Coca-Cola is holding its annual shareholders meeting in Delaware today, as the Olympic torch travels around the globe on its so-called "Journey of Harmony." In just a few weeks, the Chinese government plans to carry the torch through Tibet. For Tibetans inside Tibet, the situation is far from harmonious as thousands of people continue to be rounded up and imprisoned while the entire region remains under military lockdown.

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.

This is an important opportunity to ask Coca-Cola to use its influence to urge the IOC to withdraw Tibet from the Olympic torch relay route.

It is unthinkable that the Olympic torch could be paraded through Tibet when the Tibetan people are being brutally suppressed for peacefully speaking out for freedom. Furthermore, carrying the torch through Tibet in this tense climate is likely to provoke a heavy-handed response from the Chinese authorities, leading to further imprisonment, torture, and even loss of life for Tibetans.

Please contact Coca-Cola today and urge the company to use its influence to pressure the International Olympic Committee to immediately remove Tibet from the torch relay route.