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FrontPageGlobal Day of Action on Tibet: March 31, 2008
Pleast post your event's information here! Also--if you haven't--please sign the Avaaz petition supporting the people of Tibet. You can also find materials to download here. Journalists, please click here!
AustriaGrazDate: 31 March Time: 4 to 6 pm. Peace March. Route: Hauptplatz – Herrengasse – Hans-Sachsgasse – Tummelplatz – Mehlplatz - Sporgasse – Sackstrasse - Edeggersteg – Mariahilferplatz – Lendplatz – Volksgartenpark – abschließende Mahnwache bei der Friedensstupa im Volksgartenpark Contact: Bernd Woelfler - berndwoelfler@yahoo.com ViennaDate: 31 March Time: 10 am - Press conference, followed by submission of memorandum to Chancellor 3 pm - Start peace march from Chinese Embassy to Michaelerplatz in Vienna. 5.30 pm - Rally at Michalerplatz with stage and posters and prominent speakers. Contact: Lobsang.Gyalpo[at]gmx.net Australia
BrisbaneTIME: 12.30 pm PLACE: Redacliff Place/Brisbane Square, Cnr Queen St and George St SPEAKERS: Senator Andrew Bartlett (Australian Democrats), Ashley Brown (ATC Board Member) CONTACT: Kaye on 0412 375 073
HobartTIME: 12.00 noon PLACE: Franklin Square, Hobart Speakers: Karma - A member of the Tasmanian Tibetan Community, Christine Milne - Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania. Brian Summerfield - A Tasmanian who spent 2002 to 2004 Cycling Around Australia for Tibet CONTACT: Berry on 0419 011 239
MelbourneTIME: 12.00 noon PLACE: Outside the State Library, Swanston Street SPEAKERS: Michael Danby MP (Chair of All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet), Michael Butler (Amnesty International), Cr Peter Clarke (Melbourne City Councillor), Ms Rinchen Norbu (Tibetan Community of Victoria), Sharan Burrow (ACTU President), CONTACT: Alison on 0412 313 272
PerthTIME: 12.30 pm PLACE: Outside State Parliament House, Perth SPEAKERS: TBC CONTACT: Marty on 0420 321 345
SydneyTIME: 12.00 noon PLACE: Martin Place Amphitheatre, Sydney City SPEAKERS: Tenzin Atisha (Dalai Lama’s Representative), Rev Bill Crews (Exodus Foundation), Justice John Dowd (International Commission of Jurists), Amnesty International, Tenpa Dugdak (Tibetan Community of NSW), Chin Jin (Democratic China Movement) CONTACT: ATC National Office on (02) 9283 3466
Brazil
Sao PauloDate: 31 March Place: Paraibuna Contact: williamdeoliveira2006@gmail.com
Canada
CalgaryDate: 31 March Time: 6.45pm Place: Olympic Plaza (Macleod Trail and 8th Ave SE) (Candlelight Vigil) Contact: Tibetan Community of Alberta, tcacalgary@shaw.ca
HalifaxEvent: Vigil for Tibet Date: Monday, 31 March 2008 Time: 12 Noon Place: Victoria Park (on the corner of Spring Garden and South Park)
Lethbridge, AlbertaDate: 31 March Time: 4.30 - 5.30pm Place: Start at West end of College Value Mall parking lot (2025 Mayor Magrath Drive South) for a protest "Walk for Awareness" Contact: Tseten Drawu, 308.4944 mentsee@yahoo.ca
MontrealÉvénement : Vigile pour Tibet Date : 31 mars 2008 Heure : 18h00 Endroit : Place-des-Arts Event: Vigil for Tibet Date: Monday, 31 March 2008 Time: 6:00 PM Place: Place-des-Arts
OttawaDate: March 31, 2008 Time: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Place: Embassy of the People's Republic of China, 515 St. Patrick St., Ottawa (outdoors) Contact: Contact: tibet1@rogers.com or tel. 613-301-6735 www.tibet.ca
TorontoDate: March 31st Time: 10am Location: Masaryk Park (beside the Masaryk Recreation Centre in Parkdale) Action: Rally Contact Person: Gelek (647) 438-0038 VancouverDate: 31 March 2008 Time: 4:30pm to 7:30pm Location: Chinese Consulate, 3380 Granville Street, Vancouver Contact: Mati Bernabei, mbernabe@sfu.ca Organizer: Canada Tibet Committee
