Help shame the games |
What you can do
There are many things you can do in the run up to the Beijing Olympics to support and draw attention to the plight of the Tibetan people.
In addition to the urgent actions detailed on the Shame the Games UCS section, please consider some of the following activities:
*Speak up
*Screen 'The Forbidden Team'
*Start your own Team Tibet
*Fly the flag
*Join the Urgent Campaign Scheme
*Join Free Tibet
Write to the Chinese and UK government and sporting agencies, the IOC and UK Olympics representatives. Express your deep concern about:
· The tainting of the Olympic games and all they stand for by China’s human rights abuses in Tibet, specifically the use of torture and imprisonment to stifle religious freedom and non-violent protest. (Please refer to 10 facts about Tibet if you need more information.)
· The IOC’s complicity with China’s awful human rights record.
· Tibet’s exclusion from the games
· Lack of press freedoms to cover the the crackdown on peaceful protest in Tibet
Chinese government and sporting agency addresses:
Premier Wen Jiabao
9 Xihuangchenggenbeijie
Beijingshi
100032
China
Lui Qi
Beijing Organising Committee for Olympic Games
267 Bei Shi Huan Zhong Lu
Haidian District
Beijing
100083
China
Madam Fu
Chinese Ambassador to the UK
Chinese Embassy
49-51 Portland Place
London
W1B 1JL
UK government and sporting agency addresses
Tess Jowell MP
Minister for the Olympics on London
Lord Coe
Chairman
London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games
23rd Floor, One Churchill Place,
London E14 5LN
Lord Moynihan
Chairman
The British Olympic Association
1 Wandsworth Plain
London SW18 1EH
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal*
Buckingham Palace
London SW1A 1AA
* Princess Anne is a member of the International Olympic Committee. You might consider reminding her of the longstanding friendship of Prince Charles with the Tibetan people.
International Olympic Committee address:
Jacques Rogge
Château de Vidy
1007 Lausanne
Switzerland
This hour-long documentary tells the moving story of a group of Tibetan sportsmen struggling against the odds to play in Tibet’s first international football match.
Free Tibet Campaign can lend you a copy of the documentary.
Please click here details about hints on organising a successful screening.
Take part in a sporting event like five-aside football or a fun run, wearing a a Free Tibet t-shirt. Or organise your own group event such as a bike ride or walk.
Make sure you contact your local press to let them know what you are doing and why.
You can also get a sponsorship form from us and use this opportunity to raise funds for Free Tibet.
If you know people who are in a band, you can encourage them to wear Free Tibet t-shirts when they are performing.
Free Tibet t-shirts are made from 100% cotton.
'Time to Free Tibet' shirts are available in black or white in men’s and women’s sizes for £12.00.
Olympic cuffs shirts are available in charcoal or brown and cost £20.00
Tibetan flags are also available and cost £15.00
All proceeds from our merchandise range go towards our campaign to end the occupation of Tibet. To order these or other products, click here or phone us on 020 7324 4605.
Wear your Free Tibet t-shirt and wave the beautiful Tibetan flag at televised sporting events. You can also fly the flag at your sponsored walk or other local event.
Again, let the local press know why you’re doing it.
If asked, make the point that flying the Tibetan flag in Tibet is illegal.
Click here to buy flags, t-shirts and other merchandise
Sign up for our Urgent Action campaign
If you sign up for Free Tibet’s Urgent Action campaign, you will receive breaking news on how you can help with individual campaigns.
Click here to sign up or e-mail us at mail@freetibet.org.
If you become a member of Free Tibet you can receive regular updates about our work and about events in Tibet.
Join here.