A selection of videos sourced from various popular social media sites. Also includes a couple of links to radio interviews.
China please do not forget your history this is what your own people did in 1989. Tianamen square - holding up a tank. This is courage and fearlessness that comes from wanting freedom.
Tibet/China - Human Rights, anyone?
This clip compares Beijing in 1989 and Tibet 2008, not so much difference. People standing up for basic human rights and the Chinese government fighting back with tanks and more violations against human rights. This is not just about Tibet, this is about Freedom in China, and the rest of the world. So don't turn away as this fight for freedom concerns you as much as it does me.
Inspired by the poem by Reverend Martin Niemoller of the same
name, First They Came for... is set in a not so distant future where a
nondescript regime takes away innocent people while one man struggles
between standing up for what's right and saving himself.
Why are we silent?Hollywood Speak Out for Human Rights in Tibet
Harrison Ford, Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Sting, Adam Yauch, Alanis Morissette
Dalai Lama CNN interview talks about the current situation and the reason behind the 50 year human rights struggle.
Recent footage of Chinese people protesting against their own government in Beijing in the lead up to the Olympics
Long Sho.....Tibetan freedom song a 10min video summarising the current situation in Tibet. The destruction, the fatalities, the genocide and the unwavering internal strength of the Tibetan people and their nation.
Destruction of Serthar Buddhist Institute
Amnesty International Event in Hobart. Amnesty is raising awareness about Internet censorship in China. Experts believe China’s Internet filtering system – dubbed the Golden Shield or the Great Firewall – is the most extensive, technologically-sophisticated and broad-reaching system in the world.
Senator Bob Brown and Canadian singer K.D in Canberra
Skywriting and general protesting in Canberra
How not to fake a motorcycle attack Prepare for an onslaught of fake Chinese videos like this one. Oh how they must be missing Steven Spielberg!
(Thanks to www.tibetcustom.com )
Dispatches /undercover in tibet Evidence of the crime against Tibet on film. Forty nine minute documentary. One minute for each year. It is the longest struggle against a political system for human rights in the world today - and it has not yet managed to fully destroy their hope of peaceful solutions to conflict, with the help of world powers.
BBC Footage of the initial March 10 and 11 protests which may have been the initial spark for the ongoing crackdown in Tibet. The footage shows monks engaged in peaceful ‘sitdown’ protests surrounded by Chinese security forces. The footage also shows senior monks trying to prevent any violence from occuring.
Monks disrupt Tibet media trip - Tibetan monks have disrupted a tour by the first foreign journalists to visit Lhasa since protests erupted.
Video Links
Not all videos of interest can be embedded like we have done above. Follow the links below to see more videos.
Sydney Morning Herald - Torch relay flames passions in Canberra - A video of still images with audio of interviews with protesters - Chinese and pro-Tibet. Also see the accompanying news article - Heat rises for torch relay - a long article covering the day's events in detail.
ABC Lateline - interview with Paul Monk and Geremie Barme - some very frank analysis of how the Chinese are dealing with it all. Some especially interesting comments on Chinese media censorship, and Rudd's recent visit. www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2007/s2213781.htm (transcript only, but well worth the read).
Yahoo!7 News
kd lang's statement on Tibet … After appearing on Sunrise this morning to sing two … and the strife in Tibet. --------- First … have access to Tibet. Agencies like the … - 10/04/2008
Rudd gets blunt with Chinese students on Tibet … China there's a need for Australia to speak openly with China on issues such as Tibet. He also took time to detail the need for more action on climate change. The speech … - 10/04/2008
Olympic torch chaos … lost as violent protests supporting the independence of Tibet and attacking China's human rights record. The French continued … - 08/04/2008
Team Sunrise Blog: Jeremy Stevenson … to disrupt the torch relay based on the problems in Tibet. I'm not disputing the underlying issues in Tibet but … - 20/04/2008
Gosper slams protesters for their hatred of China … the torch relay be abandoned? - Sunrise San Francisco braces for Torch Relay … have already strung pro-Tibet banners from the iconic Golden Gate … - 11/04/2008
kd lang in a watershed performance … More info www.kdlang.com - official site kd's official statement on Tibet - released to Sunrise after the show More Sunrise concert - 13/04/2008
Tibetan Bridges - Tibet Talk #12: How to talk about Tibet effectively to non-Tibetans and Chinese.
This is a great interview in Tibetan which is very important for all Tibetans and especially for the younger generation.
Guests: Dr Lobsang Sangay - Ph. D. from Harvard University and recently
selected as one of the young leaders of Asia in the Asia 21 Young Leaders Forumby the Asia Society, New York. Participants: Taydon, Thupten Nyima, Tendor and Wangyal. http://www.tibetanbridges.net/taxonomy/term/45
ABC Radio National - Rear Vision: takes a detailed look at the Chinese historical claims over Tibet.
Guests: Thomas Laird - Journalist and author who was based in the Himalayas for 30 years John Powers - Reader at the Centre for Asian Societies and Histories, Australian National University. Carole McGranahan - Assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Colorado, specialising in contemporary Tibetan culture, history, and politics. www.abc.net.au/rn/rearvision/stories/2008/2200921.htm
ABC Late Night Live - The Monk & The Journalist: Tibet in the News: with the Chinese doing their best to keep foreign journalists out how reliable is the news that the West is receiving? And what kind of information is the Chinese public getting about the unrest?
Guests: Gabriel Lafitte - Journalist, and Policy Consultant to the Environment and Development Desk of the Tibetan Government in Exile Jocelyn Ford - Journalist, and Chair of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China's Media Freedom Committee www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2008/2201065.htm
