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Global Day of Action on Tibet: March 31, 2008

 

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Austria

 

Graz

Date: 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

 

Vienna

Date: 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

 

Brisbane

TIME: 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

 

Hobart

TIME: 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

 

Melbourne

TIME: 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

 

Perth

TIME: 12.30 pm

PLACE: Outside State Parliament House, Perth

SPEAKERS: TBC

CONTACT: Marty on 0420 321 345

 

Sydney

TIME: 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 Paulo

Date: 31 March

Place: Paraibuna

Contact: williamdeoliveira2006@gmail.com

 

Canada

 

Calgary

Date: 31 March

Time: 6.45pm

Place: Olympic Plaza (Macleod Trail and 8th Ave SE)

(Candlelight Vigil)

Contact: Tibetan Community of Alberta, tcacalgary@shaw.ca

 

Halifax

Event:              Vigil for Tibet

Date:                Monday, 31 March 2008

Time:               12 Noon

Place:              Victoria Park (on the corner of Spring Garden and South Park)

 

Lethbridge, Alberta

Date: 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

 

Montreal 

Événement : 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

 

Ottawa 

Date: 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

 

Toronto

Date: March 31st

Time: 10am

Location: Masaryk Park (beside the Masaryk Recreation Centre in Parkdale)

Action: Rally

Contact Person: Gelek  (647) 438-0038

More information, click here

 

Vancouver

Date: 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

 

Victoria

Date: 31 March

Time: 5pm to 7pm

Location: Provincial Legislature

Contact: Canada Tibet Committee, victoria@tibet.ca

 

Chile

 

Santiago

Date: 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 José

Costa 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 Republic

 

Ostrava 

Time:  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

 

Denmark

 

Copenhagen

Date: March 31

Time: 17:30

Location: Demonstration in front of parliament Christiansborg

Contact: Charlotte, nyimaling(at)mail.dk

 

Finland

 

Turku

Date: Monday 31st

Time: 6pm

Place: Turku Cathedral

Organiser: Friends of Tibet Finland - Rebecca Frilund rebfri@utu.fi

Candle light Vigil

 

France

 

Annecy

Date: 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

 

Briançon

Date: 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

 

Lyon

Date: 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/

 

Montpellier

Date: 31 March 

Time: 18h30 

Place de la Comédie 

Organisation Tibet Languedoc Haut de page 

 

Paris

Date: 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) 

 

Pau

Date: 31 mars

Time: à 17h30 

Place: Place Royale, en présence de Mme la Député-Maire Martine Lignères-Cassou Haut de page

 

Valence

Date: 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 campaignwww.tibetflagge.net 

 

Bonn

Montag, 31.03.2008 um 19:30 Uhr

Solidaritätsmahnwache - auf dem Münsterplatz

 

Berlin

Montag, 31.03.2008, 16.00 Uhr - 17.30 Uhr, Mahnwache vor der chinesischen Botschaft, Berlin-Mitte, S-Bhf. Jannowitzbrücke

 

Bremen

31.03. 17:00 - 18:00 Mahnwache auf dem Bremer Marktplatz am Roland

 

Coburg

Montag, 31.03., 16.45 - 18 Uhr Mahnwache auf dem Marktplatz ab. Danach kurze Friedenszeremonie in der Moritzkirche.

 

Dresden

Montag, 31.03., 16:00 - 18:00 Uhr, Mahnwache auf dem Schlossplatz

 

Dusseldorf

Montag, 31.03., 17.00-19.00, Uhr Marktplatz  Rathaus

 

Frankfurt

Montag, 31.03., 12:00 - 16:00 Uhr, Mahnwache auf dem Römerberg am Brunnen

 

Freiburg

Montag, 31.03., 13:00-18:00 Uhr Kartoffelmarkt 

 

Hamburg

Date: 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  

 

Hannover

Monday 31st March

Time: 10am

Place: Kröpcke

Contact: afrika@gfbv.de

 

Karlsruhe

Montag, 31.03. von 15:00-16:00 Uhr am Marktplatz Karlsruhe 

 

Nürnberg

Montag, 31.03. ,17:00h - 18.00h Kundgebung Rathaus, Am Hauptmarkt 18

 

Tübingen

Montag, 31.03., 17 - 18.30 Uhr, Mahnwache an der Neckarbrücke, Abgang zur Platanenallee

 

Ulm

Montag, 31.03., 12-14 Uhr vor dem Hauptbahnhof

 

Würzburg

Montag, 31.03., 15:00 - 18:00 Uhr Mahnwache am Sternplatz

 

Greece

 

Athens

Date: March 31,

Time: 17:00hr to 19:00hr.

