UPDATE 15/7: The press conference went very well, and you can now watch an edited YouTube video here and the full Ustream archive here.
The Tibet Action Institute is excited to be supporting what may well be the first global online video press conference powered by the new Google+ Hangout group video chat feature.
Hangout allows up to 10 participants to see and hear each other online, as well as share and simultaneously watch YouTube videos. Our movement is spread around the globe, and hangout offers unprecedented capabilities for the voices from our diaspora to join together online.
The press conference “hangout”, coordinated by the International Tibet Network (more information below), will include a number of prominent Tibetan activists in India, the UK and the United States. In addition a handful of selected reporters and other participants will also join the hangout, and be able to directly participate in the press conference. For those who cannot make it into the limited hangout, the entire discussion will be rebroadcast live on the Tibet Global UStream Channel and questions will be taken via chat and Twitter.
Please see the information and links below if you would like to participate.
Online Tibet Press Conference
Invitation: Online Tibet Press Conference via Google +
http://www.tibetnetwork.org/OnlineTibetPressConference
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On Friday 15 July at 14.00 Beijing Time (CST). The Online Tibet Press Conference will address the current closure of the TAR, the harsh and ongoing crackdown against Tibetans and the 60th Anniversary events taking place in Lhasa.
All media outlets are invited to attend the Online Tibet Press Conference, which will be presented in a unique fashion using Google + Hangout.
To join the conference please contact Mandie McKeown on [email protected], via Twitter @TheTibetNetwork or by phone on +44 (0)7748 158 618
There will also be a public livestream at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tibetglobal