Urgent situation in Tibet!

Please visit our special page focused on current events: Protests in Tibet 2008, for more information, how to take action, and useful links.

The following additional Campaign resources can be downloaded from this page.

1) Olympics Campaign

i) The Forbidden Team

'The Forbidden Team', a film about the Tibetan National Football Team, is a powerful outreach tool for the Olympics campaign because this moving story is symbolic of the Tibetans' struggle to keep their identity alive in the face of aggressive Chinese opposition and it's about one of the world's favourite athletic events - football (soccer)!

The film tells the story of the formation of the Tibetan national football team and the team's efforts to play its first 'international' game against Greenland. The team is not recognized by FIFA (the football world governing body), the Chinese government attempts to block the match taking place, and because of the refugee status of the Tibetan players many of them are unable to obtain visas to travel to Greenland to play. Despite the many obstacles, the match takes place and although the Tibet team loses 4 - 1 to Greenland, the Team rejoices in the victory of overcoming intense political opposition by China and being able to play its first match.

Further information on 'The Forbidden Team' is available from the film's website (LINK TO http://www.forbiddenteam.com)

The film is available in DVD format for ITSN members for non-commercial screenings. Further information on conditions for screenings and other materials such as a how-to guide for holding a screening event, a fact sheet including discussion points on the film and the Olympics campaign, and more is available in the Forbidden Team Screening Kit available for download from the ITSN members Worksite.

ii) International Olympics Committee Members
http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/ioc/members/index_uk.asp#members

2) Economic Rights
Moratorium Material

3) Human Rights

Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (link: http://www.tchrd.org/)
The Dui Hua Foundation (http://www.duihua.org/)
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China Political Prisoner Database (http://www.cecc.gov/pages/victims/index.php)