Tsewang Rigzin, Tibetan Youth Congress

TIBETANS LAUNCH HISTORIC MOVEMENT AHEAD OF BEIJING OLYMPICS

Global Uprising to Include Exiles' March to Tibet

New Delhi -- Five leading Tibetan organizations announced today the launch of the "Tibetan People's Uprising Movement", a new coordinated Tibetan resistance effort in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The Games will take place only months before the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising against China's invasion of Tibet. The movement's organizers are calling on Tibetans worldwide to join protests during the Beijing Olympics and support a return march of exile Tibetans to their homeland.

"Today, in the spirit of the 1959 Uprising and in memory of the courageous Tibetans who sacrificed their lives for Tibet's independence and continue to resist China's brutal occupation, we are launching a unified movement to bring about an end to Chinese rule in Tibet," said Tsewang Rigzin, President of Tibetan Youth Congress.




The organizing committee that China's leadership is using the Beijing Olympics as a platform to gain international acceptance and to legitimize its illegal rule in Tibet. After almost five decades of oppression and cultural assimilation, the situation inside Chinese occupied Tibet is dire.

"We are calling on Tibetans worldwide to join us at this critical moment when China is trying to spread its Olympics propaganda," said B. Tsering, President of the Tibetan Women's Association. "Together, we will seize this unprecedented opportunity to voice Tibetan resistance and reinvigorate our freedom struggle."

The march to Tibet is an initiative by exile Tibetans to strengthen Tibetan resistance by taking the struggle home. The march will commence on March 10th, the 49th commemoration of the Tibetan National Uprising in Tibet. Tibetans worldwide will engage in non-violent direct actions and mass protests during China's Olympic torch relay and the Games themselves.

"Our message to China's leadership is loud and clear that after fifty years, Tibetans in exile are determined to return to our homeland and be reunited with our Tibetan brothers and sisters," said Ngawang Woeber, President of the Gu Chu Sum, the ex-political prisoners' association.

Members of the organizing committee: Tibetan Youth Congress, Tibetan Women's Association, Gu Chu Sum Movement of Tibet, National Democratic Party of Tibet, and Students for a Free Tibet, India.

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[hanhan2100]

Without these terrorists, the world would have been much better!

[navyhai]

A murderer's confession. He should be judged at the International Court of Justice in Hague. He's preaching violence and hatred. No matter how rightful his course is, his actions should be condmned and the TYC should be recognized as a terrorist organization. If they claim they are true Tibetan,not some trained agent of terror, then they should go back to Dalai Lama's true Tibetan Way.

[tibetangurl]

@navyhai your comment shows that you are an ignorant person! every tibetan is a human being and so every tibetan has the right to have his own opinion. our government, the tibetan government in exile, is democratic and guarantees us human rights - such as the right of free speech. CHINA is a murderer and HU JINTATO is a murderer. but tsewangla the president of the tibetan youth congress is one of many courageous leaders we have in our movement. and we tibetans are proud of them! FREE TIBET

[myfreetibet]

@jewishwarrior666 lol i used like to like jews, because i thought they were on the same boat as us Tibetans, and because ya'll are killing those raghead Islamic radicals. But now i'm feeling kinda glad that you guys are the most hated fucks in the world (next to Chinks and Muslims), and that everyone wants your asses dead. Go pray to your fake "Yowie" entity.

[myfreetibet]

@wangwei0212 go to hell 50 cent chink!!

[jewishwarrior666]

Breaking News: Two weeks ago, the Tibetan leader was arrested for driving while intoxicated, though his lawyer maintained his client's high spirits were due solely to a "very satisfying night of meditation." When an officer asked where he was born, he responded, "In 1936 in Chija Nangso, Tibet ... and also in 1876 in Lhasa, Tibet, ... and also in Nai-tung, Tibet, ..." before being gagged and taken away.

[jewishwarrior666]

themovinghand

What's he's saying is that if they don't get their demands met now under the dalai lama, they will seek independence after his death by any means necessary, even violent means because terrorist attacks are very inexpensive and cause a lot a destruction and chaos. The TYC is a terrorist organization in the making. Their ideology is much more rightwing extremist than the dalai lama who is keeping them at bay. They are the militia wing of the Freetibet movement that no one talks of

[jewishwarrior666]

tibcan

No you fucking idiot, its you freetibet motherfuckers who want a theocracy in the 21st century who a brainwashed. Think you fucking idiot!

[jewishwarrior666]

You tibetan exile fanatics are all the same. Just losers trying to get some attention. You have your own land in dharamsala to continue your fucked up superstitious idol belief and to worship a reincarnating politician. Now shut the fuck up because there's more pressing concerns facing mankind then setting up a theocracy.

[gohan4585]

Yo, All you haters. Don't get it twisted. We Tibetans are fighting for our rights, the rights to live free like any people. We don't do terrorism. We want global peace for all. We are NOT ALONE.

Keep the faith & struggle. Rangzen!