Penpa Tsering appealed to the Chinese government to address the unjust treatment of the Tibetan people and appealed for a change to the repressive policies in Tibet. “Trust is the foundation for peace and stability and China has the power to build trust by releasing all political prisoners including the XIth Panchen Lama,” he added.
The Tibet Post reported that Dr. Lobsang Sangay “called for free and fair elections inside of Tibet, criticized unequal hiring practices exercised by the Chinese, and called for greater autonomy within the Tibetan province. He also echoed his request to the international community to send a fact-finding delegation into Tibet.”
He also went on to emphasize that Tibetans have been denied fundamental human rights, “Today, there is no space for any conventional protests such as hunger strikes, demonstrations and even peaceful gatherings in Tibet. Tibetans are therefore taking extreme actions such as the ones by the 26 Tibetans who have committed self-immolations since 2009… Fault lies squarely with the hardline leaders in Beijing, so does the solution. The self-immolations are an emphatic rejection of the empty promises of the so-called ‘socialist paradise.’”
In honour of the 53rd anniversary of the Tibet uprising Tsetan Dorjee (35) along with his mother(54) and sister(18) are undertaking a peace march from Dharamsala to the Tibetan border. As reported in the Tibet Post Tsetan determination is unwaivering, “I might be arrested, or go to jail, or even die-it doesn’t matter, I will not stop until Tibet gets freedom or until the Chinese government accepts my demands”. He is placing the following 5 demands on the Chinese government:
1.) Without any conditions, His Holiness the Dalai Lama must be allowed to return to his homeland, Tibet.
2.) Without any conditions, the 11thPanchenRinpocheGedunChoekyiNyima and all the Tibetan political prisoners must be released.
3.) Without any conditions, Tibetans must be provided with the freedom to learn their own language in schools and monasteries.
4.) Tibetans in Tibet must be provided with the full freedom to preserve their culture and traditions.
5.) There must be an immediate withdrawal of all the soldiers from Tibet who are oppressing the Tibetans in Tibet at present.
Another Tibetan man, Migmar also gave a speech at the ceremony with his eyes covered by a black blindfold. “He declared his intention to travel around India wearing the blindfold to represent the blindness of the international community to the Tibetan issue” The Tibet Post reported.
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