{"id":12582,"date":"2021-03-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/2021-tibetan-uprising-day-brings-protests-statements-solidarity\/"},"modified":"2021-03-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T23:00:00","slug":"2021-tibetan-uprising-day-brings-protests-statements-solidarity","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/2021-tibetan-uprising-day-brings-protests-statements-solidarity\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Tibetan Uprising Day brings protests, statements, solidarity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Photo-10-03-21-13-21-56-890x668.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10754\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Tibetans protested yesterday on the anniversary of their historic uprising against Chinese rule, government leaders around the world voiced support for the Tibetan people and their 62 years of struggle against China\u2019s oppression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.org\/solidarity-with-tibetans-on-62nd-anniversary-of-national-uprising\/\">Tibetan Uprising Day on March 10, 2021<\/a> featured commemorative events in all areas where Tibetans reside, as well as statements of solidarity from other persecuted groups and messages from elected officials across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSixty-two years ago, brave Tibetans rose up against the Chinese invasion to protect their way of life and culture,\u201d US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a written message recalling March 10, 1959, when thousands of Tibetans took to the streets of their capital city, Lhasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the Chinese government eventually crushed their movement\u2014killing thousands in the process\u2014the Tibetans succeeded in keeping the struggle alive, including protecting their leader, the Dalai Lama, and helping him escape to safety in neighboring India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">62 yrs ago, Tibetans rose up against the Chinese invasion to protect their way of life. As we continue to be inspired by the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DalaiLama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DalaiLama<\/a>\u2019s powerful message of peace, faith &amp; love, we honor those who sacrificed for their rights &amp; freedom.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SX76wa38G4\">https:\/\/t.co\/SX76wa38G4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1369831695428579330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> \n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Tibet remains under China\u2019s brutal occupation, with the US watchdog group Freedom House recently declaring that Tibet is now tied with Syria as the least-free country on Earth. But Tibetans both inside their homeland and in exile continue to resist nonviolently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOver a million Tibetans have lost their lives in the past six decades under Chinese rule,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/tibet.net\/statement-of-the-president-of-the-central-tibetan-administration-on-the-62nd-anniversary-of-the-tibetan-national-uprising-day\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> Lobsang Sangay, president of the Central Tibetan Administration, which provides democratic governance for the Tibetan exile community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday, we have come together to collectively mourn this loss. But we are also here to mark the undaunted resilience of Tibetans in Tibet. Even under the threat of losing their lives, they continue to protest by protecting and preserving our language, our religion, our land, and our identity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his statement, Speaker Pema Jungney of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile called for \u201cthe ongoing evil routine of carrying out torture, persecution and other forms of ill-treatment in the prisons in Tibet [to] be stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protests across the globe<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The International Campaign for Tibet, an advocacy group that promotes human rights and democratic freedoms for the Tibetan people, took part in protests on Tibetan Uprising Day in Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Berlin, Kai Mueller, executive director of ICT Germany, spoke at a demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy. Tibet Initiative Germany organized the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/March_10_2021_Speech_KaiMueller01-450x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10755\"\/><figcaption>ICT Germany Executive Director Kai Mueller at the protest in Berlin.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/March10_2021_ChineseEmbassyBerlin04-450x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10756\"\/><figcaption>ICT Germany Executive Director Kai Mueller at the protest in Berlin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tibetan community of Brussels organized two protests with the support of ICT Brussels. One of the protests took place at Schuman Roundabout, and the other in front of the Embassy of the People\u2019s Republic of China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Brussels-embassy-March-10-1-450x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10757\"\/><figcaption>Tibetans protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Brussels<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 100 people participated in the events, with numbers limited due to coronavirus restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Representatives of the European and Belgian Parliaments delivered statements, as did Tashi Phuntsok, representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Brussels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vincent Metten, EU policy director at ICT, called on the EU and its member states to use the new EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime against Chinese officials responsible for serious human rights abuses in Tibet.