Events Calendar
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China and the European Union will hold their annual summit on November 30 in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing.
ITSN's Political Prisoner campaigns launches Tenzin Delek Rinpoche actions
On 2 December 2002, Tenzin Delek Rinpoche was sentenced to death with a suspension of two years while Lobsang Dhondup was sentenced to immediate execution. Lobsang Dhondup was executed shortly afterwards, and after intense international pressure, Tenzin Delek’s sentence was commuted to a life sentence on 26 January 2005. He still remains in prison somewhere in Sichuan Privince.
Cineforum – Climate Change: Mapping the Path to Ecotopia
Venue: Wallacespace, 22 Duke's Road, London WC1H 9PN, UK
Date/Time: 4th December 2009: 9am-6.30pm
Tibet Film Festival will be hosting a series of sessions at this COP15 related
climate change event in London including film screenings, a photography
exhibition and a discussion panel on the theme of 'Tibet Third Pole'. One
of the highlights will be Michael Buckley’s 'Meltdown in Tibet'.
For further details, visit: www.cineforum.co.uk
United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 15
To be held from December 7 - 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Click here to see Climate Change in Tibet related news and resources
Exhibition: 7 – 18 December. Photo exhibition: Tibet Third Pole, Tibet's nomads in danger. The Cafe, Klimaformum, DGI-byen Tietgensgade 65, Copenhagen V www.klimaforum09.org.
United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 15
To be held from December 7 - 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Click here to see Climate Change in Tibet related news and resources
Exhibition: 7 – 18 December. Photo exhibition: Tibet Third Pole, Tibet's nomads in danger. The Cafe, Klimaformum, DGI-byen Tietgensgade 65, Copenhagen V www.klimaforum09.org.
Undercover in Tibet + Q & A with Tash Despa
(in association with Tibet Third Pole)
Venue: Grand Teatret, Mikkel Bryggers Gade 8, 1460 Copenhagen, Denmark
Date/Time: 8th December 2009: 5pm
Young exiled Tibetan Tash Despa returns to the homeland he risked his
life to escape with award-winning filmmaker Jezza Neumann, revealing the
hidden realities of life in Tibet under Chinese occupation.
For further details, visit: www.grandteatret.dk
United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 15
To be held from December 7 - 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Click here to see Climate Change in Tibet related news and resources
Exhibition: 7 – 18 December. Photo exhibition: Tibet Third Pole, Tibet's nomads in danger. The Cafe, Klimaformum, DGI-byen Tietgensgade 65, Copenhagen V www.klimaforum09.org.
Meltdown in Tibet + Q & A with Charlotte Matthiasen and John Isom
(in association with Tibet Third Pole)
An in-depth look at the 'meltdown' of the glaciers and permafrost on the
Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayan region and its global impact, threatening
the water supply for millions downstream across much of the rest of Asia.
9th December 2009: 5pm
Grand Teatret, Mikkel Bryggers Gade 8, 1460 Copenhagen, Denmark
For further details, visit: www.grandteatret.dk
United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 15
To be held from December 7 - 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Click here to see Climate Change in Tibet related news and resources
Exhibition: 7 – 18 December. Photo exhibition: Tibet Third Pole, Tibet's nomads in danger. The Cafe, Klimaformum, DGI-byen Tietgensgade 65, Copenhagen V www.klimaforum09.org.
This year will mark the 61st Human Rights Day since the inception of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
For us this marks 20th year Anniversary of the Conference of the Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1989.
Public talk: 10 am to 12 noon. Tibet Third Pole – Climate change in Tibet: consequences for Tibet and Asia with John Isom, Dhardon Sharling, Tash Despa, Stephanie Brigden and special guest speaker Vandana Shiva. Orange Room, Klimaformum, DGI-byen Tietgensgade 65, Copenhagen V www.klimaforum09.org. On International Human Rights Day, a panel of experts will discuss the growing climate change and human rights crises in Tibet.
On December 10, when US president Barrack Obama comes to Oslo, Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian Tibet Committee will join the traditional 10 December tourch light procession to honour the Nobel Peace Prize with poster saying Congratulation DON’T FORGET TIBET!
For more information contact the Norwegian Tibet Comitee: info@tibet.no / www.tibet.no
United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 15
To be held from December 7 - 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Click here to see Climate Change in Tibet related news and resources
Exhibition: 7 – 18 December. Photo exhibition: Tibet Third Pole, Tibet's nomads in danger. The Cafe, Klimaformum, DGI-byen Tietgensgade 65, Copenhagen V www.klimaforum09.org.
Panel Discussion: 12 noon – 2pm. Climate Crises, Human Solutions: Tibetan Nomads and the Future of Tibet under Climate Change. Greenland House, Det grønlandske hus, Løvstræde 6, Copenhagen. Tibet’s nomads have lived for millennia on the grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau, but are now facing a human rights and climate crisis.