Place: SYNTAGMA SQUARE

Contact: Marina, Friends of Tibet Athens, info@friendsoftibet.gr  

 

Thessalonika

Date: March 31

Time: 5pm

Place: Aristotelous Square

Contact: Ariadne, ariadni_g@hotmail.com

 

Holland

 

Amsterdam

Date: 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  

 

India

 

New Delhi

Date: 31 March

Time: 2pm

Place: Jantar Mantar 

Contact: Tenzin Choedon, Students for a Free Tibet India +91 9816479812

 

Indonesia

 

Jakarta

Date: 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.  

 

Ireland

Events also planned in Cork, and Galway. Click here for more information

 

Dublin

Date: 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

 

Israel

 

Tel-Aviv 

Location    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

 

Lisbon

Time: 7 pm

Location: in front of the Portuguese Olympic Committee, Travessa da Memória no. 36          

 

New Zealand

 

Auckland

Date: 31 March

Time: 12.30pm

Place: March down Queen Street to Queen Elizabeth Square

Contact: Friends of Tibet NZ - kesang@pl.net

 

Dunedin

Time and place: University at 12.30pm and Octagon at 5.30pm

Contact: Friends of Tibet NZ- kesang@pl.net

 

Motueka

Date: 31 March

Time: 4.30 - 6pm

Place: In front of the museum in the High Street

 

Nelson

Date: 31 March

Time: 12.30 - 1.15pm

Place: on the steps of the cathedral

 

Wellington

Two 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

 

Norway

 

Oslo 

31st 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

 

Poland 

On 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,


45 Armenian Street, Singapore 179936


Kiat-Sing, +1 917 915 7769 / 
+1 212 316 8404

 

Slovenia

 

Ljubljana

Date: 31 March

Time: 13.00

Place: Chinese Embassy

Contact: Foundation Dharmaling, office@foundation.dharmaling.org

 

Sweden

 

Stockholm

Date: 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

 

Malmo

Date: 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

 

Geneva

Date: 31 March

Time: 12 - 2pm

Place: Jardin Anglais

Contact: Porte du Tibet and Tibetan Community in Swiss-Romande

 

Thailand

 

Bangkok

 

When: 31 March 08, 6.00 pm

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

 

Kiev

Date: 31 March

Time 17.30

Place: Mikhaylivska  Square, Kyiv

Contact: uatibet@gmail.com 

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 Kingdom

 

London

Date: 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 States

 

Honolulu

When: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, VT

Date: 31 March

Time: 17.00 - 18.00 

Location: Vigil at Pliny Park.

Contact person: Carolyn White, http://www.monadfriendsoftibet.org 

 

Chicago, Il

Date: 31 March

Time: 4pm

Location: Chicago Chinese Consulate

Action: Protest/Vigil

Contact Person: Tenzin Youdon  773.574.3116

 

Ketchum 

Date: March 31st

Time: 7:30 pm

Place: at Memory Park on Main Street, Ketchum

Candle light vigil

 

Los Angeles, CA

March 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
                Tseten Phanucharas, LAFoT Action Coordinator, tsetenp@aol.com, (310)968-8831
 

Madison, WI

What: 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, MN

Time and Date: March 31st  5pm-8pm

Location: US Federal Building

Action: Candle Light Vigil

Contact Person: Ngawang Dolker  763.639.4616

 

New York, NY

Time and Date: March 31st  9am

Location: NYC Chinese Consulate (42nd street and 12th ave)

Action: Protest/Rally

Contact Person: Kala Mendoza  917.595.0140

 

Portland

Date: 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, UT

Time and Date: March 31st  6pm

Location: Salt Lake County Building

Action: Vigil

Contact Person: Lhaksam 801.859.1958

 

Santa Fe, NM 

Time and Date: March 31st

Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm

Location: Santa Fe Plaza for a Vigil

Contact Person: Rigzin 505.780.0574

 

San Francisco, CA

Date: March 31st

Time: 12pm-3pm

Location: SF City Hall Action: Protest

Contact Person: Dasang (510) 387-9729

 

Seattle

Date: 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, DC

Date: 31 March 08

Time: 11:00am

Location: The White House; march to Chinese Embassy

Contact: Namkha Tenzin, namlha@netzero.net      

 

Uruguay

 

Montevideo

Date: 31 March

Time: 19.30hrs

Place: Ateneo de Montevideo, Plaza de Cagancha

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