VictoriaDate: 31 March Time: 5pm to 7pm Location: Provincial Legislature Contact: Canada Tibet Committee, victoria@tibet.ca Chile
SantiagoDate: Monday 31 Time: 19:00hrs Place: Please meet at Plaza de la India, Avenida Santa Maria, 1700 Santiago (Mahatma Gandhi statue) to march to the Chinese embassy. March with lots of tibetan flags,through katas and place candle lights at the doors of the chinese embassy. Contact: Ana María Clasing, Protibetculture-group, aclasing.ptc[at]gmail.com
Costa Rica
San JoséCosta Rica – San José Time: 7:00 pm Place: Meet in front of Canal 7 TV station and march to the Chinese embassy in San Jose Contact Person: Gloriana – 506 – 8850 - 2750
Czech RepublicOstravaTime: 19:00 Place: Masarykovo namesti - u moroveho sloupu No special speakers. Contact: Matej, matej@protibet.org, tel. +420 776 275572 more info in czech available on http://www.protibet.org/view.php?cisloclanku=2008030028&lang=cz
DenmarkCopenhagenDate: March 31 Time: 17:30 Location: Demonstration in front of parliament Christiansborg Contact: Charlotte, nyimaling(at)mail.dk
FinlandTurkuDate: Monday 31st Time: 6pm Place: Turku Cathedral Organiser: Friends of Tibet Finland - Rebecca Frilund rebfri@utu.fi Candle light Vigil France
AnnecyDate: 31 mars Time: à 17h30 rassemblement devant la Préfecture 18h : départ de la marche en direction de l’Hôtel de Ville, 19h : Prises de parole 20h30 : Projection de "Windhorse" de Paul Wagner, salle des Papeteries à Cran-Gevrier, suivie d’un débat sur la situation actuelle au Tibet (participation libre) Haut de page
BriançonDate: 31 mars Time: 19h00 à 19h45 Place: dans le parc de la Schappe à Briançon Ce rassemblement comprendra la lecture de messages de solidarité, quelques prises de parole, et un recueillement pour les victimes de la répression avec illumination de bougies. Pour tout renseignement complémentaire, contacter le 04.92.24.74.53 ou le 04.92.21.12.98
LyonDate: 31 Mars Time: 18h00 Place Antonin Poncet à LYON, métro Bellecour 2ème arr, au mémorial des génocides Venez si possible avec un drapeau Tibétain, une khata ou une écharpe blanche, une fleur et des bougies Contact: Lions des Neiges : 10, rue L. Aulagne 69600 Oullins È06 29 35 42 27 http://tibetchineactualite.spaces.live.com/ MontpellierDate: 31 March Time: 18h30 Place de la Comédie Organisation Tibet Languedoc Haut de page ParisDate: 31 March Time: 3.30 to 6.30pm Place: In front of the Comité National Olympique et Sportif Francais (French National Olympic and Sportive Commitee), A l’angle du Bd Jourdan et de la rue de l’Amiral Mouchez, Paris 13ème (face au stade Charlety). Accès : RER Cité Universitaire, ligne B (voir plans ci-dessous)
PauDate: 31 mars Time: à 17h30 Place: Place Royale, en présence de Mme la Député-Maire Martine Lignères-Cassou Haut de page
ValenceDate: 31 Mars Time: 17 - 19hr Place: Place de la Liberté ( à côté de l'Hotel de Ville)
Germany(For more information see http://www.tibet-initiative.de) Please also note that several hundred mayors are expected to fly the Tibetan Flag. See special website of the flag campaign: www.tibetflagge.net
BonnMontag, 31.03.2008 um 19:30 Uhr Solidaritätsmahnwache - auf dem Münsterplatz
BerlinMontag, 31.03.2008, 16.00 Uhr - 17.30 Uhr, Mahnwache vor der chinesischen Botschaft, Berlin-Mitte, S-Bhf. Jannowitzbrücke
Bremen31.03. 17:00 - 18:00 Mahnwache auf dem Bremer Marktplatz am Roland CoburgMontag, 31.03., 16.45 - 18 Uhr Mahnwache auf dem Marktplatz ab. Danach kurze Friedenszeremonie in der Moritzkirche.
