As Chinese military forces increase their crackdown across Tibet, Tibetans and supporters worldwide are increasing pressure on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to immediately withdraw the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Tibetan provinces of Amdo and Kham (now annexed into China's Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Gansu provinces) from the Olympic torch relay route.

On April 9th, Governor of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, Chamba Phuntsok said "if anyone dares disrupt the Olympic torch relay they will be treated harshly and with no leniency". As we have seen in the past month, Tibetans are committed to speaking out for their freedom at this critical time and therefore taking the Olympic torch to Tibet is a serious provocation that will lead to a further crackdown by Chinese authorities. The IOC has final say over the torch relay route and has the ability to withdraw Tibet from the relay route and prevent further bloodshed and repression.

The International Tibet Support Network has delivered personalized letters to all 15 members of the IOC Executive Committee asking them to withdraw Tibet from the torch relay route. To date, they have refused to listen and continue to deny responsibility.

Please speak out now and help pressure the IOC's Executive Members to immediately withdraw Tibet from the Beijing Olympics Torch Relay route.

Click here to learn more about this campaign: http://notorchintibet.org/