Events Calendar
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Events for December 2009
10 December 2009
December 10: Human Rights Day / Anniversary of Nobel Peace Prize Day
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.
07 December 2009
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
02 December 2009
2 December: "Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Sentenced"
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.
01 December 2009
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Campaign begins
ITSN's Political Prisoner campaigns launches Tenzin Delek Rinpoche actions
10 December 2009
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
09 December 2009
9 December: Meltdown in Tibet, Copenhagen
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
12 December 2009
12 December: Re-Imagining Tibet, London
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.
Keynote speakers:
* Professor Robbie Barnett, Programme Coordinator in Modern Tibetan Studies, Columbia University
* Dr Clare Harris, Reader in Visual Anthropology, University of Oxford
* Dr Dibyesh Anand, Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Westminster
* Thubten Samdup, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Office of Tibet, London
For registration and programme details, contact:
re-imagining-tibet@day-for-night.org
04 December 2009
4 December: Cineforum – Climate Change, London
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
08 December 2009
8 December: Undercover in Tibet, Copenhagen
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
10 December 2009
Tibet Third Pole – Climate change in Tibet
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.
11 December 2009
Climate Crises, Human Solutions: Tibetan Nomads and the Future of Tibet under Climate Change
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.
12 December 2009
Global Day of Action for Climate Change
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.
There will also be events around the world; to find out what is happening near you, please go to http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org/index.php?lang=en. We encourage everyone to join in an event in their area, taking Tibetan flags and Yak Masks (download a template from http://www.tibetnetwork.org/sites/default/files/YAK_new.jpg.)
07 December 2009
Photo exhibition in Copenhagen: Tibet Third Pole, Tibet's nomads in danger.
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.
12 December 2009
12 December - INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY
Copenhagen, 12 December 2009
When: 5 - 8 pm
Where: National Museum of Denmark, Frederiksholms Kanal 12, 1220 Kobenhavn K
The Indigenous Peoples’ Day is an event that aims at drawing wider attention to indigenous peoples’ rights and their perspectives and contributions in mitigating and adapting to climate change. It is an opportunity to take stock of what indigenous peoples have achieved in advocating for these in the Climate Change negotiations and to define the next steps on how to integrate their concerns into the agreements reached in Copenhagen and beyond. The Indigenous Peoples’ Day will facilitate dialogues between indigenous peoples' representatives and Parties to the Convention, policy makers, the scientific community on climate change, NGOs, the private sector, among others. At the same time, the Indigenous Day intends to inform the broader public about how indigenous peoples are already experiencing the adverse impacts of climate change. Indigenous peoples’ human rights are threatened both by the changes in their natural environments, and by some of the climate change adaptation and mitigation actions being implemented.
12 December 2009
12 December: Talk Tibet - Stockholm
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
Venue: Långholmens folkhögskola, Stockholm
Organiser: the Talk Tibet Team
Co organiser: Svenska Tibetkommittén
by: Spring Digital