We hope that your new year has been enjoyable so far and getting back into work is going well.

As you may know we are approaching a significant time in the Tibetan struggle for freedom - the 50th anniversary of Tibetan uprising. Every year on the 10th of March, Tibetans young and old take to the streets (both inside and outside Tibet) to express their peaceful wish for a Free Tibet. And every year they continue to be oppressed, killed, and stripped of their basic human rights. Following from the turmoil of the last 10th March 2008, the Chinese government is increasing its repressive measures prior to this important anniversary.

 

Sat 7/Mar/2009 to Sat 14/Mar/2009; 8am-4pm weekdays, 9am-5pm weekends @ Kruezberg Cafe, cnr Cuba St & Webb St, Wellington (it's an outdoor venue, so if its raining, choose another day to come). Free. All welcome

Tibet Solidarity Network is proud to present Hope in Exile. The photo exhibition features selected photographs taken by Western photographers in both Tibet and India and will explore the varying realities of what it means to be a Tibetan living in exile today.

Prints (A3 and Block mounted) will be available to purchase at the exhibition

Free entry, donations are warmly welcomed.

Organised by Tibet Solidarity Network. For further details please contact us

Sun 8/Mar/2009 10am-4pm @ Newtown Fair, Wellington. Free

Wellington Friends of Tibet will have a stall at the Newtown fair on 8th March to highlight issues in Tibet at this time.

Organised by Friends of Tibet

 

Tue 10/Mar/2009 @ Wellington. Free

7:30am-9am Rally outside Chinese Embassy on Glenmore Street - bring flags etc.

12 noon Join us at Midland Park on Lambton Quay to distribute information flyers - bring flags etc.

5.30pm Gather with us at the Cenotaph on the corner of Bowen and Lambton Quay (near Parliament) to commemorate the long struggle and suffering of the Tibetan people. Bring flags.

Organised by Friends of Tibet

 

Wed 11/Mar/2009 7:30pm @ The Film Archive mediatheatre, Wellington. $20 - all proceeds go to Tibetan refugees
Australia, 2008, 60 minutes, exempt from classification

The New Zealand Film Archive is presenting the New Zealand premier of Tibet: Murder in the Snow, the acclaimed documentary telling the story of a group of mountaineers who witnessed the cold-blooded murder of a 17-year-old Tibetan nun who was trying to escape from Tibet in 2006. The screening will be introduced by six Tibetan Gyuto monks (of Womad fame) who will perform a Tibetan chant and will be available for Q&A afterward. This is a fundraiser screening and all proceeds will go to Tibetan refugees.

This screening coincides with the 50th anniversary of the abortive Tibetan Uprising in March 1959 and Dalai Lama's subsequent flight into exile, and the first anniversary of last year's riots in Lhasa.

Much love,
All at Tibet Solidarity Network