Sep 302013
Tibetan Association of Northern California (TANC), San Francisco Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (SFRTYC),
Students for a Free Tibet (SFT), Bay Area Friends of Tibet (BAFoT)
MEDIA ADVISORY
DATE September 30, 2013
Contact:
Tenzin Gyaltsen, 510-384-2566
Tenzing Dolma, 510-254-1420
Giovanni Vassallo, 415-264-3264
Alarm, Protests, & Candlelight Vigil at Alameda City Hall for the City Raising the Flag of the People’s Republic of China
WHO: San Francisco Team Tibet
WHAT: Daytime Rally & Protest of the Raising Red Flag of China
Evening Candlelight Vigil for Tibet
WHERE: 2263 Santa Clara Ave, Alameda City Hall
WHEN: Daytime: October 1, 2013, 10 AM- 5 PM
Evening Candlelight Vigil: October 1, 2013, 7-9 PM
WHY:
We the People of the Bay Area and Alameda support Human Rights and do not want Alameda to be tainted by the political event, namely, to raise the Flag of the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 2013, which is China’s National Day, at Alameda City Hall. China’s illegally occupied Tibet in 1949/50 and over one million Tibetans have died resisting the Chinese flag. Tibetans deserve liberty and justice and wish to stop living under the Chinese police state, which severely oppresses Chinese, Uighurs, and the Tibetan people. We demand more transparency and accountability to democracy so that Alamedans & the public know about this flag-raising endorsement of China’s dark human rights record. Recently, 122 Tibetans lost their lives by self-immolation to urge the public to help Free Tibet and Return the Dalai Lama home to Tibet. The public should know the true meaning of the raising of the Flag of the People’s Republic of China.