Candlelight for Tenzin Delek Rinpoche (Event Announcement)
3.3.2004
Prague [Olympic Watch: Human Rights in China and Beijing 2008]
Autor: Olympic Watch: Human Rights in China and Beijing 2008
The event is being organized on these locations:
+ Prague – Betlemske square
+ Brno – Bratri Capku 14, “Probuzeny slon” teashop
+ Ostrava – Krasne Pole Observatory
- and also in: Prelouc (TGM square), Milevsko, Zlin, Pribram, Usti nad Orlici, Strakonice, Trutnov, Prerov, Rozmital pod Tremsinem
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a respected Buddhist leader, was sentenced to death in an unfair trial in December 2002 and may be executed as early as April 2004. Tenzin Delek Rinpoche was most likely targeted by the PRC authorities for his peaceful community and religious work. He was not allowed to choose his legal counsel and the trial was closed for the public.
Olympic Watch (Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games in a Free and Democratic Country) was established in Prague in 2001 in response to the IOC’s decision to grant Beijing the organization of the 2008 Olympics. Its mission is to monitor the human rights situation in the People’s Republic of China in the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games and to campaign to achieve positive change in the lives of the people in China.
More information about the event and the case:
http://www.olympicwatch.org/action-light.php
http://www.olympicwatch.org/urgent-action.php
http://www.savetibet.org/Team/Team.cfm?ID=1750&c=17
http://www.lungta.cz/TDRinpoche/