在stuents for a free Tibet的網站上是這樣寫的:
「Tibet is an occupied country. This is the most important fact to remember when working for Tibetan freedom. We are not simply working for human rights or religious freedom in Tibet, we are working to free a nation from a illegal and brutal foreign occupation. At the time when Chinese troops invaded Tibet in 1949, Tibet was an independent nation. Tibet had its own government, its own language, its own currency, its own postal system and its own legal system. When we say "Free Tibet" we don't just mean, "Make things better in Tibet." We mean "Free the nation of Tibet from Chinese occupation."
西藏是一個被佔領的國家,我們為西藏人的自由而努力是時候千萬要記住這點。我們不只是要為了西藏的人權,或者宗教自由而奮鬥,我們是在把一個被外國非法殘暴佔領的國家解放出來。中國軍隊在1949年入侵西藏的時候,西藏有自己的政府,有自己的語言,有自己的貨幣,自己的通信系統,自己的司法系統。當我們說Free Tibet,解放西藏的時候,我們不僅是要「使西藏變得更好,我們的意思是要把西藏從外國的佔領下解放出來。「