DresdenMontag, 31.03., 16:00 - 18:00 Uhr, Mahnwache auf dem Schlossplatz
DusseldorfMontag, 31.03., 17.00-19.00, Uhr Marktplatz Rathaus
FrankfurtMontag, 31.03., 12:00 - 16:00 Uhr, Mahnwache auf dem Römerberg am Brunnen
FreiburgMontag, 31.03., 13:00-18:00 Uhr Kartoffelmarkt
HamburgDate: Monday, 31.3 Time: 4 p.m. Place: GÄNSEMARKT Square Includes: political speeches, national anthem, performance and peace prayer Contact: Andrewas Hilmer, ah@tibet.de
HannoverMonday 31st March Time: 10am Place: Kröpcke Contact: afrika@gfbv.de
KarlsruheMontag, 31.03. von 15:00-16:00 Uhr am Marktplatz Karlsruhe
NürnbergMontag, 31.03. ,17:00h - 18.00h Kundgebung Rathaus, Am Hauptmarkt 18
TübingenMontag, 31.03., 17 - 18.30 Uhr, Mahnwache an der Neckarbrücke, Abgang zur Platanenallee
UlmMontag, 31.03., 12-14 Uhr vor dem Hauptbahnhof WürzburgMontag, 31.03., 15:00 - 18:00 Uhr Mahnwache am Sternplatz
GreeceAthensDate: March 31, Time: 17:00hr to 19:00hr. Place: SYNTAGMA SQUARE Contact: Marina, Friends of Tibet Athens, info@friendsoftibet.gr
ThessalonikaDate: March 31 Time: 5pm Place: Aristotelous Square Contact: Ariadne, ariadni_g@hotmail.com
Holland
AmsterdamDate: 31 March Time: 18.00 - 20.00 Plaats: de Dam in Amsterdam Tijd: Contact/uur Informatie: - Tsering Jampa, 06 29004547 - Shiba Degenhart, 06 41012687 - Kantoor, 020-3308265 IndiaNew DelhiDate: 31 March Time: 2pm Place: Jantar Mantar Contact: Tenzin Choedon, Students for a Free Tibet India +91 9816479812
Indonesia
JakartaDate: 31 March 2008 Time: 1-3 pm Place: Embassy of the People's Republic of China, Jalan Mega Kuningan No. 2, Jakarta Contact person: Fadjar Pratikto, +62 81808069001 More info, click here. IrelandEvents also planned in Cork, and Galway. Click here for more information DublinDate: 31 March Time: 12.30 - 2.30, Peace march from The Spire in O’Connell Street, Dublin, at 12.30 and marching through Dublin city centre via O’Connell Bridge, D’Olier Street, Nassau Street and Dawson Street to the European Parliament Office in Molesworth Street (arriving approximately 1.00), then via Molesworth Street to the Dail (approximately 1.15), then via Kildare Street and Clare Street to Government Offices at Merrion Street (approximately 1.30), and then via Merrion Street, Ely Place and Hume Street to the Department of Foreign Affairs at Iveagh House on the south side of St Stephen's Green (approximately 2.00). (NB: This route is being cleared with the Gardai, and may therefore be subject to alteration.) 2.30 to 5.30pm Showing of DVD: Tibet "Cry of the Snow Lion" (for details of venue contact tibetire@indigo.ire 5.30 to 7.30pm Candlelight Vigil at the gates to St Stephen's Green at the top of the Grafton Street, opposite the Shopping Centre Contact: tibetire@indigo.ie IsraelTel-AvivLocation 222 Ben Yehuda St,, In front of the Chinese Embassy Time: March 31st, 8:30 - 10:30am Contact : Ran Natanzon, Israeli Friends of the Tibetan People: rannat@gmail.com
Portugal
LisbonTime: 7 pm Location: in front of the Portuguese Olympic Committee, Travessa da Memória no. 36
Contact: grupodeapoioaotibete@gmail.com
New Zealand
AucklandDate: 31 March Time: 12.30pm Place: March down Queen Street to Queen Elizabeth Square Contact: Friends of Tibet NZ - kesang@pl.net
DunedinTime and place: University at 12.30pm and Octagon at 5.30pm Contact: Friends of Tibet NZ- kesang@pl.net
