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Bay Area remembers His Holiness the 11th Panchen Lama on his 21st birthday.

Release the Panchen Lama NOW!

Berkeley, Ca, April 25 - San Francisco Bay Area Tibetans and supporters joined forces to celebrate the 21st birthday of Tibet's second highest religious figure, Gendhun Choekyi Nyima, honored by most as, His Holiness the 11th Panchen Lama - who has been missing for 15 years.

The San Francisco Regional Tibetan Youth Congress worked to raise awareness of the Panchen Lama's importance by screening the film, “Tibet’s Stolen Child” followed by an overview of the Panchen Lama's historical importance to Tibet and its relevance to Tibet's current situation.

Tibetan National Uprising Day- March 10

Remember March 10- 1959

San Francisco– Tibetans and supporters are taking to the streets of SF tomorrow to stand in solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet and to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising against China’s illegal occupation. Over a thousand Tibetan refugees from India, Nepal and Tibet call the Bay Area their home, many survivors of the exodus over the Himalayas triggered by the Dalai Lama's covert escape from his Chinese-occupied homeland on March 10, 1959. Local events will include the raising of the Tibetan National flag, banned by the Chinese government, at Berkeley City Hall. Protesters will gather in San Francisco for an energetic rally and march up Market Street through the heart of downtown San Francisco to City Hall and to the Chinese Consulate.

“March 10th is a day for Tibetans everywhere to be proud of our history,” saidTsering Dorjee, President of the San Francisco Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, “Proud of our identity, proud of our ancestors who died protecting our homeland, proud of the courageous resistance of Tibetans inside Tibet, and proud of the younger generation who raise the flag of Tibetan freedom ever higher.”

IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FEBRUARY 17 - BAY AREA TIBETANS MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA & HIS HOLINESS THE 14th DALAI LAMA

PRESS RELEASE **Photo Opportunity
For Immediate Release
Februrary 17, 2010

Contacts:
Tenzin Wangmo Shakya, 510-682-9024; Yangchen Lhamo, 415-997-3212

BAY AREA TIBETANS JOIN TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF THE MEETING BETWEEN HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA AND PRESIDENT OBAMA!

Berkeley–Bay Area Tibetans and supporters will join an international day of action on Wednesday and Thursday of this week - calling on President Obama to take advantage of the meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and most importantly listen to what he has to say. The focus will be on thanking the Obama administration for arranging this meeting, despite all the multiple threats from China warning it would harm bilateral Relations.

Wrap up 2009!

2009 highlights from SFRTYC!

We wanted to take this chance to thank everyone for all the support they have shown us in 2009. It is because of your support and participation that we were able to be pro-active in the Tibetan struggle for Freedom. This year we were able to counter attack many of the propaganda that the PRC created in an attempt to legitimize the invasion of Tibet. With your contribution, we will be able to keep our Rangzen movement alive in the Bay Area community while raising awareness of our cause world- wide. It is our true belief that we will be able to regain our freedom in Tibet by actively participating in our Tibetan communities. We hope you will continue to support us in the upcoming year. As always, we enjoy reading any comments and suggestion so please give us your feedbacks via email at sfrtyc@gmail.com

Rangzen Concert with Melong Band

SFRTYC would like to thank the Melong Band and the Pilgrims for making this Rangzen Concert a successful event! We hope to have more Rangzen concerts soon. Click View Album and read Melong's letter to SFRTYC.

Bay Area Tibetans condemn the illegal execution of four young Tibetans!

San Francisco – Bay Area Tibetans and supporters will join human rights activists worldwide in condemning the Chinese government’s illegal execution of four Tibetans in Lhasa on October 20. The confirmed identities of the executed are Lobsang Gyaltsen, aged 27, Loyak, aged 25, and Penkyi, aged 21. A fourth unidentified Tibetan was also reportedly executed on the same day. Activists call on the U.S. government to immediately respond and denounce this travesty of justice, and ask for concrete action on Tibet by President Obama during his upcoming visit to China. Read full article. View Photo Gallery.

Bay Area Tibetans pay respect to the four Tibetans illegally executed in Tibet and condemn the new US government for not taking actions towards Tibet and human rights!

Berkeley, CA, Oct 24 - San Francisco Bay Area Tibetans gathered for a candle light vigil on Saturday night after the tragic news from the Tibetan Center for Human Rights in India reporting that four Tibetans who were convicted for their alleged involvement in last year's March Lhasa Uprising had been executed on October 20th by the Chinese government which activists say is a violation of the standards of civilized conduct following International Law policies on Human Rights issues.

Celebrating the 40th Tibetan Youth Congress Founding Day

October 18, 2009 - The San Francisco Regional Tibetan Youth Congress celebrated the 40th Tibetan Youth Congress founding day on Octiober 7th, 2009 at the Berkeley City Hall with the Tibetan community in the Bay Area.

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