On April 8, 2008, Team Tibet organized a mass mobilization of Tibet supporters from all over the US in the San Francisco Bay Area. Thousands gathered at the SF United Nations Plaza to protest the Beijing Olympics Torch Relay through San Francisco, the only stop for the Olympic Torch Relay in North America. The 08 Torch Relay has been met with massive protests in cities and countries all over the world including Greece, London, Paris, Japan, South Korea, and others. China plans to take the Olympic Torch Relay through Lhasa, Tibet, where the Chinese Government continues to torture hundreds of political prisoners, mostly monks and nuns whose only "crime" was to shout "Free Tibet." The recent crackdown in Tibet that began on March 14th has resulted in the deaths of more than 200 Tibetans and the imprisonment or disappearance of over 5000 Tibetans. The Chinese Military's unjust action against peaceful demonstrators was in direct violation of China's promise to improve the human rights situation in Tibet before the start of the Beijing Olympics. Students for a Free Tibet Board Member and Bay Area Regional Coordinatior Yangchen Lhamo opened the Tibetan Freedom Torch ceremony. She invited monks to release 50 doves for peace and San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly to light the Tibetan Freedom Torch. Daly encouraged people everywhere to join the Tibetan Freedom Movement and to engage in direct non-violent action and to stand with the Tibetan people. One world—one dream—Free Tibet now. LINKS Students for a Free Tibet http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org San Francisco Team Tibet http://www.sfteamtibet.org International Tibet Support Network http://www.tibetnetwork.org MUSIC CREDITS: Prisoner of the Himalayas © 2007 Tendor Tenzin Dorjee from the album Logchopa, http://www.youngtibet.com/tendor