MotuekaDate: 31 March Time: 4.30 - 6pm Place: In front of the museum in the High Street NelsonDate: 31 March Time: 12.30 - 1.15pm Place: on the steps of the cathedral
WellingtonTwo events:
Date: 31 March Time: 7.30 to 8.30am Place: Demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy. Please dress in white
Time: 12.30 to 1.30pm Place: Bucket Fountain in Cuba Mall. March through central Wellington via Willis Street and Lambton Quay to Midland Park. Contact: Claire Clark, Secretary Friends of Tibet Wellington Ph Hm 236 7928 Cell ph 027 314 2884
NorwayOslo31st March- Norwegian Tibet Committee will hold Global day" Light A Candle for Tibet and Time: 3pm Location: Meet at Parliament Square Contact: Chungdak Koren - chungdakkoren@yahoo.no PolandOn 31 March the biggest newspaper in Poland "Gazeta Wyborcza" (in cooperation with Tibetan Programme) will print a special cover for it's Monday weakly magazine "Duzy Format" - it will be Tibetan Flag! There will be appeal to readers for display it in important places and make photos. Singapore Photo session will take place on 30 March 2008, 5pm at The Substation,
SloveniaLjubljanaDate: 31 March Time: 13.00 Place: Chinese Embassy Contact: Foundation Dharmaling, office@foundation.dharmaling.org
Sweden
StockholmDate: 31 March Time: 17:30 (local time) Address/Location: Medborgarplatsen Speeches by members of the Swedish parliament and organising NGO:s, Music by Nordic Light Artists Wear a white scarf (khata) to show your solidarity with the Tibetan people! Contact person for more information: stk@tibet.se, www.tibet.se MalmoDate: 31 March Address/Location: Gustav Adofs torg Time: 20:00 Candlelight vigil. Speeches by members of the Swedish parliament. Wear a white scarf (khata) to show your solidarity with the Tibetan people! Organised by the Swedish Tibet Committee Contact person for more information: stk@tibet.se
Switzerland
GenevaDate: 31 March Time: 12 - 2pm Place: Jardin Anglais Contact: Porte du Tibet and Tibetan Community in Swiss-Romande
ThailandBangkok
Where: Chinese Embassy, Ratchada Road, Bangkok (Exit 3, Thailand Cultural Center MRT) · Placard holding, poetry reading, and candlelight vigil for peace in Tibet (everyone is free to initiate an activity) · Demand Chinese government to end human rights abuses in Tibet and engage in dialogue with the Dalai Lama
Organised by: Free Tibet Network (FTN)
Contact: Pooja 081 176 3110 / Pokpong 086 603 8844
Ukraine
KievDate: 31 March Time 17.30 Place: Mikhaylivska Square, Kyiv Дата: Понеділок 31.03.2008 о 17:30 Місце: Грушевського, 32 (Посольство КНР) Контакти: тел. 8 093 329 77 62, пошта: uatibet@gmail.com Юлія Туречек Просимо повідомити про бажання брати участь у мітингу : uatibet@gmail.com United KingdomLondonDate: 31 March Time: 6.30pm Location: outside the Chinese Embassy, 49-51 Portland Place, London W1. Contact person: Philippa Carrick, Tibet Society, Telephone: 020 7272 1414/07941 105485; email: philippa@tibetsociety.com Action: Candlelight vigil, flower & khatag laying in memory of the 140 plus Tibetans killed in Tibet since 10 March 2008, and delivery of Avaaz petition to Chinese Embassy. (Nearest undergrounds: Oxford Circus/Regents Park/Great Portland Street, Buses: 88, 453, C2)