United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 15
To be held from December 7 - 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Click here to see Climate Change in Tibet related news and resources
Exhibition: 7 – 18 December. Photo exhibition: Tibet Third Pole, Tibet's nomads in danger. The Cafe, Klimaformum, DGI-byen Tietgensgade 65, Copenhagen V www.klimaforum09.org.
Talk Tibet - Commemoration of the Dalai Lama's Nobel Peace Prize
Since H.H. the Dalai Lama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, the Tibet issue has become well known around the world. Tibetans have immense public support, and yet no political solution has been achieved.
We will be celebrating the Dalai Lama's Nobel Peace Prize with a lecture on Chinas strategy toward Tibet and a screening of the movie "What remains of us" about the current situation inside Tibet.
Date: 12 December 2009
Time: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Global Day of Action for Climate Change.
In Copenhagen, Tibetans and supporters will join a massive demonstration on 12 December. Meet at Kongens Nytorv metro station at 12.30pm with Tibetan flags, and the Tibetan contingent will walk together to the demonstration outside the Danish Parliament at Christianborg.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY
Copenhagen, 12 December 2009
When: 5 - 8 pm
Re-Imagining Tibet: Transnational Identities & Representations
Venue: School of Oriental and African Studies, London
Date/Time: 12th December 2009: 9am-6pm
A one day inter-disciplinary conference, with the aim of discussing Tibet
in its current contexts and possible futures, drawing on a range of
anthropological, cultural, geographical and legal discourses.
United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 15
To be held from December 7 - 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Click here to see Climate Change in Tibet related news and resources
Exhibition: 7 – 18 December. Photo exhibition: Tibet Third Pole, Tibet's nomads in danger. The Cafe, Klimaformum, DGI-byen Tietgensgade 65, Copenhagen V www.klimaforum09.org.
United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 15
To be held from December 7 - 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Click here to see Climate Change in Tibet related news and resources
Exhibition: 7 – 18 December. Photo exhibition: Tibet Third Pole, Tibet's nomads in danger. The Cafe, Klimaformum, DGI-byen Tietgensgade 65, Copenhagen V www.klimaforum09.org.
United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 15
To be held from December 7 - 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Click here to see Climate Change in Tibet related news and resources
Exhibition: 7 – 18 December. Photo exhibition: Tibet Third Pole, Tibet's nomads in danger. The Cafe, Klimaformum, DGI-byen Tietgensgade 65, Copenhagen V www.klimaforum09.org.
United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 15
To be held from December 7 - 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Click here to see Climate Change in Tibet related news and resources
Exhibition: 7 – 18 December. Photo exhibition: Tibet Third Pole, Tibet's nomads in danger. The Cafe, Klimaformum, DGI-byen Tietgensgade 65, Copenhagen V www.klimaforum09.org.
United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 15
To be held from December 7 - 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Click here to see Climate Change in Tibet related news and resources
Exhibition: 7 – 18 December. Photo exhibition: Tibet Third Pole, Tibet's nomads in danger. The Cafe, Klimaformum, DGI-byen Tietgensgade 65, Copenhagen V www.klimaforum09.org.
United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP 15
To be held from December 7 - 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Click here to see Climate Change in Tibet related news and resources
Exhibition: 7 – 18 December. Photo exhibition: Tibet Third Pole, Tibet's nomads in danger. The Cafe, Klimaformum, DGI-byen Tietgensgade 65, Copenhagen V www.klimaforum09.org.
Events for November 2009
01 November 2009
1-7 November: Exhibition - Dhaka, Bangladesh
Large exhibition of Tibet comprising of images starting from the 1959 Uprising to date. The openening ceremony will be broadcast live in Bangladesh and available to view Internationally through the Internet.
Who: SFT Bangladesh
When: 1 - 7 November, 2009
Website: http://www.drik.net/
14 November 2009
US President Barack Obama visits Shanghai and Beijing
01 November 2009
Tibetan Community in Sweden will organise a Candle Light Manifestation in Stokholm, Sweden.
Date: 1 November, 2009
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Venue: Sergels Torg
Contact: tibetancomunity@gmail.com
06 November 2009
Tibet Festivals - "Thank you India" programme
Tibetan Women's Association, Guchusum Movement for Tibet, and Students for a Free Tibet - India chapter in partnership with 6 local Tibetan NGOs from Gangtok will organise a Tibet Festivals from 6-10 Nov 2009 in Gangtok, Sikkim.
There will be three penal discussions on the topics: Tibet's Environment, Tibet in Exile, and Significance of Tibetan culture. Many renowned Indian experts are invited to take part in the panel discussions.
This is the first time that such programme is organised in Gangtok and therefore, the local Tibetans have high expectation from this festivals. The organiser hopes to extablish better relations between Tibetan and local Indian communities. Moreover, the organiser also wish to invite many members of Legislative Assembly to the functions, and a special dinner gathering with them.
30 November 2009
30 November, 2009: EU-China Summit, Nanjing, China
China and the European Union will hold their annual summit on November 30 in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing.
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