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Like many others in France and worldwide, the association Objective Tibet involved in commemorating the 52nd anniversary of the Tibetan people's uprising in Lhasa March 10, 1959 against the Chinese military presence with the documentary film:
"FIRE IN THE SNOW"
from the book of Tibetan monk Palden Gyatso
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from the book of Tibetan monk Palden Gyatso
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Friday, March 11
to 20h at the Theatre of Guidou SCIEZ
(Parking "Eagle Lake Geneva" or Fire Brigade Museum)
VO movies, subtitled French
Admission 5 €
The film will be followed by a discussion with the participation of a Tibetan
Palden Gyatso VO movies, subtitled French
Admission 5 €
The film will be followed by a discussion with the participation of a Tibetan
is a former Tibetan political prisoner.
His book''The Fire Under the Snow''and the documentary trace his life in Tibet, child, became a monk. In 1959 its participation in a nonviolent protest for Tibetan independence to his being incarcerated, he was 27 years. It will be released in 1992, aged nearly 60, and flee to India or Daramsala he now lives.
During these 33 years of incarceration and forced labor camps, he will suffer torture, starvation and endless sessions of "thought reform". Despite the inhuman treatment inflicted by his torturers, Palden Gyatso has managed to survive by controlling his mind, never to develop or hatred or anger towards his tormentors. An outstanding model of wisdom and humanity that we invite you to discover this film. Aged 78 years
Palden Gyatso continues to work for the Tibetan people regain its freedom.
His book''The Fire Under the Snow''and the documentary trace his life in Tibet, child, became a monk. In 1959 its participation in a nonviolent protest for Tibetan independence to his being incarcerated, he was 27 years. It will be released in 1992, aged nearly 60, and flee to India or Daramsala he now lives.
During these 33 years of incarceration and forced labor camps, he will suffer torture, starvation and endless sessions of "thought reform". Despite the inhuman treatment inflicted by his torturers, Palden Gyatso has managed to survive by controlling his mind, never to develop or hatred or anger towards his tormentors. An outstanding model of wisdom and humanity that we invite you to discover this film. Aged 78 years
Palden Gyatso continues to work for the Tibetan people regain its freedom.
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Some of you have met Palden Gyatso in Thonon-les-Bains in August 2000, during the March Tibetan Transalpine from Nice to the UN in Geneva. At the conference in Thonon, he testified about the torture in prison and on the plight of the Tibetan people.
Some of you have met Palden Gyatso in Thonon-les-Bains in August 2000, during the March Tibetan Transalpine from Nice to the UN in Geneva. At the conference in Thonon, he testified about the torture in prison and on the plight of the Tibetan people.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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