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Bristol 4 Tibet are hosting an important event about the serious situation facing Tibetan Nomads.

Where: The Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square, Bristol BS2 8PE.

When: Monday 7 May at 2:30 - 5:00 pm

Cost: suggested donation of £3.

The Chinese Government are forcibly moving 2.5million Tibetan nomads into ghetto housing.  As well as the slow genocide this will entail, this situation is one aspect causing rapid change in an increasingly fragile area - the Tibetan plateau, the highest region on Earth.

The afternoon will be devoted to the plight of the Tibetan Nomads, and will consist of video clips and short talks from a variety of speakers :

¤ Tash Despa (Undercover in Tibet, Channel 4 Dispatches) - tbc
¤ Pema Yoko (Students for a Free Tibet)
¤ Mandie McKeown (International Tibet Network)
¤ A former Tibetan Nomad talks of current wave of self-immolations and extreme crackdown in Tibet.

Also gift stalls: Tibetan prayer flags, books, cards etc.

FFI:  phone 07585 466811 / 07980 304480.

All welcome.

More info here.