Tibetans march for peace in Dibrugarh Our Staff Correspondent DIBRUGARH, March 31 – Hundreds of Tibetan refugees led by two MPs of the Tibetan Government in exile-Dawa Tsering and Karma Yeshi – organised a three-hour long peace march through the main thoroughfares of the Dibrugarh city today, appealing for peace in Tibet. The Tibetans living in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia in Upper Assam and Miao and Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh jointly took to streets with their MPs in exile to register their protest against the reported brutal crackdown on the unprecedented non-violent demonstrators across Tibet by the China regime. The processionists marched from Phool Bagan to HS Road, the main commercial hub of the city, and proceeded to the Deputy Commissioner’s office via Thana Chariali.
The peace procession organised under the banner of Tibetan Solidarity Committee, Dibrugarh, later submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister through the district administration. The Tibetan refugees made an appeal to the Government of India to persuade China to stop the brutal action against the Tibetans.
China launched the brutal crackdown on the Tibetans demonstrating to mark the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day across Tibet on March 10. According to the Tibetan Government in exile, in the China’s ongoing attack, more than hundred Tibetans have lost their lives, thousands wounded and several have been held captives. The Tibetan community has appealed to the international community to exert pressure on China to end attack on Tibetans and free all the arrested political prisoners and demonstrators.
Reacting to China’s allegation on their leader Dalai Lama, indicting him and the Tibetan Government in exile to have instigated the movement in Tibet, the two MPs who later addressed the media rubbished China’s allegation and demanded proof. “If the China government is sure of their accusation, why are they not allowing free press in Tibet to unearth the cause of the unrest in Tibet, the two MPs questioned?
Both Dawa Tsering and Karma Yeshi, who will be leading peace processions in different parts of the northeast region, have called upon the international community to dispatch a fact finding representative to investigate into the incidents leading to chaos in Tibet. The MPs also sought for immediate medical attention to the wounded protestors in Tibet. Yeshi said that the recent events have caused the Tibetan people much anguish and added that the Tibetans in exile were extremely concerned over the safety and security of the Tibetans in the absence of media and third party witnesses.
