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September 16, 2015
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Lhakar Film Series | The Great Debaters

As a part of Lhakar Film Series, an initiative by interns at Students for a Free Tibet-India, The Great Debaters starring Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Forest Whittaker, was screened as Jimmy’s Italian Kitchen. The movie…

September 15, 2015
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Chapter Visit 2015

At Students for a Free Tibet, our strength comes from our grassroots network. The efficacy of our hard hitting campaigns is because of our committed student volunteers, members and supporters who never miss an opportunity…

September 9, 2015
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Lhakar Film Series | A Force More Powerful

On 9th September 2015 we screened the first episode of “A Force More Powerful”. The documentary shows three non-violent resistance movements, their strategy and eventual success. At the beginning they show Gandhi, how he along…

September 2, 2015
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Lhakar Film Series|Free China

On Wednesday, 2 September 2015 we showed the movie “Free China: The Courage To Believe”. The famous filmmaker Kean Wong visualizes in this documentary the fight of the Falun Gong practitioners Jennifer Zeng and Dr.…

August 19, 2015
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Lhakar Film Series|Budrus

On 19th August, SFT India screened “Budrus” as a part of it's ongoing weekly movie screening. Budrus, is an 80 minute documentary about the non-violent movement in the Palestinian town of Budrus. Being in…

August 7, 2015
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Lhakar Film Series|Shadow Circus: The CIA in Tibet

On July 29th we screened the film Shadow Circus: The CIA in Tibet. During the 1950s the Tibetan resistance movement which is nowadays known for its non-violence gained an unlikely ally in the struggle against…

July 15, 2015
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Lhakar Film Series|César Chávez: History Is Made One Step At a Time

On July 15th we screened the biopic César Chávez: History is Made One Step At a Time. This movie tells the story of the non-violent civil rights leader César Chávez, who fought for the rights…

May 29, 2015
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Candlelight Vigil for Sangye Tso

On Wednesday, May 27, Sangye Tso, a 36 year old Tibetan woman, mother of two children, set herself on fire outside a local Chinese official building, and near a monastery where teachings were being held for a…

May 29, 2015
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Dharamshala Visit| American University Student Group

Last week, we hosted a group of 11 students from American University in Washington DC. Mostly in their first or second year of college, the students came from a variety of academic backgrounds, including international…

May 22, 2015
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China’s Worst Kept Secret: 5 Facts About the Abduction of Tibet’s Panchen Lama

By Dorjee Tseten, Asia Director, Students for a Free Tibet. Article Published on The Huffington Post, 22 May 2015 For a small town tucked away in the Himalayan foothills, Dharamsala attracts a surprising number of…

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