Here is the press release for our evening event. Immediate Press Release September 27, 2013 Contacts: Ngawang Tashi (917) 5004 570 or Tsering Palden (631) 838 1867 New York City, New York. This day marks an important anniversary in the struggle for Tibetan freedom. Twenty six years ago on the September 27, 1987 Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, witnessed the beginning of the largest and most significant uprising since the March 10, 1959. Twenty-one monks from Drepung Monastery rose up in protest against the Chinese government. Thousands of Tibetans who took part in these protests of the late Eighties in Lhasa were arrested, severely beaten and sentenced to hard labor camp. The Tibetans and the Tibetan supporters remember those Tibetans who sacrificed their lives in the struggle for Tibetan independence, their families and the political prisoners who are still languishing in Chinese prisons across Tibet. For Tibetans the uprisings in the late Eighties came to signify a stage in their history when the struggle against Chinese imperialism was taken up by a younger generation. The September 27 protest in Lhasa has echoed throughout the succeeding years as an inspiration to continue the struggle for Tibetan independence through non-violent and peaceful means. China first invaded Tibet, then oppressed the Tibetan people, and now is finally destroying the very fabric of Tibetan identity with brute force and by using unjust means. The September 27 peaceful protest in Lhasa stands as a symbol of the struggle for truth based on non-violence principles. The peaceful protest of the September 27, 1987 has widened the perception of the Tibetan people and when the year 2008 came peaceful protests spread all over Tibet. The Chinese government’s policies, whether attempting to be alluring or coercive, have failed to gain the compliance of the Tibetan people. Instead of getting intimidated the Tibetan people have continued to pursue their right to freedom. It has now been confirmed that 120 innocent Tibetans have self immolated since 2009. This kind of drastic action to willingly sacrifice their lives clearly shows the level of suffering and sheer desperation of the Tibetan people. If the Chinese have any desire to attempt to be moral or ethically minded in anyway then it must surely be the case that their current policies are in doubt, and that when viewing their actions in Tibet there must be a sense of losing hope in themselves and their ability to act rationally and with any integrity or propriety at all. Free Tibet
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 04:23:59 +0000
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