Tibetans protest in London against China’s illegal occupation of Tibet
London [UK], March 11 (ANI):On the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, aprotest was held by Tibetans at various places in London including the ChineseEmbassy with protestors raising their voice against China’s illegal occupationof Tibet.
The protestors carriedplacards with slogans “Tibet is not a part of China”, “Tibetans demandfreedom”, “China stolen my land but not my voice Free Tibet” among others.
To mark the Tibetan NationalUprising Day, a series of events took place in London. A flag-raising ceremonyat Town Hall, Woolwich Royal Borough of Greenwich was organized by theprotestors.
It was attended by CouncillorDenise Hyland, the Mayor, and Councillor Danny Thorpe, the Leader of the RoyalBorough of Greenwich; Sonam T Frasi, Representative of Dalai Lama from TheOffice of Tibet; Four Board Members of Greenwich Tibetan Association (GTA), ofthe Tibetan Community UK; and Tsering Passang representing both TibetanCommunity in Britain (TCB) Council and Global Alliance for Tibet and PersecutedMinorities.
Passang suggested the Mayorfelicitate Dalai Lama with an award like a messenger of peace in an onlineevent to create awareness among people about the Tibetan issue.
Concurrently a protest tookplace at 10 Downing Street, White Hall, London. Tim Loughon MP, Chris Law MP,Kerry McCarthy MP, Sam Walton (CEO Free Tibet), and Druktar (former Studentsfor a Free Tibet (SFT) Director) spoke on the Tibetan issues. After thatprotesters marched towards the Chinese Embassy.
Numerous speakers includingCouncillor Rabina Khan from London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Tenzin Sangmo,an activist from Bristol gave a very powerful speech on the repression ofTibetans by the Chinese outside the Chinese Embassy.
The event concluded afteranother small event at YMCA Indian Student Hostel, 41 Fitzroy Square, whereSonam Frasi (Office of Tibet), Tenzin Wangdu (Chair of Tibetan Community UK),Losel (university student), Rapga (university graduate), and a Free Tibetpresentation spoke about the historical significance of the day.
March 10 marks a veryimportant day for Tibetan people all over the world. It was on this day in 1959when the Tibetans revolted against the forcible occupation of their motherlandby the Chinese Communist Party.
The Tibetan Uprising in 1959began as a spontaneous act of peaceful protest demonstrations against theChinese in the capital Lhasa which later turned violent in which thousands ofTibetans were killed by the marauding soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army(PLA). (ANI)
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