Dharamsala, Septemeber 21: In the run-up to the Dalai Lama’s first visit to the German Chancellery, the Tibet Support Group Munich (TIM) will organize a candle light vigil at the main square of Munich for Saturday the 22nd of September demanding release of all Tibetan political prisoners.
The exiled Tibetan leader is scheduled to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Sunday.
Tibet supporters and Tibetans in Germany are to pray and appeal for the release of the Panchen Lama, Trulku Tenzin Delek, Rongye Adak and other Tibetan political prisoners to show their support and solidarity with the TIM led campaign.
According to the Munich based Tibet Support Group, the participants and supporters will collect signatures for the petition that would be sent to the Minister of Justice of the People’s Republic of China and UN Human Rights Division seeking immediate release of Tibetan political prisoners languishing in Chinese prisons in Tibet.
TIM says it has been working for the last 18 years to help Tibetans realize “freedom, right to self-determination and enjoy basic rights” through peaceful means.
Germany is home to some 200 Tibetans scattered in different parts of the country.
An estimated 130,000 Tibetans live outside Tibet since the first group of Tibetans fled Tibet in 1959 after failed mass uprising against continuing Communist Chinese presence in Tibet. Large numbers of Tibetans continue to escape Tibet for India, via Nepal, due to many reasons, including severe religious and political persecution in Tibet by Chinese Communist authorities.
For more information visit: www.tibet-munich.de or, write to: tibet-munich@t-online.de
Based on report filed by the Tibet Support Group Munich
