Friday March 14, 2008, 12:26 pm
I) March 10th, 2008 marked the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising against the Chinese occupation in Lhasa. Not surprisingly, many Tibetans have decided to demonstrate on this occasion, against the arbitrary arrest and imprisonment, torture, lack of freedom of expression and religion, discrimination, exploitation, and killing that continue in Tibet to this day. And also not surprisingly, Chinese authorities have responded by beating, shooting, arresting, and torturing the protestors.

There are three things you can do to support the protestors and advocate for their safety:

1) Lodge a complaint with the Chinese authorities in Lhasa for their treatment of Tibetans:

http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/tibet_protests?rk=%2d7SKEBEqOz9CE

2) Contact the Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith and ask him to publicly call upon the Chinese Government to immediately provide information on the welfare and whereabouts of the detained Buddhist monks:

https://www.atc.org.au/members/ecampaign/send_email/8

3) Please call the Chinese authorities in Lhasa to show them the whole world is monitoring their actions closely:

Please call after 9am in Chinese time. To see the current time in China, click here: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_CN.aspx

Secretary of the Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR): +86 891 632 5889
TAR People's Government: +86 891 633 2067
People's Armed Police (Riot Troop Division): +86 891 633 0443
TAR People's Congress: +86 891 683 2423

If the person on the phone doesn't speak English, please read out loud the below lines in Chinese.
English: The Chinese government must not arrest the Tibetans
Chinese: "jang-fu bu-shue daibu zang-tsu" (Pinyin: zhengfu buxu daibu zangzu)

English: We are watching you
Chinese: "wamen guanju nimen" (Pinyin: women guanzhu nimen)

Sunday March 16, 2008, 5:01 am

I found -and posted- an article from yesterday's Guardian that says that unconfirmed reports put the number of killed Tibetans at closer to 130.
May it be false, but I fear it isn't.