For those who believe that TIBET should be free... MEDIA RELEASE September 17, 2014 TENZIN TSUNDUE ARRESTED AT SABARMATI ASHRAM. FRIENDS OF TIBET DEMANDS APOLOGY FOR HOSTING A DICTATOR Ahmedabad: Tibetan poet, writer and activist Tenzin Tsundue was arrested on September 17, 2014 by the Indian security forces from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India from where Mahatma Gandhi started his historic and revolutionary Salt March of 1930. The high-profile Tibetan activist who has a track record of breaking VVIP-security of visiting Chinese dignitaries once again succeeded in protesting the visit of President of Peoples Republic of China Xi Jinping who is also the Chairman of the Chinese Central Military Commission. The whereabouts of Tenzin Tsundue continues to remain unknown. Winner of Outlook-Picador Award for Non-Fiction in 2001, Tenzin Tsundue joined Friends of Tibet in 1999 as its General Secretary. He caught the international media attention in January 2002 when he climbed the scaffolding outside Oberoi Towers in Mumbai where Zhu Rongji, the then Chinese Premier was addressing a gathering of Indian industrialists. Tsundue displayed a banner saying Free Tibet and the outlawed Tibetan National Flag while shouting pro-Tibet slogans before being arrested by police. In April 2005 he repeated a similar stunning one-man protest when Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was visiting Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore. Standing on top of a 300-foot-high tower at the IISc, he unfurled a Free Tibet banner while shouting Wen Jiabao, you cannot silence us. As a result of his actions, the Indian police ordered a travel ban and Tsundue Tsundue was ordered not to leave the town of Dharamshala, when the Chinese President Hu Jintao visited India in November 2006, preventing him from carrying out another embarrassing protest. Sethu Das, Founder and President of Friends of Tibet who hailed the protest as one of the most important non-violent actions at Sabarmati Ashram ever since Mahatma Gandhi left the Ashram in 1930 alleged that Being the Conscience Keepers of Mahatma Gandhi, it was an unpardonable mistake from Sabarmati Ashram authorities, which comprises of senior Gandhians and intellectuals, to join the side of the executioners, by welcoming and hosting Xi Jinping, popularly known as Asian Dictator. He also demanded an unconditional apology from the Sabarmati Ashram authorities to the nation for surrendering nation’s self-respect and for allowing a war criminal on Ashram’s soil, a place Gandhiji often remarked as “the right place for activities to carry on the search for Truth and develop Fearlessness.” Friends of Tibet believes that Mahatma always stood against war mongers and dictators who are waging wars against ordinary masses across the world. This is not the first time Indias sacred places were kept open to military dictators and war criminals. In March 2006, Rajya Sabha witnessed a massive clash between the members of the Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over disrespect to Mahatma Gandhi whose Samadhi at Rajghat was kept open to the sniffer dogs of President of the United States George W Bush, who happened to be the architect of the Iraq war. After eight years, the very same opposition eyeing an investment of $100 billion over the next five years gives a red carpet welcome to the head of one of the most brutal military regimes in the world - Xi Jinping, President of the ironically named Peoples Republic of China. We consider Chinese colonialism and imperialism no less than Nazism. By allowing Xi Jinping to step into Sabarmati Ashram or Satyagraha Ashram at Ahmedabad, a place chosen by Mahatma Gandhi for his non-violent actions against the British regime, our leaders and Ashram management have betrayed this nation once again. Friends of Tibet believes that doing trade with China will only empower a brutal regime back in Beijing and strengthen its grip over occupied and suppressed regions such as Tibet, East Turkestan, Mongolia etc. We believe that today humanity is more essential than trade with a wrong partner who continues to challenge India’s territorial integrity. For official statements, contact Friends of Tibet Spokesperson: Mobile: +91.9400354354 Fax: +91.11.47615142 Email: [email protected] To know more about Chinas crimes against humanity: friendsoftibet.org फ्रेन्डस ऑफ तिब्बत, पीओ बॉक्स १६६७४, मुंबई ४०००५०, भारत. Friends of Tibet, PO Box 16674, Mumbai 400050, India.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:03:53 +0000
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