Show your support for Tibetans in Tibet!
This march is being organised by Tibetans and supporters in the UK in response to the continuing violent suppression of Tibetan protest in Tibet. Come and lend your voice to what is fast becoming a global movement for change in the region.
The march will pass the Chinese Embassy and end in Trafalgar Square. Bring friends, families and flags; protest placards provided.
When: 12-2pm Saturday 22 March 2008.
Where: Assemble 11.30am at Park Crescent (West side), London, near Regent's Park.
Map: Click here
Tube: Nearest is Great Portland Street; alternative is Oxford Circus. Some lines to Great Portland Street are closed this weekend, see TFL for more details and Journey Planner.
Facebook: March for Tibet! event and Support the Monks' Protest in Tibet group
I am an American Buddhist and I don't like what I saw on the news on Tibet. Mob stoning passers-by, hitting motorists(men, women, girls) and dragging them off their bikes, setting fire to bikes, turning over trucks and lighting them on fire, smashing stores and setting them ablaze. I saw charred remains of 5 store clerks who were trapped in their store when it was looted and torched. THESE ARE VIOLENT , NOT PEACEFUL ACTS. FREEDOM OF SPEECH COMES WITH RULE OF LAW. THESE ACTS ARE NOT COMPASSION PREACHED IN BUDDHISM. WHOEVER BEHIND THESE ACTS ARE ANTI-BUDDHA, ANTI-CHRIST AND GO AGAINST ALL HUMAN DECENCY.
DALAI AND R GERE, you have broken the vow of PANCHA SILA or FIVE PRECEPTS:
#1 Thou shall not kill
#2 Thou shall not take what is not given
#3 Thou shall not distort facts
#4 Thou shall refrain from misuse of the senses
#5 Thou shall refrain from self-intoxication through alcohol or drugs