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Please tell NBC to cover Tibet at the Beijing Winter Olympics
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"The Beijing Winter Olympics will be one of the biggest media events of the year. But with just over a week to go before the opening ceremony, we must push broadcasters to include Tibet in their coverage of the Games.

At the International Campaign for Tibet, we have a new petition to NBC, calling on the official US television partner of the Games to shine a light on China’s repression in Tibet. By adding your name, you can tell NBC it must balance the Chinese government’s propaganda at the Olympics with the truth about the Tibetan people’s suffering.

Chinese officials plan to use these Olympics to boost their reputation. By airing the Games, NBC is giving them a platform to do so. Therefore, it’s only right the network give equal time to the victims of China’s oppression.

There’s no shortage of stories to cover. At ICT, we recently published an open letter to NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell, laying out issues his world-class reporters could investigate, including:

🔹 China’s outrageous demolition of a 99-foot-tall Buddha statue and other Buddhist monuments at the Drango monastery in Tibet
🔹 The lack of access to Tibet for foreign journalists, diplomats and ordinary citizens
🔹 The courage of former Tibetan political prisoners like Dhondup Wangchen and Golok Jigme, who endured years of torture and detention for making a documentary about China’s abuses in Tibet leading up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics
🔹 The Chinese government’s efforts to surveil and intimidate Tibetan American communities in the United States

Those are just some of the stories NBC could report on. But in the bigger picture, we’ve seen this story already.

After the last Beijing Olympics in 2008, the international media moved on, but oppression in Tibet only got worse. More than 150 Tibetans have self-immolated since 2009; hundreds more are currently in detention as political prisoners; and more than half a million Tibetans have been forced into a coercive labor program.

With another Olympics about to begin, we cannot let history repeat. You can help shine the light of truth on Tibet: join us and tell Olympic broadcasters like NBC why Tibet matters at this year’s Games."

Help stop oppression by telling NBC to cover Tibet during the Beijing Winter Olympics

Tell NBC to cover Tibet at the Olympics

By airing the Beijing Winter Olympics, NBC is giving the Chinese government a platform to spread its propaganda. Tell the network it must give equal time to the victims of China’s oppression. Join me and @InternationalCampaignForTibet in calling...