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In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

  
  Tiny Tibet feels squeeze from giant neighbors - Boston.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Tibet is one of the most isolated regions in the world, a mass of mountains and plateaus so high they are better suited to yaks than humans.
Tibet's government-in-exile says it is confident of its security in India and that of the approximately 80,000 Tibetan refugees who live there, but spokesman Thubten Samphel acknowledges the Tibetans' dependence on India's benevolence.
Tibet is of crucial importance in all of that dynamic," said Kate Saunders, of the International Campaign for Tibet.
www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/08/25/tiny_tibet_feels_squeeze_from_giant_neighbors   (895 words)

  
 International Campaign for Tibet: About ICT
ICT has a 17-year record of achievement advancing the Tibetan cause--and the vision and leadership of the Dalai Lama--in the halls of Congress and in international forums.
The International Campaign for Tibet is a non-profit membership organization with offices in Washington DC (USA), Amsterdam, (The Netherlands) and Berlin (Germany).
ICT staff, with the active support of its members, work to advance human rights and self-determination for Tibetans and the protection of Tibet’s distinct linguistic, cultural and religious heritage.
www.savetibet.org /about   (364 words)

  
 International Campaign for Tibet!!
Founded in 1988, ICT is a non-profit membership organization with offices in Washington D.C. Amsterdam and Berlin.
Lhasa, China - Tibet is one of the most isolated regions in the world, a mass of mountains and plateaus so high they are better suited to yaks than humans.
Lhasa, Tibet - Dangba is a typical Tibetan village, with its flat roofs, its pool table in the center, and its deep apprehension about the future with China's majority Han population.
www.savetibet.org   (365 words)

  
 ICT - Institute of Computer Technology - Home Page
ICT provides technology training, curriculum development and consulting services to educational institutions, private industry and philanthropic organizations who are working on issues of technology integration, planning and training in elementary and secondary classrooms worldwide.
ICT is pleased to add online learning to our curriculum to accommodate students who cannot attend a traditional classroom setting.
ICT provides trainers and updated curriculum to make the internationally-recognized Intel® Teach to the Future Program available to K-12 teachers and university professors in all 50 states.
www.ict.org   (548 words)

  
 ICT report on China's Racism in Tibet
ICT is also urging Chinese non- governmental organizations based in the west to work with Tibetan groups on educational programs and initiatives to help combat this long-standing problem.
ICT has invited also Xiao Qiang, Director of Human Rights in China, whose organization was not accredited, to join its delegation to the conference.
Although China's occupation of Tibet has brought a certain level of development to the region, the benefits of this development disproportionately favor Chinese settlers, especially as an influx of Chinese settlers is encouraged to dilute the population.
tibet.dharmakara.net /ictracism.html   (1604 words)

  
 Tibet: International Campaign for Tibet Honored for Leadership in Non-violent Resistance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The International Campaign for Tibet is honored to receive this award on behalf of the Tibetan people, because no matter how we strive to support them, it is they who face the threat of persecution and imprisonment for their beliefs and the defense of their unique cultural identity.
Tibet was occupied by the Chinese in 1950.
ICT has developed a Chinese outreach program to build communication links and foster mutual understanding between Tibetans and Chinese and works to advance the Dalai Lama’s non-violent approach to finding a solution for Tibet through dialogue with the Chinese leadership.
www.unpo.org /news_detail.php?arg=52&par=1794   (894 words)

  
 China -- Request for Inspection (World Bank) by the International Campaign for Tibet (China Western Poverty Reduction ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
ICT and other experts have concerns as to whether the Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous status of Haixi prefecture will remain viable after this Bank-financed population transfer has reduced indigenous populations to less than one quarter of the total population.
The International Campaign for Tibet is in receipt of letters from Tibetans in Dulan highly critical of the project and stating explicit desire that it not go forward.
ICT's representational authority is based on its long-standing involvement in the project area and its mandate to advocate on behalf of the interests of the Tibetan people.
www.elaw.org /resources/printable.asp?id=2439   (15696 words)

