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THE TIBET CONNECTION RADIO SHOW
 

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March 10 Demonstrations, Chinese Embassy, New Delhi

The Tibet Connection team in India has filmed exclusive video footage of the "illegal" March 10th 2007 demonstration and ensuing arrests of monks and Tibetan Youth Congress members at the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi.

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VIDEO: Tibet’s ‘Wired Monks’ Report Abuse

VIDEO: Tibet’s ‘Wired Monks’ Report Abuse

In her latest vblog for BoingBoingTV, Xeni Jardin reports that nearly 600 Tibetan monks at Kirti Monastery in Amdo have been detained by PRC military forces, who confiscated their communication tools and forced them to participate in staged videos.

Using cell phones, these monks had photographed dead and injured participants during the March protests and disseminated the images to supporters outside Tibet, using connected computers and mobile devices. Jardin speaks with Tibet Connection radio producer Lhakpa Kyizom, who is based in Dharamsala, India, home to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile:

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INTERVIEW WITH AMERICAN WRITER WHO JOINED THE MARCH TO TIBET, PART 1 We hear from LEX PELGER an American on the March to Tibet immediately after the marchers were arrested. INTERVIEW WITH AMERICAN WRITER WHO JOINED THE MARCH TO TIBET, PART 2 With the original marchers in jail, Lex describes walking with a new group of monks and nuns and a midnight run from the police Lex Pelger on what happens when you put 85 Tibetan monks in an Indian jail... An interview about courage, international friendship, and how to break INTO an Indian jail...   On the morning of March 10th, 2008, on the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising in Lhasa, 100 Tibetans, mostly monks, set off from the town of Dharamsala, India, with the intention of walking to Tibet. They were marching to focus global attention on the plight of their countrymen, timing their arrival at the Indian-Tibetan border with August's Beijing Olympics. One of the marchers was Tenzin Tsundue, the poet and activist, who has become an icon of creative resistance among Tibetan youth. They were only a few hours in to the march when they were stopped by local authorities under orders from Delhi Central government and forbidden to leave the district of Kangra in the state of Himachal Pradesh. Unperturbed, they continued on and the following day, all 100 were summarily arrested at the Kangra district border. The Tibet Connection's Ronny Novick spoke with Lex Pelger, a 25- year-old Pennsylvanian writer who is traveling with the marchers. Lex spoke by cell phone from outside the jail at Jawala Mukhi about the marchers' dedication to non-violent resistance, why he and 9 other Westerners joined the hunger strike that they mounted, and how to break INTO an Indian jail.... Transcript of interview (Word Document), Part 1 Transcript of interview (PDF file0, Part 1 Latest news:  The Tibetan monks will be held in a government hostel for two weeks and then be released. The hunger strike is over. All the foreigners have returned to Dharamsala, India.

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 ARTICLES BY REBECCA NOVICK, Executive Producer of The Tibet Connection

Why China's Olympics is Good for Tibet, Darfur, and Puppies and Kittens
Huffington Post Article, April 2008

These Days in Dharamsala - March 2008

We're Only Human: Cell Phone Conversations Give Dramatic Accounts of the Reality on the Ground in Tibet  Huffington Post article, March 2008

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WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE TIBET CONNECTION THIS MONTH:

- Interview with GRACE WANG, a Chinese student whose attempts to mediate between Chinese and Tibetans on an American campus turned into a personal nightmare.
- Producer Rebecca Novick reports on the logistic and ethical challenges faced by human rights groups in authenticating stories of human rights violations coming out of Tibet where no independent journalists are allowed.
- Interview with Tibetan government spokeperson THUPTEN SAMPHEL on the latest situation in Tibet and the implications for the future
- TIBET THROUGH CHINESE EYES: Buddhist scholar and Tibet historian DR. JOHN POWERS offers insights into how the Chinese people's traditional view of Tibet is affecting Beijing's policy today.
- Our OPEN MIND series continues with Tibetan Buddhist teachers sharing their insights into the human condition. This month TSULTRIM ALLIONE speaks about FEEDING YOUR DEMONS

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