Tibetans in-exile gathered in North Indian hill town Dharamshala to hold a protest march against China’s ethnic unity and progress law on Saturday.
Event Context
Six major Tibetan NGOs including Tibetan Youth Congress, Tibetan Women’s Association, Gu-Chu-Sum Movement of Tibet, National Democratic Party of Tibet, Students for a Free Tibet – India, and the International Tibet Network have organised this protest march.
Tenzin Yingsel, project officer Tibetan Women’s Association said, “Today, the six NGOs have organised this rally and lots of Tibetan have joined this rally from the main Tibetan Temple Tsuglagkhang to the Police Ground in lower Dharamsala. We held this rally for a call on the governments and for the recent self immolation by Martyr Lobga Rangzen who set himself on fire outside the UN headquarters just one day after the implementation of the ethnic unity law. So this is a call for the United Nations that his sacrifice should not go unseen and we want justice.”
Team Analysis
The protest was held to honour Lobga Rangzen, who set himself on fire outside the UN Headquarters in New York, and to condemn China’s ethnic unity and progress law.
The organisations also call on the United Nations and the international community to recognise martyr Lobga Rangzen’s sacrifice, address the worsening human rights situation in Tibet, reject China’s policy of forced assimilation, and support the Tibetan people’s right to freedom.
Tsering Chomphel, president of Tibetan Youth Congress said “The Tibetans in Dharamsala have gathered to participate in the protest and demonstration against the Chinese government. We are here to show our solidarity for the Tibetan people and we urge the United Nations to address the issues of Tibetan people and we think that China should take the responsibility of this self immolation.”
