Archive for the ‘Olympics’ Category

We have run for Tibet!

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

To mark the opening of the Olympic games in Beijing this week today we ran from Canary Wharf to Chelsea.  We have raised over £200 for the Tibetan Children's Village and tried our best to raise awareness of Tibet and it beautiful people.  We enjoyed every minute even though it was ...

The brave and the bold

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Hello chaps and chapesses, One of my friendly fellow Tibetan supporters sent me this. A letter to the Chinese president about human rights concerns in China, signed by some Olympic athletes (admittedly some retired ones and a few winter sports athletes, but Olympic nonetheless). Quite a few are German, but that's where this particular campaign started. I ...

Free Tibet activists are deported

Friday, August 8th, 2008

'Free Tibet' activists touched down in the UK to the sound of cheering after being forced to leave Beijing http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/07/olympics2008.china1

The Olympic opening

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Dear people of the world,  Today is the day. The grand Olympic opening. The latest news is a British man has protested in Hong Kong and thousands of Tibetans are protesting in Beijing and being silenced. The Dalai Lama have given his praise and blessing to China and stressed the point that they deserve to hold ...

The Olympic opening

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Dear people of the world,  Today is the day. The grand Olympic opening. The latest news is a British man has protested in Hong Kong and thousands of Tibetans are protesting in Beijing and being silenced. The Dalai Lama have given his praise and blessing to China and stressed the point that they deserve to hold ...