  
 Australia Tibet Council: News: Crossing the Line: China's Railway to Lhasa, Tibet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A new in-depth report from the International Campaign for Tibet finds that the railway China is constructing across the Tibetan Plateau is being built mainly for political reasons and not to benefit the Tibetan people.
"Crossing the Line: China's Railway to Lhasa, Tibet," a new in-depth report from the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), finds that the railway China is constructing across the Tibetan Plateau to Lhasa is being built mainly for political reasons and not to benefit the Tibetan people, as the Chinese government consistently claims.
However, despite economic data showing it to be a poor investment, the Tibet railway was mandated by politicians, even according to officials at the Ministry of Railways.
www.atc.org.au /news/news/20030901_ictreport.html   (864 words)

  
 The International Campaign for Tibet
he International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) is the largest Tibet organization in the west with more than 100,000 members worldwide and offices in Washington, D.C., Amsterdam, and Berlin.
Since its founding in 1988, ICT has increased awareness about the situation in Tibet and moved the U.S. Government from a position of indifference to a responsive and active role on Tibetan issues.
ICT called upon Wolf, Keens and Company to help them determine the feasibility of launching a successful capital campaign to take the organization to the next level of impact and effectiveness.
www.wolfkeens.com /BIGPICTURE/pages/pr_itc.html   (124 words)

  
 International Campaign for Tibet
In response, a coalition of Tibet support groups, human rights groups, cultural groups, and researchers have deluged World Bank President James Wolfensohn with faxes, e-mails, calls, and letters expressing disdain for the ill-conceived and environmentally unsound project.
Tibet supporters are also contacting the 24 Executive Directors of the World Bank before their June 24 vote on the project.
The International Campaign for Tibet monitors and promotes internationally recognized human rights and democratic freedoms for the people of Tibet.
www.commondreams.org /pressreleases/june99/060399d.htm   (458 words)

  
 Tibet Online
Tibet Online is operated by the international Tibet Support Group community, providing information on the plight of Tibet and serving as a virtual community space for the movement.
Tibet's ancient and fantastic civilization and ecosystem are faced with extinction due to 54 years of mismanagement and abuse under its colonial ruler, the People's Republic of China.
The ongoing destruction of Tibet will only be halted when the fate of Tibet is once again back in the hands of the Tibetans.
www.tibet.org   (119 words)

  
 Tibet --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Tibetan Bod, in full Tibet Autonomous Region, Chinese (Wade-Giles) Hsi-tsang Tzu-chih-ch'ü, (Pinyin) Xizang Zizhiqu historic region and autonomous region of China that is often called “the roof of the world.” It occupies about 471,700 square miles (1,221,600 square kilometres) of the plateaus and mountains of Central Asia, including Mount Everest (Chu-mu-lang-ma Feng).
It lies between the Kunlun Mountains (north) and the Himalayas (south) and is a region of tangled mountains that rise 13,000 to 15,000 feet (4,000 to 5,000 metres).
An autonomous region of China that is located along China's southern frontier with India, Nepal, and Bhutan, Tibet is composed of 471,700 square miles (1,221,700 square kilometers) of high plateaus and some of the tallest mountains in the world.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9117343&ref=news0305   (861 words)

  
 CBBB Wise Giving Alliance - Charity Report - International Campaign for Tibet
ICT states that China's population transfer has resulted in, among other things, the displacement of Tibetan citizens, human rights abuses, environmental devastation, and the exile of the Dali Lama.
ICT supports fact-finding missions to Tibet, India and Nepal to explore the plight of the Tibetan people and testifies before the U.S. Congress, the United Nations and other international bodies concerning their findings.
ICT also promotes news coverage of issues in Tibet, develops position papers, sends out Action Alerts!, speaks to academic, civic and community groups, and publishes two newsletters, the Tibet Press Watch and Tibetan Environment & Development News.
www.give.org /reports/care2_dyn.asp?526   (565 words)

  
 ICT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
ICT in role play in the Foundation Stage Younger children find out about the use of different forms of technology in everyday life.
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) works to promote human rights and self-determination for Tibetans and to protect their culture and environment.
ICT has the resources, technology and operational expertise in place to help companies expand globally and exceed...
www.translationinfo.net /db/ICT   (826 words)

