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From: Ricken Patel - Avaaz.org <avaaz avaaz.org>
Date: Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Subject: Tibet: The pressure is rising
To: "johnmcummins
Dear friends,
The global outcry over Tibet is rising fast - In just 5
days, 751,472
of us from 192 countries have come together to call for
restraint and
dialogue with the Dalai Lama. Even more amazing, we have
told over 5
million of our friends about this important campaign -
that's 1
million people per day!
A personal email from a friend is a powerful thing – it is
helping to
drive the global tide of concern. Let's push now to tell 5
million
more friends, get over 1 million signatures this week, and
deliver the
largest global online petition in history to the Chinese
government.
Just forward the email below to a few more friends and
family with a
personal note from you…
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Dear friends,
After decades of repression, the Tibetan people are crying
out to the
world for change. The spotlight of the upcoming Olympic
Games is now
on China, and Tibetan Nobel peace prize winner the Dalai
Lama is
calling to end all riots and violence through restraint and
dialogue--he urgently needs the support of the world's
people.
China's hardliners are lashing out publicly at the Dalai
Lama--but
we're told that President Hu Jintao may believe dialogue is
the best
hope for stability in Tibet. China's leadership is right
now
considering a crucial choice between repression and dialogue
that
could determine Tibet's--and China's--future.
We can affect this historic choice – for President Hu,
China's global
reputation matters. He needs to hear from us that the 'Made
in China'
brand and the upcoming Olympics in Beijing will succeed only
if he
chooses dialogue over the hardliners' repression. An
avalanche of
global people power is moving to get his attention. We're
closing on
our goal of 1 million signatures and the largest global
online
petition in history - click below to join the global outcry,
and then
forward this email to friends and family right away:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/tibet_end_the_violence/
54.php?cl=66145649
China's economy is dependent on "Made in China"
exports that we all
buy, and the government is keen to make the Olympics in
Beijing this
summer a celebration of a new and respected China. China is
also a
sprawling, diverse country with much brutality in its past,
so it has
good reasons to be concerned about stability -- some of
Tibet's
rioters killed innocent people. But President Hu must
recognize that
the greatest danger to Chinese stability and development
today comes
from hardliners who advocate escalating repression, not from
those
Tibetans seeking dialogue and reform.
We will deliver our petition directly to Chinese officials
in New
York, bond and Beijing, but it we must reach our goal of 1
million
signatures first. Please forward this email to your address
book with
a note explaining to your friends why this is important, or
use our
tell-a-friend tool to email your address book--it will come
up after
you sign.
The Tibetan people have suffered quietly for decades. It is
finally
their moment to speak--we must help them be heard.
With hope and respect,
Ricken, Pascal, Graziela, Iain, Paul, Galit, Milena, Ben
and the
whole Avaaz team
Here are some links with more information on the Tibetan
protests and
the Chinese response:
Crackdown in Tibet, but protests spreading:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/19/tibet.china
and
http://www.theage.
com.au/news/world/crackdown-on-protests-widens/2008/03/17/12
05602289349.html
Dalai Lama calling for dialogue and restraint, and an end
to violence:
http://www.dala
ilama.com/news.216.htm
and
http://www.agi.it/world/news/200803191258-pol-ren0
032-art.html
Leaders across Europe and Asia starting to back dialogue as
the way forward:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7300157.s
tm
Chinese Prime Minister attacks "Dalai clique",
leaves door open for talks:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/18/con
tent_7813194.htm
Other Chinese signals:
http://time
sofindia.indiatimes.com/China_looks_at_India_to_talk_to_Dala
i_Lama/articleshow/2875142.cms
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