DEMONSTRATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN TIBET

MONDAY, MARCH 10, 12:00 NOON.

TIBETAN LONG LIFE CEREMONY ON PARLIAMENT HILL AND COMMISSION OF "FIVE CRIMINAL ACTS," THEN A MARCH TO THE CHINESE EMBASSY & RIBBON CEREMONY

"For evil to triumph it is sufficient that good people do nothing"

THE CANADA TIBET COMMITTEE INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN A TIBETAN BUDDHIST "LONG LIFE PUJA" FOR THE DALAI LAMA, THE KIDNAPED PANCHEN LAMA (AT 7 YEARS OF AGE, THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST POLITICAL PRISONER) AND PRAYERS FOR THE MUSICOLOGIST NGAWANG CHOEPHEL (JUST SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ADVOCATING FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN CHINESE-OCCUPIED TIBET.

WE ARE ALSO DEMONSTRATING OUR SUPPORT FOR THE TIBET "WALK FOR TIBETAN INDEPENDENCE" FROM TORONTO TO NEW YORK WHICH BEGINS ON THIS DAY. WE ARE JOINING THE 4-5,000 PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER EUROPE WHO ARE DEMONSTRATING FOR TIBET IN GENEVA TODAY.

THE DALAI LAMA'S MARCH 10 SPEECH WILL BE READ AND CANADIAN MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WILL SPEAK. OTHER SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE MR. THUBTEN SAMDUP (PRESIDENT OF THE CANADA TIBET COMMITTEE), MR. JURME WANGDA (PRESIDENT OF THE OTTAWA BRANCH OF THE CANADA TIBET COMMITTEE) AND PROF. BRIAN GIVEN (RESEARCH CONSULTANT TO THE CANADA TIBET COMMITTEE).

IN EMPATHY WITH THOSE WHO DO NOT SHARE OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ACTION WE INVITE YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN "FIVE CRIMINAL ACTS" WHICH WOULD RESULT IN IMPRISONMENT, TORTURE OR EXECUTION UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA (THEY ARE PERFECTLY LEGAL IN CANADA).

WE WILL THEN MARCH TO THE CHINESE EMBASSY WHERE A RIBBON TYING CEREMONY WILL BE PERFORMED FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN PRISON OR HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA. ONE RIBBON WILL BE TIED FOR EACH TEN THOUSAND TIBETANS WHO HAVE DIED AS RESULT OF CHINA'S RULE. THERE WILL BE OVER 1,200 RIBBONS.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PEACEFUL HUMAN RIGHTS DEMONSTRATION!