  
 Testimony of Richard Gere, Chairman, International Campaign for Tibet, Hearing on U.S. Policy Considerations in Tibet, ...
Because of the central role His Holiness plays in the struggle of the Tibetan people to regain their freedoms, I feel it is especially important as we examine the situation in Tibet to consider for a moment the effect of that cancellation on the crowd of nearly 200,000 in Bodghaya.
For example, we know that any Tibetan in Tibet who raises his or her fist in the air and shouts “long live His Holiness the Dalai Lama” is, in a matter of minutes, converged upon by the People’s Armed Police.
Chairman, on behalf of the International Campaign for Tibet, I thank you for your time and ask you to continue your efforts on behalf of the Tibetan people.
www.tibet.com /NewsRoom/gere.htm   (2174 words)

  
 Hear Tibet! International Campaign for a United Nations Referendum in Tibet
The UN General Assembly in 1961 specifically declared that this right applies to the Tibetan people and called on the government of China to allow the Tibetan people to exercise this vital international right, a call which was reiterated in the International Commission of Jurists' report in 1997.
They argue that the best way to resolve this issue once and for all is to allow the Tibetans inside Tibet to choose their own destiny through a freely held referendum.
This campaign is dedicated to finding a resolution that accommodates the needs of both the Tibetans and the Chinese.
www.heartibet.org /referendum.html   (1017 words)

  
 Addresses of Tibet Support Groups
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) is a non-partisan, public interest group dedicated to promoting human rights and democratic freedoms for the people of Tibet.
Casa Tibet México is a non-sectarian educational and cultural Institution founded on July the 6th 1989 under the auspices of His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Government in Exile and the Office of Tibet New York as the first official cultural representation of the Tibetan people For Mexico and Latin America.
The Australia Tibet Council is Australia's national Tibetan advocacy organisation campaigning for the rights and freedoms of the Tibetan people and the preservation of their culture and environment.
www.tibet.com /Address/tsg.html   (1371 words)

  
 Tibet
In collaboration with the Students for a Free Tibet, we are involved in the Boycott of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Yet recent concessions and overtures to the Tibet Lobby are seen as evidence by CCP hardline factions that Washington's ultimate goal is to fracture China.
Sadly the spiraling success of the international campaign for Tibet has led to a proportional deterioration of the cultural conditions for the people in the TAR through its bolstering of the authority of the hard-liners.
www.1worldcommunication.org /tibet.htm   (14117 words)

  
 Geuzenpenning voor International Campaign for Tibet
De International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) neemt zaterdag de Geuzenpenning in ontvangst. ICT krijgt de penning vanwege de consequente geweldloze inzet voor een democratisch Tibet en voor het bevorderen van de mensenrechten van het Tibetaanse volk.
International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) streeft naar het op vreedzame wijze bevorderen van de mensenrechten in Tibet en naar het recht op zelfbeschikking voor het Tibetaanse volk.
ICT steunt deze strijd en ijvert tevens voor de vrijlating van de Panchen Lama.
www2.rnw.nl /rnw/nl/themes/mensenrechten/050311geuzenpenning?view=Standard   (553 words)

  
 A Message from Richard Gere re International Campaign for Tibet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The good news is that Washington is beginning to come to grips with something you and I have known for some time-- that Tibet remains one of the paramount unresolved moral issues of our time.
Your support today, in the form of a signed affirmation or a gift to the International Campaign for Tibet, could make a world of a difference for a people and a culture that deserve to live free of the torment they face today.
Confronting the issue of Tibet is a basic issue of morality, a defining action for the human community as the millenium approaches.
www.milams.com /rg1.htm   (405 words)

