Human Rights in China Awareness Week
NOVEMBER 13-18, 2006
This week will center on raising awareness of human rights issues in contemporary China, focusing on the freedom of expression, the democracy movement, the freedom of speech, and the freedom of religion; with a special emphasis on the persecution of Tibetan Buddhism and Falun Gong. Through the impact of globalization, the United States' ties with China are becoming stronger. However, while contact is increasing internationally, we feel that the economic gains should not overshadow current civil and political realities and the persecution and state of fear that many in China have endured for decades. In raising awareness of grave human rights abuses in China, we hope to stimulate constructive dialogue on what can be done and promote solidarity in protecting basic rights to which all are entitled.
Monday, Nov. 13th
“Beyond Tiananmen and the Democracy Wall: Human Rights in China Then and Now” Professor Xu Wenli, co-founder of the Chinese Democratic Party, and Mr. Huang Xiang, China's greatest exile poet, will compare and contrast past and current developments in human rights and political freedoms in China and reflect on their experiences as former political prisoners
Smith-Buonanno 106
4 - 6pm
Tuesday, Nov. 14th
“Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion”
An award winning documentary on the Chinese occupation of Tibet, and its effects on Tibetan politics, culture, and religion.
Barus and Holley 168. 7pm
http://cryofthesnowlion.com/
"Tibet's Struggle for Human Rights and Religious Freedom"
Lecture by the Honorable Tenzin Thutop and the Honorable Lobsang Gyaltsen, monks of HH the 14th Dalai Lama
Barus and Holley 168
9pm
Wednesday, Nov. 15th
Falun Gong Photo Exhibit and Information Booth Main Green. Rain site Sayles 10am – 2pm. **free introductory Falun Gong lessons at 10am and 12:30pm
“Sandstorm”
Sandstorm is a movie about the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. Sandstorm, though a fictional drama, describes first-hand accounts of the persecution that is occurring in China, and has won 29 film festival awards.
Macmillan 115 7:30pm movie
http://sandstormmovie.com/
“Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China”
Dr. Wang Wenyi from The Epoch Times will give a lecture on the persecution of Falun Gong and the crimes against humanity being committed in China’s 36 concentration camps.
Macmillan 115
9pm lecture
Thursday, Nov. 16th
Jamnesty! Concert in The Hourglass Café
Featuring Acoustic Tiger, Henry Freedland and James Brandt, sun zoo, Dots, and Saves Nine
Come hear Brown bands, sign petitions, and support human rights in China. Faunce House 8pm – 11:30pm
Nov. 14th - 18th
Creation of the Chenrezig Mandala
By the Honorable Tenzin Thutop and the Honorable Lobsang Gyaltsen, monks from HH the 14th Dalai Lama's Namgyal Monastery
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Manning Hall, Brown University
Creation: Tuesday – Friday, November 14-17, 9:30-5:00 p.m.
Dismantling: Saturday, November 18, 2:00 p.m.
The public may view the creation of the mandala Tuesday – Friday, November 14-17, 9:30-5:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology with contributions from the Barbara Greenwald Memorial Arts Fund and the Friends of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology. More Information and Flyer.
Nov. 17th - 19th
Students for a Free Tibet New England Regional Conference
Hampshire College, Amherst MA. Registration fee $25.
Students for a Free Tibet's leadership training program combines education in the history, philosophy, strategy and tactics of nonviolent social change with concrete opportunities for young people to use their new knowledge and hone their skills while working with experienced activists. Through this combination of intensive training and mentorship, SFT Hampshire has equipped dozens of young people in the valley with the tools- both practical and theoretical- to play critical leadership roles not only in the Tibet movement, but in movements for worldwide social and environmental justice. To register, please contact SFT Regional Coordinator Kunsang Kelden at Kunsang@Hampshire.edu
*All events at Brown are free and open to the public. More information at AI’s table in the PO, Nov 13-14, 12 – 2pm
Or Contact Jeremy_Mak@Brown.edu or amnesty@brown.edu
Our Sponsors
Many thanks to those who made this week possible: The Watson Institute for International Studies, The Epoch Times, Falun Dafa Information Center, Friends of Falun Gong USA, Falun Dafa Association of New England, International Campaign for Tibet, Students for a Free Tibet, the Religious Studies Department, Oxfam at Brown, New Tang Dynasty Films, the Office of Institutional Diversity, the Undergraduate Finance Board, and the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
Special Thanks to Professor Xu Wenli, Mr. Huang Xiang, Dr. Wang Wenyi, the Honorable Tenzin Thutop, the Honorable Lobsang Gyaltsen, and Human Rights in China