Action in front of the Chinese embassy

We thank that a 17th birthday must be celebrated, even if you've been a 
prisoner in an unknown place since you’re 6!

To « make this moment unforgettable » we decided to organize a surprise 
party for the Panchen Lama in front of the Chinese Embassy. It looks 
strange to have a party for this tragic event, but we wanted something 
ironic, absurd and definitely fun!

And it was. Let us summarize:

-   Genghun Choekyi Nyima was kidnapped by the Chinese government 
when he was 6 (in 1995), because he had been recognized as the 11th 
Panchen Lama (2e religious authority of Tibet after Dalaï Lama). 
He became the youngest political prisoner of the world!

-   04/ 25/06: Panchen’s birthday in spite of years of  big international 
support campaign for this little boy (now a teenager), we still do not 
have any news since his disappearance!

-   Some SFTers arrived in front of the embassy of China with a cake, 
candles, candies, gifts, and saxophone for atmosphere (as well a banner 
saying "release Panchen Lama" and T-shirts). From the street, we asked 
the Ambassador and his employees from the street to transmit this 
birthday message to Gendun. We sang "happy birthday" in French and in 
Tibetan ("Tchékar–la tashi delek" according to a friend, tell me, if
it is something else!).

- And there came the police force. "Hello-hello...yes, we’re here 
because today it is the birthday of the youngest political prisoner of 
the world...no, we do not have no any authorization, we know that we 
wouldn’t have got one  anyway...yeah-yeah we will go away, one is not 
there to degrade or disturb anybody..."


- And this guy came out of the embassy, (looking furious) and started 
to take two large dustbins which were beside us back inside the embassy 
(very logical the dustbins were still full...), and violently passing, 
knocked over the cake, bags and Leila’s saxophone’s box. Everybody, 
including policemen, was surprised by this sudden violence (without any 
words, explanation or consideration). Is this Chinese diplomacy? In 
fact, we didn’t expect a positive reaction from the embassy, but this 
was simply ridiculous.


But this action worked: Let’s remember Gandhi: "Initially they ignore 
you, then they scoff you, then they fight you and finally, you win."



Happy birthday Gendun.