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Monk dies after setting himself on fire in protest in Tibet
A 29-year-old monk, Tsewang Norbu, set himself on fire in Tawu. Tsewang Norbu drank petrol, sprayed himself with petrol and then set himself on fire. He was heard calling out: “We Tibetan people want freedom”, “Long live the Dalai Lama” and “Let the Dalai Lama Return to Tibet”. He is believed to have died at the scene.
This news exposes how desperate some Tibetans feel. Tsewang’s death has happened less than 6 months after another monk, Phuntsog, set himself on fire on the streets of Ngaba Town in the same region.
7 out of 10 people believe Tibet should be free, but even after 60 years the occupation continues
This year marks the 60th anniversary of China’s occupation of Tibet. In the past 60 years, the occupation has imposed itself on all areas of life: education, religion, language, lifestyle - everything that defines what it is to be Tibetan is controlled closely by China’s policies.
Tashi freed! Norzin’s sentence reduced! But hundreds remain in jail. Help us campaign in their name.
Free Tibet is delighted to announce such good news about two Tibetan political prisoners who we have campaigned tirelessly for with your help. However, we remain very concerned about the many hundreds who remain in jail and at risk.
Speak out for Tibetan freedom - please respond to this urgent appeal and give what you can today.
Tibetans in Tibet cannot fly their own national flag. This year, Free Tibet hopes to fly hundreds of Tibetan flags in central London.
We would love all our supporters to get behind this action by sponsoring a flag to be raised.
Help us fly hundreds of Tibetan flags in central London this year!
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Stop Torture appeal from Shameless star David Threlfall
The routine use of torture continues inside Tibet but this does not have to be the situation forever. Free Tibet has teamed up with actor David Threlfall to speak out against these violent atrocities. David has written a personal appeal for us urging everyone to support Free Tibet's Stop Torture in Tibet campaign.
Please donate today and together we can work to end torture in Tibet.
Click here to read David's Message.
We asked Tibet supporters from all over the world to send us their messages of support which we put onto traditional prayer flags and hung in Dharamsala India, the heart of the Tibetan exile community.
We hoped that in the tradition of the prayer flags, these messages would be carried on the wind to Tibetans inside Tibet at a time when over a thousand Tibetans remain missing.
You can see some of the messages by clicking on the link above.
End torture in Tibet
Following the arrest of thousands of peaceful protesters in March and April, at least 1,249 Tibetan men, women and children are unaccounted for and at serious risk of torture.
They need your help now.
Despite torture being prohibited, Free Tibet has exposed how torture is used by China as a weapon against opposition and protest.
In November, Free Tibet gave evidence to the United Nations of systematic torture in Tibet. We highlighted the failure of legal safeguards and revealed Chinese policies which create the conditions in which torture is likely to occur,
Click here to donate and help put an end to torture in Tibet