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July 21, 2016
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Our Vision | A Kalachakra by Tibet’s Panchen Lama

This year marks 21 years since the Chinese Government abducted 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima when he was only 6 years old. Tibetans and the international community continue to campaign for his well being…

June 29, 2016
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PEMA TSEDEN | PROTEST SCREENING

Internationally acclaimed award-winning Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden (Tharlo, The Search, Old Dog, Silent Holy Stones) was arbitrary detained on June 28 at Xining Airport in China. Following his detention, he was hospitalized for several days.…

June 4, 2016
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I AM TANKMAN | Commemorating Tiananmen Demonstration

To mark the 27th anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre, we organised an event to show solidarity with the victims of the massacre and raise awareness about the ongoing crackdown on democracy and human rights activists in…

May 30, 2016
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Dharamshala Educational Visit | Group from Thailand

This year for the first time SFT-India received a diverse group of students and professionals from Thailand. Through the one-week intensive immersion in the Tibetan exile community, the Thai group learnt about Tibetan culture, contemporary…

May 25, 2016
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Dharamshala Educational Visit | Operation Groundswell

This year we received the second annual student group Operation Groundswell, from the United States and Canada. They spent one week with us in Dharamshala, learning about the Tibetan movement, history, politics and culture. Our National…

May 17, 2016
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LETTERS TO PANCHEN LAMA

Today Regional Tibetan Youth Congress along with Regional Tibetan Women's Association and Students for a Free Tibet India organised an event “Letters to Panchen Lama” at Mcleodganj Main Square. Today marks exactly 21 years since…

May 3, 2016
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Day of Action for Shokjang | #LetHimWrite

Students for a Free Tibet-India staged a bold street theater protest to amplify the case of imprisoned Tibetan writer and intellectual Drukar Gyal (aka Shokjang) today on World Press Freedom Day. Rinzin Choedon, Grassroots Director,…

April 8, 2016
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CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS

At SFT-India, our strength comes from the work our student volunteers and members do through our chapters across India. Read on to see what our chapters have been doing over February - March 2016! SFT Pune On…

April 2, 2016
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Xi Jinping Mock Awards | Shooting & Arrests in Tibet

April 2, 2016: We carried out a Mock Award street action at Mcleodganj Main Square to urgently amplify the incidents of human rights violations that occurred in the past week inside Tibet. In a space of…

April 1, 2016
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Lhakar Film Series | Drensol

We had the pleasure to host Tibetan independent filmmaker Ngawang Anja-tsang (Sonam) (makers of Little Tibet & Little Tibet 2) in Dharamshala on April 1, 2016. We organised the India Premier of Sonam Anja-tsang's third…

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