there," said Amnesty International today. "The situation also demands attention by the Human Rights Council at its current session." (觀看全文...) ]]> http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/14314819 ENGLISH Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:23:47 +0800 Dalai Lama Capitol Event <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a href="http://album.blog.yam.com/show.php?a=taiwanfortibet&amp;f=3298377&amp;i=126653870"></a><img style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FLOAT: left; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN: 0.7em 1.4em 0.7em 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" alt="" src="http://pics5.blog.yam.com/4/userfile/t/taiwanfortibet/blog/14702097507e48.jpg" />Dear friends,</span></font></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></span></font></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, the Dalai Lama will be making a free and public address on the west lawn of the Capitol.&nbsp; Speaker Nancy Pelosi just helped pass a bill that gave ICT use of the west lawn and west steps of the Capitol to allow for this event!</span></font></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></span></font></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Dalai Lama will be receiving the Congressional Gold Medal from Speaker Pelosi, Congressional leadership and the U.S. President in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda at 1:00. This will be simulcast on a jumbotron onto the West Lawn of the Capitol.&nbsp; At 2:20, Richard Gere will make a few remarks, and at 2:30, Speaker Pelosi will escort the Dalai Lama from Capitol to the West Lawn, where he will give an address.&nbsp; </span></font></p> <a href="http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/11984482">(觀看全文...)</a> Dear friends,

On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, the Dalai Lama will be making a free and public address on the west lawn of the Capitol.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi just helped pass a bill that gave ICT use of the west lawn and west steps of the Capitol to allow for this event!

The Dalai Lama will be receiving the Congressional Gold Medal from Speaker Pelosi, Congressional leadership and the U.S. President in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda at 1:00. This will be simulcast on a jumbotron onto the West Lawn of the Capitol.  At 2:20, Richard Gere will make a few remarks, and at 2:30, Speaker Pelosi will escort the Dalai Lama from Capitol to the West Lawn, where he will give an address. 

(觀看全文...) ]]> http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/11984482 ENGLISH Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:46:03 +0800 Boycott Beijing's Olympic Games <span><font face="Arial"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span><span><span><span><span><font color="#ff0000" size="4">Human Rights Without Frontiers Int'l urges heads of state to boycott Beijing's Olympic Games<br /></font><br /><br /> <div align="center"><font color="#ff0000"><strong><em><br />Declaration made at the International Symposium on Human Rights in Tibet on 8 September in Taipei<br /></em></strong></font></div> <div align="center"><font face="Arial"></font>&nbsp;</div> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">HRWF (14.09.07) – Website: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.hrwf.net/" target="_blank"><font color="#800080">http://www.hrwf.net </font></a>– Email: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:info@hrwf.net" target="_blank">info@hrwf.net</a> –<br /><br /><em>Human Rights Without Frontiers Int'l</em> is calling upon Heads of State, Prime Ministers, Royal Families, the Heads of the European Institutions, the members of the European Parliament and of national parliaments to ignore any invitation coming from Beijing to attend the Olympic Games in 2008. </p> <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font face="Arial"></font>&nbsp;<br />This appeal was made public by Willy Fautré, the director of <em>Human Rights Without Frontiers Int'l,</em> at the International Symposium on Human Rights in Tibet&nbsp;organized on 8-9 September in Taipei, by the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission with&nbsp;Taiwan Culture Foundation and Taiwan Friends of Tibet. <script type="text/javascript">< !-- D(["mb","\u003c/p\>\n\u003cp style\u003d\"margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify\"\>\u003cfont face\u003d\"Arial\"\>\u003c/font\> \u003c/p\>\n\u003cp style\u003d\"margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify\"\>&quot;It is the moral duty of those elected by the citizens of democratic countries not to legitimize by their presence a repressive political regime which does not respect human rights, which denies freedom of association and assembly, freedom of expression, freedom of religion and belief to its citizens, which rejects political diversity and any multi-party system,&quot; Fautré was quoted as saying.\n\u003c/p\>\n\u003cp style\u003d\"margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify\"\> \u003c/p\>\n\u003cp style\u003d\"margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify\"\>&quot;I would not understand that the Belgian Royal Family could accept to sit next to President Hu Jintao while lawyers and other human rights defenders are arrested for defending the social rights of Chinese workers; \n\u003c/p\>\n\u003cp style\u003d\"margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify\"\>I would not understand that Heads of State and Prime Ministers of democratic countries could accept to be part of a show organized by political leaders of a totalitarian regime which refuses to give up death penalty and executes 1,000 people per month; \n\u003c/p\>\n\u003cp style\u003d\"margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify\"\>\u003cfont face\u003d\"Arial\"\>\u003cfont face\u003d\"Verdana\"\>I would not understand\u003c/font\> that \u003c/font\>the President of the European Parliament or the European Commission could accept to share the official gallery of governmental officials while Falun Gong practitioners are tortured in prison and Tibetan monks are prosecuted  because they express their loyalty to their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama (*),&quot; Fautré said in a vibrant appeal addressed to the leaders of world. And he concluded by saying that NGOs around the world had to be vigilant and to prevent any attempt by their political leaders and representatives to legitimize the repressive regime of Beijing by their official presence at the Olympic Games.\n\u003c/p\>\n\u003cp style\u003d\"margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify\"\> \u003c/p\>\n\u003cp style\u003d\"margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;text-align:justify\"\>\u003cem\>",1] ); //--></></script> &nbsp;<br /></p> </span></span></span></span></span></span></font></font></span> <a href="http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/11839239">(觀看全文...)</a> Human Rights Without Frontiers Int'l urges heads of state to boycott Beijing's Olympic Games



