Candle for Tibet

”All About CANDLE FOR TIBETAugust 7th 2008 is the day before the opening ceremony of The Olympic Games in Beijing. On this day we aim to create the world’s greatest LIGHT PROTEST, when at least 100 million people from all over the world will light a candle and say YES to freedom in Tibet!

 

All you are asked to do is to light a simple candle
on August 7th at 9 pm in your own time zone.

Light the Candle at your home, workplace or in a public place. Put the candle in your Window, or on your desk, or anywhere else where other people will see it and hopefully do the same.

Our light protest will be seen by billions on TV screens all over the world on the day the Beijing Olympics open. We are not against the Olymipcs or anything else for that matter, we stand for Freedom. Period.

On the following day we will issue letters to every head of state in the world to tell him exactly how many people from his country wish Tibet to be free. We will also demand that each one of them will act for the freedom of Tibet.

We will also issue letters to the general secretary of UN, the government in Beijing and to other global organizations with data on global participation.”

Bilderna är gjorda av Margareth Osju (http://candle4tibet.ning.com/profile/MargarethOsju), konstnär och författare. Det är från henne jag har hämtat ovanstående texter & bilder.

Robert Thurman has just joined the campaign.

Here is his written statement,

The Candle for Tibet initiative is a most wonderful thing, fitting in with the Tibetan tradition of lighting votive lamps in long rows in temples and in special butter lamp houses outside. We seem powerless to ameliorate conditions on the ground in the present crisis moment. This peaceful prayer vigil, since it focuses the minds of many millions on the different sufferings of tormented and tormentor alike, is a powerful way to intervene. And it does not preclude anything else we can think of and do further on. I hope everyone who reads this will join in this important effort.
– Robert Thurman, President, Tibet House US.

Press release:

http://www.candle4tibet.org/en/pr4

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Länkar som kan vara av intresse / Useful links:

http://www.candle4tibet.org/en/

http://www.candle4tibet.org/en/media

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toyfpdQXP_g

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Mina egna ord:

Jag känner ingen glädje för detta OS. Det är allt.