Observing the 55th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising Day as black-day, members of the Tibetan community here paid rich tribute to those Tibetans who had laid down their life in the struggle against Chinese occupation.
The members of the community marched through various areas of the city to raise awareness on the struggle of the Tibetan people.Spokesperson of the Tibetan Freedom Movement, Uttarakhand, Sonam Kashyap, said that China was torturing Tibetans in order to make them leave their homeland. Anyone raising voice against injustice was abused and worse. She said that the increasing population of China was one of the major factors for changing the demographics of Tibet.
lhakpa Dolma, president of Tibetan women’s group from Clement Town said that China had destroyed the environment in different parts of Tibet. Apart from fruits, the Chinese authorities have also indiscriminately harvested medicinal herbs from the region for financial gains.
Thinlay Jigme, Tibetan Welfare Officer in Uttarakhand said that Chinese authorities had demolished large number of Tibetan temples as part of its policy aimed at destroying Tibetan culture. Representations of more than a 100 dead bodies were also carried by Tibetans in the rally. Members of different sections of society were also present on the occasion apart from hundreds of members of the Tibetan community.