Fourteen Tibetans have not eaten since 8th July 2007, and will not until the Chinese Government meets their demands. Today is the tenth day of the Indefinite Hunger Strike led by the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC).
Mr. Dhondup Dorjee, Information Secretary, (TYC Centrex) went to submit memorandums to some of the Asian foreign embassies in India, including Royal Kingdom of Bhutan, Pakistan, Singapore, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Kingdom of Thailand, Mauritius, and Kuwait. The other foreign embassies will also receive memorandums in the coming days.
Dr. Anand Kumar, the General Secretary of the Indo-Tibetan Friendship Society (ITFS), visited the hunger strikers to express his solidarity and best wishes.
Opposing the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Dr Kumar strongly commented, “The participating nations in the Beijing Olympic Games must know that for over fifty years the colonial regime of China have been playing the killing games with blood inside Tibet.”
Expressing his appreciation to the hunger strikers, he said, “I salute your spirit that for the last ten days you are staying on fast for the five-point demands, and braving the scorching heat of Delhi.”
A large number of Indians too are preparing to join the mass people’s protests on 8 August 2007 in Delhi, “I want to assure you that a large number of your Indian friends too will join you on the mass people’s protest”. Dr Kumar assured the hunger strikers.
Indian government employees, scholars, and activists are paying visits to the hunger strikers to express their concern, wishes and solidarity. Some also visit while passing by the site. Ms. Chauhan, a senior Indian government employee, expressed the feelings aroused by the strikers’ action by saying, “May the spark in you (all the activists) burns away all the injustice and inequality against humanity. Keep the spark alive against all the storms. May you succeed.”
Passang, a student from Namgyal High School in Nepal, visited the hunger strikers. He wrote the following comments in the visitors’ book: “I am very much touched by the initiation of TYC in organizing this indefinite hunger strike where fourteen Tibetan martyrs are participating. So I on behalf of whole six million people Tibetan people and whole human rights supporting people, would support it wholeheartedly. May our Tibetan issue get solved. Free Tibet!”
The Indefinite Hunger Strike at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, is part of the Tibetan Youth Congress-led People’s Movement, pressing demands for accountability from China regarding the Tibet situation. Current updates, photos, and messages to the hunger strikers can be viewed at http://www.tibetanyouthcongress.org
