As the world commemorates the historic proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, TYC members in Delhi took out a mass demonstration demanding the immediate termination of China’s repressive policies and continued violation of the human rights in Tibet. Led by Tibetan Youth Congress, around 150 protesters including members of RTYC Samyeling and RTYC Students marched from Jantar Mantar—chanting slogans against “the human rights abuses in Tibet”—towards the Parliament Street where they met with heavy police deployment induced probably due to the recent storming of the Chinese Embassy. On reaching the three tiered barricade before the parliament street police station, protesters converged into a mass gathering and were addressed among others, by the chief guest Mr. Bashishta Narian, member of Rajya Sabha and convener of Indian Parliamentarian Forum for Tibet. He reassured his commitments for the Tibetan cause and applauded the determination of Tibetans especially the youngsters in keeping the freedom struggle alive. He also paid his deep appreciation and respect to the five protestors who were arrested and imprisoned in Tihar jail for protesting inside the premise of the Chinese Embassy demanding the immediate termination of the Patriotic re-education campaign in Tibet.
The statement released by TYC on the World Human Rights was read by the International Relations secretary of the organisation. The statement argued, “Today, the world is increasingly challenged by how little it has done to save the people of Tibet from systematic obliteration of their fundamental human rights, culture, religion and identity at the hands of the communist Chinese. Today, the world is increasingly challenged by the indifference it continues to show to China’s blatant violation of the various international human rights conventions and agreements that she has signed and ratified. Today, the world is increasingly challenged by its failure to recognize the fact that the tragedy of Tibet is a crisis of the whole humanity and the defeat of the Tibetan people’s struggle for independence would be a defeat of the principles of equality, justice, freedom and truth the world over.”
Later a memorandum was submitted to Mr. Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of United Nations and Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India urging their good office and the Government respectively to initiate measures for stopping the ongoing genocide and human rights violation in Tibet. The memorandum also urged to pressurize the Government of China to immediately terminate and withdraw the ‘patriotic re-education campaign’ in Tibet and to release all the monks and nuns who have been arrested following the patriotic re-education campaign and demand the instant reinstatement of all the expelled monks and nuns in their respective monasteries. While a memorandum addressed to the Chinese Ambassador to India warned Communist China that further suppression of the basic human rights of the Tibetan people through their repressive policies may ‘invariably culminate in a violent upheaval within the Tibetan community’ and China must be responsible for the circumstances, all and any.
