Honk 2010 Free Dhondup Wangchen ( Tibet) part 1

Loca 133 Amnesty chapter joined the HONK festival
Human rights activist ,Community organizers, dancers, stilters, puppeteers, bicyclers, hoopers, movers and shakers, roller-skaters, color guards, cheerleaders, business owners, union members, and neighbors --
participated in this year's HONK! Parade, which took place on Sunday, October 10 2010, started at noon from Davis Square and traveling, as in past years, to Harvard Square!


Amnesty International has urged the Chinese authorities to release a Tibetan documentary filmmaker who has been jailed for six years for "subversion".

Dhondup Wangchen was detained after making the film Leaving Fear Behind, in which Tibetans speak out about their lives.

He was sentenced on 28 December 2009 following a secret trial in Xining city, western China. Amnesty International considers him a prisoner of conscience.

"All Dhondup Wangchen wanted to do was to give a voice to those who 'are like stars on a sunny day, we can't be seen', according to one of the people he interviewed for the film. This is not a crime," said Roseann Rife, Amnesty International Asia Pacific deputy director.

Dhondup Wangchen was detained in March 2008. Police held him at Gongshan Hotel, an unofficial place of detention or "black jail", for part of his detention period. Police tied him to a chair, beat and punched him in the head and frequently deprived him of food and sleep during interrogations. Dhondup Wangchen suffers from Hepatitis B, for which he has not received any medical treatment.

"His treatment and the harsh sentence he was given following an unfair trial shows the Chinese authorities' complete disregard for international human rights standards," Roseann Rife said

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