A
group of 13 Tibetan college girls protesting outside the Chinese
Embassy in New Delhi on the 54th Tibetan Women's Uprising Day on March
12, 2013.
NEW DELHI, March 12: A group of 13 Tibetan
girls, all studying at the Delhi University, stormed the Chinese Embassy
today shouting slogans demanding China “to get out of Tibet.” The
protest was carried out to mark the 54th Tibetan Women’s Uprising Day.
On March 12, 1959, thousands of Tibetan women gathered in front of the
Potala Palace in Lhasa, peacefully protesting China’s occupation of
Tibet. Chinese authorities responded by restoring to brute force,
resulting in the deaths, torture, and arrests of a large number of
women. The girls, member the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress,
Rohini, carried out their protest outside the gates of the Chinese
Embassy at around 11:45 am. With their faces painted in Tibetan
national flags and wearing t-shirts carrying pictures of Tibetan
self-immolators, the girls locked themselves together and shouted
slogans calling for Tibet’s independence and demanding China to “get out
of Tibet.” Organisers said today’s protest was especially
dedicated to the 107 Tibetans who have set themselves on fire protesting
China’s occupation and demanding freedom and the return of the Dalai
Lama from exile. Indian police have arrested the protester and the girls are currently under detention at the Chanakya Puri Police Station.
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