TSAM PROTEST ON LOSAR
22/02/12
Around 150 Tibetan students in Chennai gathered at Memorial Hall, a protest venue on the first day of Tibetan New Year to mourn and protest the deaths due to self-immolation inside Tibet. The death toll caused by self immolations has increased with each passing day. It has become invincible and inevitable. Tibetans all over the world gave up celebrating New Year and instead started the first day of the losar with protest. With large number of Tibetan students in Chennai, the Tibetan Students’ Association held a protest in tune with worldwide protest against the Chinese cruelty and repression against peaceful protestors in Tibet. 

The protest took off around 3 o’clock with prayer followed by presidential speech by the association. Among the Indian supporters includes Mr. Hubert, friends of Tibet, Tamil Nadu chapter, long time Tibet activist Dr. Mani, head of department of Politics and Public Administration, Madras University and few Indian students from City College. The protest concluded with 3 minutes observance of mourning for the deaths of Tibetans in Tibet. Fax Jam has also been conducted in some place to the Chinese embassy in Delhi and consulates in Kolkata and Mumbai. 


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What can we do for Tibet?

1. Organize presentations & community forums
2. Show Tibetan films documentary

3. Boycott Chinese goods

4. Organize community boycotts

5. Educate businesspersons about the importance of Boycotting Chinese goods

6. Write articles & letters for the newspapers

7. Organize interviews with the radio & TV stations

8. Organize press conferences

9. Develop & distribute flyers & posters

10. Organize benefit concerts

11. Telephone 1 person each day & talk with them about China, Tibet, & the U.S.A.

12. Give articles about Tibet to your friends, co-workers, classmates, & relatives

13. Report inaccurate maps & facts about Tibet in books to the publisher

14. Fly the Tibetan Flag at your home, business, and/or school

15. Burn white candles each evening in prominent or public places

16. Walk for Tibet's independence in your community

17. Wear a "Tibet" button

18. Put a bumper sticker on your car & give them to others

19. Set up information tables in public places

20. Write letters to government officials (U.S. & PRC) & human rights' groups. Along with other issues, demand that Gendhun Choekyi Nyima be released

21. Circulate various petitions about Tibet & Tibetans

22. Recite long life prayers for The Dalai Lama & The Panchen Lama

23. Recite prayers to remove the obstacles to restore Tibet's independence

24. Hold silent vigils to symbolize the silent voices of Tibetans in Tibet

25. Visit internet chat rooms each day & educate & discuss Tibet, the PRC, & the U.S.A.

26. Wear rangzen bracelets demonstrating your support for Tibet's independence. Share these bracelets with your relatives, co-workers, & friends

27. Each day, wear the name of a different Tibetan Political Prisoner on your clothing

28. Organize hunger strikes for Tibet

29. Ask your radio stations to play "The Yak Band" (Purchase tape from ITIM)

30. Collect Signatures for Tibet's independence. Return petitions to ITIM

31. Collect Signatures for Boycotting Chinese Products. Return petitions to ITIM

32. Host Tibetans visiting your area

33. Raise Funds to assist Tibet Support Groups

Remember: It is easy for us to do many of these activities. Tibetans inside Tibet, in contrast, could possibly be imprisoned or killed for participating in any one of these activities. Whatever you do for Tibet, please be mindful of this reality.

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