United StatesHonoluluWhen:Monday 31, 6:30 p.m Where: Honolulu State Capitol Bldg, on Beretania St. side of building. Please bring candle or flower contact: Zenna 808-699-0435 hinaleanshore@hotmail.com
Boston, MA(two events) Daytime: Time: 10 am to 3pm, but we ask anyone who can only come a short time to come at 1pm Venue: Park Street or Status House, Boston. CONTACT: dpphunkhang@hotmail.com or snowlion007@yahoo.com Evening: 5.30 - 8.30pm Location: Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA Contact person for more information: Linda Mancini, Boston Tibet Network 617 501-3724, manciniart@mac.com
Note: also meeting in Boston Common on Sunday, March 30 from 10am to 3pm for Human Rights Torch event, and meet every evening in Harvard Square in Cambridge from 5:30pm to 8pm Brattleboro, VTDate: 31 March Time: 17.00 - 18.00 Location: Vigil at Pliny Park. Contact person: Carolyn White, http://www.monadfriendsoftibet.orgChicago, IlDate: 31 March Time: 4pm Location: Chicago Chinese Consulate Action: Protest/Vigil Contact Person: Tenzin Youdon 773.574.3116 KetchumDate: March 31st Time: 7:30 pm Place: at Memory Park on Main Street, Ketchum Candle light vigil
Los Angeles, CAMarch 31, Time: 3-6pm Place: Chinese Consulate 443 Shatto Place Los, Angeles, CA 90020 http://www.mapquest.com/maps/443+Shatto+Pl+Los+Angeles+CA+90020-1703/ Organizers: Tibetan Association of Southern California (TASC) http://www.socaltibs.org/ Los Angeles Friends of Tibet (LAFoT) www.latibet.org
Contacts: Namgyal Kyulo, TASC President, namgyalkyulo@yahoo.com, (310)895-3259
Nono Dolma, TASC Board Member, nonodolma@hotmail.com, (562)243-6228
Madison, WIWhat: Rally and a candlelight vigil Where/When: Meet at the Library Mall at 6 PM and march to the State Capitol, where a candlelight vigil will be held until 8PM. Contact: Lobsang Tenzin, Wisconsin Tibetan Association, klhamo115(at)hotmail.com
Minneapolis, MNTime and Date: March 31st 5pm-8pm Location: US Federal Building Action: Candle Light Vigil Contact Person: Ngawang Dolker 763.639.4616
New York, NYTime and Date: March 31st 9am Location: NYC Chinese Consulate (42nd street and 12th ave) Action: Protest/Rally Contact Person: Kala Mendoza 917.595.0140 PortlandDate: 31 March Time: Starting from 7am; hunger strike, prayer and vigil Place: Pioneer Courthouse Square Contact: Tsering Choepel, Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association; 360.798.5739 Salt Lake City, UTTime and Date: March 31st 6pm Location: Salt Lake County Building Action: Vigil Contact Person: Lhaksam 801.859.1958
Santa Fe, NMTime and Date: March 31st Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm Location: Santa Fe Plaza for a Vigil Contact Person: Rigzin 505.780.0574 San Francisco, CADate: March 31st Time: 12pm-3pm Location: SF City Hall Action: Protest Contact Person: Dasang (510) 387-9729 SeattleDate: 31 March Time: Meet 6.30pm Place: Westlake Water fall for a march around town and candle light vigil until 8.30pm Contact: Tashi Namgyal, Tibetan American Community of Washington, 206-300-2891 Rinchen Gadhey at 206-734-8954 Washington, DCDate: 31 March 08 Time: 11:00am Location: The White House; march to Chinese Embassy Contact: Namkha Tenzin, namlha@netzero.net
Uruguay
MontevideoDate: 31 March Time: 19.30hrs Place: Ateneo de Montevideo, Plaza de Cagancha |
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