Credo Action, who I consult for on FISA, has put out an action alert asking their members to contact Congress and ask them to call on the Chinese government to stop their violent response to Tibetans’ peaceful protests.

Tibet Will Be Free reports that all three remaining presidential candidates have put out statements on the protests in Tibet. Read the statements from Senators Clinton, McCain and Obama. The words are good, but what would be better is actual leadership from these Senators to get their colleagues and President Bush to speak out and take action to stop China from continuing to kill Tibetans. TWBF makes suggestions for what we should be asking of our leaders in government:

1) Demand that the Chinese government immediately lift the media blackout in Tibet by letting in foreign reporters, and tell China that any crackdown in Tibet is unacceptable.

2) Press the US government and the UN Human Rights Council to immediately send international observers into Tibet

3) Support a boycott of the Beijing Olympic Games’ opening ceremony, as suggested by the French foreign minister.

This protest in the UK is just plain cool.