“We believe that China will change by opening the country to the scrutiny of the world through the 25,000 media who will attend the Games.”
- Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympics Committee IOC

Despite Beijing’s pledge to improve its human rights record before the 2008 Games, the repression has actually deepened, not lessened because of the Olympics. As the intetrnational spotlight will shine on Beijing this August, we have a unique opportunity to engage the global community in dialogue about the human rights violation in China and highlight the oppression that’s lasted for more than half a century in Tibet.

So what can you do for Tibet during the Beijing Olympics?

Raise a Tibetan flag and your friends, family and co-workers will ask about it. It’s a simple yet powerful act. Awareness begins with dialogue and there’s no better time than now.

You can also visit www.tibetanflags.org to learn more about Tibet and this Campaign.

But what does the Olympics have to do with human rights and Tibet?

When a country is given the Olympic Games, it’s a chance to host one of the world’s major events. It involves thousands of athletes from some 200 countries and billions of spectators. It also makes you the center of global attention: and if, like the Chinese authorities, you execute more people than any other country, you lock people up without fair trial, you occupy a nation and repress its culture and religion, and you stop people from expressing their views through violent force like this past March in Tibet, then some of the Olympic attention will center on that.
Other Olympic campaigns, debates & voices:

• Olympic Campaign of the International Tibet Support Network (ITSN) – Bring Tibet to the 2008 Games

• Olympic Campaign of Students for a Free Tibet – One World. One Dream. Free Tibet 2008.

• Olympic Campaign of the International Campaign for Tibet – Race for Tibet

• Olympic Forum of Amnesty International – The China Debate

• Beijing Wide Open Blog – A Tibetan Activist Speaks Out About the Olympics

• The Forbidden Team – The Tibetan National Football Team without a Nation

• Students for a Free Tibet Olympic  Initiative – Athlete Wanted

The 2008 Olympics is 18 days away. Raise a Tibetan flag during the Beijing Games and help open the dialogue about Tibet.

Raise Tibetan Flags Campaign (RTFC)
www.tibetanflags.org
peace@tibetanflags.org

Students For A Free Tibet,India
www.sftindia.org
support@sftindia.org