Declaration made at the International Symposium on Human Rights in Tibet on 8 September in Taipei
 

HRWF (14.09.07) – Website: http://www.hrwf.net – Email: info@hrwf.net –

Human Rights Without Frontiers Int'l is calling upon Heads of State, Prime Ministers, Royal Families, the Heads of the European Institutions, the members of the European Parliament and of national parliaments to ignore any invitation coming from Beijing to attend the Olympic Games in 2008.

 
This appeal was made public by Willy Fautré, the director of Human Rights Without Frontiers Int'l, at the International Symposium on Human Rights in Tibet organized on 8-9 September in Taipei, by the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission with Taiwan Culture Foundation and Taiwan Friends of Tibet.  

 (觀看全文...) ]]> http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/11839239 ENGLISH Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:06:53 +0800 2007 March 10 Demonstration in Taipei <span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://album.blog.yam.com/show.php?a=taiwanfortibet&amp;f=2347290&amp;i=84940426"></a>To commemorate the 48th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, a rally and march was held in Taipei, Taiwan. Organized jointly by the Taiwan Tibetan Welfare Association (the main organization representing the community of Tibetans in Taiwan) and Taiwan Friends of Tibet, the event drew over 100 participants.</span> <a href="http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/8750279">(觀看全文...)</a> To commemorate the 48th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, a rally and march was held in Taipei, Taiwan. Organized jointly by the Taiwan Tibetan Welfare Association (the main organization representing the community of Tibetans in Taiwan) and Taiwan Friends of Tibet, the event drew over 100 participants. (觀看全文...) ]]> http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/8750279 ENGLISH Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:08:42 +0800 48th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day March 10th, today, as we commemorate 48years of peaceful struggle to regain our lost country Tibet, Since that historic day of 1959, we remember with gratitude and reverence all those who had sacrificed their life and to those who are still continue to sacrifice everything the hold dear for this supreme cause. <a href="http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/8750458">(觀看全文...)</a> (觀看全文...) ]]> http://blog.yam.com/taiwanfortibet/article/8750458 ENGLISH Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:46:16 +0800