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Indian and Tibetan Community in Dharamshala jointly welcomed the torch
For Immediate Release
August 3, 2008
Contact: B Tsering: 9418792810 (Tibetan, Hindi, English)
Chime Youngdung: 9418069179 (Tibetan, Hindi)
Phuntsok Wangchuk: 9418324751 (Tibetan)
Tenzin Choeying: 9816368335 (Tibetan, Hindi, English)
Mcleod Ganj - After traveling around the world and covering almost every state in India carrying a message of truth and resistance, the Tibetan […]

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For Immediate Release
CENTRAL INDIA GREETS TIBETAN FREEDOM TORCH
20 July, Nagpur: Around 35 Indians and Tibetans carried the Tibetan Freedom Torch for the distance of 6 kms starting from Dhiksha Bhumi, the place where Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar took vows of Buddhism, to RBI Square via Lokmat Chok. The relay started at 1:30 pm and the […]

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On July 6th, the birthday of the Dalai Lama, the torch will reach the top of Jade Mountain, and we will have a web cam conference (http://www.live.yahoo.com/taiwanfortibet) in the celebration of the birthday of the Dalai Lama. Jade Mountain is the highest mountain in East Asia and a sacred place for the indigenous people of […]

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ANTORCHA TIBETANA LLEGA A MÉXICO PARA REIVINDICAR EL IDEAL OLÍMPICO Y DENUNCIAR VIOLACIONES A DERECHOS HUMANOS.
El sábado 21 iniciará recorrido a las 15 horas desde el Auditorio Nacional
Por la noche se realizará un festival Pro Tíbet en la Plaza de Santo Domingo.
Los abusos cometidos contra el pueblo Tibetano no son coherentes con el ideal olímpico
Reivindicar […]

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[Philadelphia, PA] – On May 21, 2008 US-Tibet Committee (USTC), Tibetan Association of Philadelphia and Tibet supporters held the Philadelphia leg of the Tibetan Freedom Torch Relay. The Tibetan Freedom Torch Relay is a parallel torch relay to the Olympic Torch relay. While Tibet is excluded from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Tibetans and […]

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Taktser Rinpoche Receives Tibetan Freedom Torch
ITIM[Thurday, June 05, 2008]
FISHERS, Ind. – On June 4, Taktser Rinpoche’s three children presented Him with the Tibetan Freedom Torch at the conclusion of the two-day Freedom Torch bicycle ride from Indianapolis to Bloomington, Indiana. Joining the ceremony along with Rinpoche’s three sons (Lhundup, Kunga, and Jigme) were Rinpoche’s […]

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BOULDER, Co – On May 27, four Tibetans and two westerners successfully completed the Colorado “Tibetan Freedom Torch” bicycle ride from the Capitol Building in Denver to the U.S. Olympics National Headquarters in Colorado Springs. The leader of the “Freedom” ride was also able to hand over to a high level official of the U.S. […]

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Gene Davis, DDN Staff Writer
Denver Daily News (Colorado)
May 28, 2008
CHANGE THAT COURSE! - Protesters march in Colorado Springs yesterday in support of Tibet.
Having the Olympic Torch Relay go through Tibet in June could result in more violence and murders in the Asian province, according to activists who protested yesterday outside of the International Olympic Headquarters […]

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(Philadelphia Inquirer, May 21, 2008)
By Jeff Gammage
Inquirer Staff Writer
The Tibetans who plan to relay a “Freedom Torch” through Philadelphia today say they will refrain from shouting anti-China slogans. And that they will offer prayers for those killed in the Sichuan Province earthquake. Suddenly, criticizing China has become a delicate task.
The demonstrators who will carry the […]

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The Tibet Freedom Torch was paddled along the Rideau Canal to Parliament Hill in Canada’s capital Ottawa in a traditional Canadian voyageur canoe. On the hill it was run, cycled, and walked around the parliamentary grounds, before the demonstrators took the torch to the Chinese embassy for a brief ceremony.

Many newspapers and even one […]

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