my care2
make a difference

community & fun

shares

share your passions, stories, inspirations, and more

1 Million for Tibet! Let's double it
Mar 27, 2008
Focus: Human Rights
Action Request: Petition
Location: United Kingdom

Dear friends,

After decades of repression, the Tibetan people are crying out to the world for change. The Olympic spotlight is now on China, and Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama is calling to end all riots and violence through restraint and dialogue.

China's hardliners are lashing out publicly at the Dalai Lama--but many Chinese leaders believe dialogue is the best hope for stability in Tibet. The government is right now considering a crucial choice between repression and dialogue that could determine Tibet's--and China's--future.

We can affect this historic choice--President Hu Jintao values China's reputation, and he needs to hear from us that the 'Made in China' brand and the upcoming Olympics in Beijing will succeed only if he chooses dialogue over the hardliners' repression. An avalanche of global people power is moving to get his attention. In just one week, over 1 million people have signed our petition, which will be delivered in rallies at Chinese embassies worldwide on Monday--click below to join the global outcry, and then forward this email to friends and family right away:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/tibet_end_the_violence/67.php/?cl=66803445

China's economy is dependent on "Made in China" exports that we all buy, and the government is keen to make the Olympics in Beijing this summer a celebration of a new and respected China. China is also a sprawling, diverse country with much brutality in its past, so it has good reasons to be concerned about stability--some of Tibet's rioters killed innocent people. But President Hu must recognize that the greatest danger to Chinese stability and development today comes from hardliners who advocate escalating repression, not from those Tibetans seeking dialogue and reform.

The Tibetan people have suffered quietly for decades. It is finally their moment to speak--we must help them be heard.

With hope and respect,

Ricken, Pascal, Graziela, Iain, Paul, Galit, Milena, Ben and the whole Avaaz team

Here are some links with more information on the Tibetan protests and the Chinese response:

Reuters reports unrest continues:
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed1/idUSPEK369654

China allows first journalists back into Lhasa, monks speak out:
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local%20news/tibet/2008/03/27/149167/Tibet-monks.htm

Europe and the US step up calls for dialogue:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/27/europe/27europe.php

Prominent Chinese Intellectuals call for fair approach to Tibet:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/24/asia/chinasub.php
(0) | () | | send green star | flag as inappropriate
Visibility: Everyone
Tags:
Posted: Mar 27, 2008 9:14am

 
 
 
Content and comments expressed here are the opinions of Care2 users and not necessarily that of Care2.com or its affiliates.

Author

Derek Wilcox
male, age 37, divorced
Ely, United Kingdom
Shares by Type:
All (33) | Blog (3) | Alert (15) | Message (15)

Showing shares tagged with: tibet [show all]
ads keep care2 free
SHARES FROM DEREK'S NETWORK
Dec
29
by Just C.
(0 comments  |  discussions )
It’s Déjà Vu with Another Media Blackout The International Coalition to End the Illegal Siege of Gaza is marking the anniversary of Israel’s 220-day siege of Gaza, but you might not know this if you rely wholly on the U...
Dec
28
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Have you ever felt your faith in God slipping away?  You are not alone.  Every life--is a series of successes and failures, celebrations and disappointments, joys and sorrows.  But even when we feel distant from God, God is never d...
Dec
27
(1 comments  |  discussions )
By the edge of a wood, at the foot of a hill,is a lush, green meadow where time stands still.Where the friends of man and woman do run,when their time on earth is over and done.For here, between this world and the next,is a place where each beloved c...
(0 comments  |  discussions )
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Sending wishes of love - happiness and good cheer to all of you. May 2010 change all of our lives for the better.  Have a safe and blessed NEW YEAR.Love Kathryn
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Please share this video, to help raise awareness of the dangers of Methadone. There is a petition, I hope you will consider signing. You could save a life. ~~ We just laid my sister Meg (age 32, mother of two) to rest. If only we could have...
by Just C.
(0 comments  |  discussions )
"It all begins with a story..." That's how actor, Morgan Freeman described the powerful effect of a leader who puts everything on the line to stand up for human rights. He joined us in spotlighting December as Human Rights Month on YouTube. Today, we'...
Dec
26
(0 comments  |  discussions )
Updated pictures of Our little girl!
(0 comments  |  discussions )
IAM IS THE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL ONEOh how grateful IAM IS for Being The One through which each of us LIVE and LOVE and BEIAM IS ever so happy to Be expressing ITSELF Fully through each Soul Expression in throes of ever-expanding experienceIn Eternal Gr...
(0 comments  |  0 discussions )
Since December 18 I developed a severe flu that kept me unable to walk outside my home and use computer (couldn’t focus) or phone (couldn’t talk). I had nasty respiratory problems (couldn’t breath, had no air) and I’m still on...

Copyright © 2009 Care2.com, inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved