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TIBETANS LAUNCH HISTORIC MOVEMENT AHEAD OF BEIJING OLYMPICS
Global Uprising to Include Exiles' March to Tibet
New Delhi -- Five leading Tibetan organizations announced today the launch of the "Tibetan People's Uprising Movement", a new coordinated Tibetan resistance effort in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The Games will take place only months before the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising against China's invasion of Tibet. The movement's organizers are calling on Tibetans worldwide to join protests during the Beijing Olympics and support a return march of exile Tibetans to their homeland.
"Today, in the spirit of the 1959 Uprising and in memory of the courageous Tibetans who sacrificed their lives for Tibet's independence and continue to resist China's brutal occupation, we are launching a unified movement to bring about an end to Chinese rule in Tibet," said Tsewang Rigzin, President of Tibetan Youth Congress.
The organizing committee that China's leadership is using the Beijing Olympics as a platform to gain international acceptance and to legitimize its illegal rule in Tibet. After almost five decades of oppression and cultural assimilation, the situation inside Chinese occupied Tibet is dire.
"We are calling on Tibetans worldwide to join us at this critical moment when China is trying to spread its Olympics propaganda," said B. Tsering, President of the Tibetan Women's Association. "Together, we will seize this unprecedented opportunity to voice Tibetan resistance and reinvigorate our freedom struggle."
The march to Tibet is an initiative by exile Tibetans to strengthen Tibetan resistance by taking the struggle home. The march will commence on March 10th, the 49th commemoration of the Tibetan National Uprising in Tibet. Tibetans worldwide will engage in non-violent direct actions and mass protests during China's Olympic torch relay and the Games themselves.
"Our message to China's leadership is loud and clear that after fifty years, Tibetans in exile are determined to return to our homeland and be reunited with our Tibetan brothers and sisters," said Ngawang Woeber, President of the Gu Chu Sum, the ex-political prisoners' association.
Members of the organizing committee: Tibetan Youth Congress, Tibetan Women's Association, Gu Chu Sum Movement of Tibet, National Democratic Party of Tibet, and Students for a Free Tibet, India.
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we should say its shame that we have passed 50 yrs since 1959..stop blaming on china.we should all cry today. stop asking for help and begging all the time ..face the problem and talk with china.
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DL threatened ot resign 2 yrs ago over the tactics the exlie Tibetans used before the Olympic. It was due to the divisive strategy bet'n the moderate & the militant groups in the exile Tibetan community.
Therefore it is a sitting time bomb in this community until DL's departure due to his age. There will be in fighting bet'n the 2 groups from explosive to implosive break down. This will result in self-destruction and international support will be in question when the militant group prevails.
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Just give it time these tibetan religious fanatics will resort to terrorism. Just wait and see, don't let the buddist robe fool you, they are just as extreme and violent as any terrorist out there willing to sacrifice their life and the life of innocent civilians to achieve their goals. Just wait and see!
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watch the documentary on pbs, yes they are tired of their own people getting killed
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true, china instead picked their own dahli lama
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true, china always resorted to violence
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your a dick
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I belong to no one. Least of all you. You are already owned and you don't even know it.
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my ass is giving you a bad smile
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and u belong to my ass and u'll always will
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terrorists!!!!!
Tibet has freedom now!
wanT Tibet to be independent from China? No Way!
yangziriver 3 years ago 12
Be real, 1.2M. almost all Tibet population at the time. What is the population in Xizang now? Please, please link to an official library book that can back up your numbers.
SeattleDragon 3 years ago 6