  
 Charity Navigator Rating - International Campaign for Tibet
Founded in 1988, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) works to promote human rights and self-determination for Tibetans and to protect their culture and environment.
ICT works to keep pressure on the U.S. government and other governments to support Tibet, advocate for Tibetans imprisoned for their political and religious beliefs, provide humanitarian assistance to Tibetans in exile, and promote a peaceful resolution of the occupation of Tibet through negotiations between China and the Dalai Lama.
ICT supports the right of self-determination for the Tibetan people and thus does not take a position on any particular form of self-determination such as independence or autonomy.
www.charitynavigator.org /index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/3883.htm   (246 words)

  
 Light of Truth Essay Competition - International Campaign for Tibet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) is holding the fourth annual Light of Truth Essay Competition (LTEC) in 2005.
Winning essays will be posted on ICT's website www.savetibet.org and printed in full or excerpted form in some Tibet-related journals.
The counties, prefectures and the autonomous region in which Tibetans reside in the People's Republic of China (PRC) have adopted a variety of laws, regulations and policies relating to religion, language, education, culture, economy, etc. In addition, there are national laws governing these areas.
www.phayul.com /ads/clients/ict/us/lightOfTruth05   (371 words)

  
 Welcome to Tibet Justice Center!
June 6th, 2005 - Tibet Justice Center and the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) presented oral testimony to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
Tibetan lawyer and TJC Board member Nima R. Taylor focused his remarks on access to education, and specifically on the lack of schools in rural areas in Tibet and the excessive fees many schools charge.
Through legal action and education, Tibet Justice Center promotes human rights, environmental protection, and peaceful resolution of the situation in Tibet.
www.tibetjustice.org   (455 words)

  
 International Campaign for Tibet
Today, the international community sees the Dalai Lama as essential to a peaceful, lasting solution for Tibet," said Mary Beth Markey, Executive Director of the International Campaign for Tibet.
This May, in the first-ever presidential report to Congress on the status of Tibet negotiations, President Bush categorically affirmed that encouraging substantive dialogue between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese leadership is a key objective of his administration's policy.
The 2003 Light of Truth Award honorees, selected for their advocacy on Tibet and achievements for the Tibetan people, are: The Honorable Benjamin A. Gilman, Professor Robert A.F. Thurman and Michele Bohana.
www.commondreams.org /news2003/0905-14.htm   (671 words)

  
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Like many of the 2,000 refugees who escape from Tibet every year, she is suffering from a severe skin infection.
Without the International Campaign for Tibet's work to secure such funding, there would be little help for Tibetans refugees like Lhamo.
Treatment, however, is possible thanks to humanitarian assistance and the International Campaign for Tibet.
www.independentcharities.org /search/detail.asp?ID=1570   (216 words)

  
 Hear Tibet! International Campaign for Self-Determination for Tibet
The UN General Assembly specifically declared in Resolution 1723 (XVI) in 1961 that this right applies to the Tibetan people and called on the government of China to allow the Tibetan people to exercise this vital international right, a call which was reiterated in the 1997 International Commission of Jurists' report.
To support this initiative, the Committee of 100 for Tibet helped establish the International Institute for Self-Determination – a think tank whose mission is to provide an objective framework for exploring the process of self-determination for all peoples.
Embed the call for self-determination in your campaigns because it helps to unify them and it addresses the disease whereas the campaigns often attack the symptoms.
www.heartibet.org   (571 words)

  
 International Campaign for Tibet Announces Winners of Light of Truth Essay Contest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
International Campaign for Tibet Announces Winners of Light of Truth Essay Contest
outside Tibet, to mitigate the negative impacts of this trend and
Tibet project aims to wrap up a shawl thing (TA)
www.tibet.ca /en/wtnarchive/2004/7/7_7.html   (407 words)

  
 Tibetan Organizations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A speech by John Ackerly, Director of ICT, on China's attempt to block the appearance of Tibetan NGO at the Fourth World Conference on Women.
The US Tibet Committee, in conjunction with International Campaign for Tibet, has embarked on a major new initiative focusing on college students.
The main objectives of Students for a Free Tibet are to increase awareness about Tibet on campuses and in their surrounding communities, as well as to apply political pressure to help bring about changes in policy both here and abroad.
users.westnet.gr /~cgian/TibetContacts.html   (929 words)

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