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/198.71.233.163\/4vo.170.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Vincent-Brussels-March-10-600x419.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36796\" width=\"450\" height=\"314\"\/><figcaption>Vincent Metten, EU policy director at ICT, called for sanctions against Chinese officials at a rally in Brussels<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ICT Europe also took part in a protest in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%F0%9D%90%87%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%AB%F0%9D%90%9D%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%A7%F0%9D%90%A4%F0%9D%90%A2%F0%9D%90%A7%F0%9D%90%A0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"># <\/a>         <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%F0%9D%90%9B%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%B3%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%AD%F0%9D%90%AD%F0%9D%90%A2%F0%9D%90%A7%F0%9D%90%A0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"># <\/a>! \u270a <br><br>Voor de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChineseAmbassade?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChineseAmbassade<\/a> wapper Tibet supporters de Tibetaanse vlag voor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rechtvaardigheid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#rechtvaardigheid<\/a> en in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/solidariteit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#solidariteit<\/a> met de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/vrijheidsstrijd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#vrijheidsstrijd<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wo0kdD1fId\">pic.twitter.com\/Wo0kdD1fId<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ICT Europe (@savetibetnl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/savetibetnl\/status\/1369612346126172161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> \n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Demonstration in Washington, DC<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Washington, DC, the Capital Area Tibetan Association and the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress staged a protest outside the Chinese Embassy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protest featured remarks from Robert A. Destro, who served as special coordinator for Tibetan issues in the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5kouxoDmdwM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several ICT US staff members took part in the event, including Tencho Gyatso, the organization\u2019s interim vice president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tencho-CATA-rally-450x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10758\"\/><figcaption>ICT Interim Vice President Tencho Gyatso joined other protestors at the demonstration in Washington, DC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/CATA-rally-1200x885-1-450x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10759\"\/><figcaption>ICT Interim Vice President Tencho Gyatso joined other protestors at the demonstration in Washington, DC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CT\u2019s interim president, Bhuchung Tsering, also served as a panelist at a virtual event, \u201cTibetan National Uprising Day: 62 years of Struggle, Challenges and the Way Forward,\u201d hosted by Tibetan organizations in Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later in the day, The Jamestown Foundation hosted a webinar titled, \u201cThe Future of Tibet.\u201d ICT Board Member Ellen Bork was one of the panelists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the protest in Washington, the protestors traveled in a car caravan with a planned route around the White House and the US Capitol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solidarity from other groups<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protest in Washington also featured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenpowerforchina.org\/we-have-our-answer-to-the-question-what-will-tibets-future\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">remarks from Yang Jianli<\/a>, a Chinese democracy activist who is president of Citizen Power Initiatives for China. Yang said during his speech, \u201cI remain hopeful for a free Tibet!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese dissidents weren\u2019t the only group oppressed by Beijing that spoke up on Tibetan Uprising Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The World Uyghur Congress released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uyghurcongress.org\/en\/march-10-solidarity-statement\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> noting that Tibetans and Uyghurs \u201cshare a similar history and struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.org\/the-origin-of-the-xinjiang-model-in-tibet-under-chen-quanguo-securitizing-ethnicity-and-accelerating-assimilation\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chen Quanguo<\/a>, the Chinese Communist Party secretary in Xinjiang\u2014which Uyghurs know as East Turkestan\u2014previously served in the same position in the Tibet Autonomous Region, which spans about half of Tibet. After developing his system of mass surveillance and oppression in the TAR, Chen is now helping to lead China\u2019s horrific genocide of Uyghurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday and every day, the World Uyghur Congress stands in solidarity with Tibetans, defending human rights and freedom,\u201d the group said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the week, there was a Tibetan Uprising event in Taiwan that drew hundreds of people to the streets of Taipei. Politicians from several Taiwanese political parties reportedly took part in the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hundreds rallied in Taiwan on Sunday to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising against China in Lhasa &#8211; including Tibetan activists and Taiwanese officials from multiple political parties. <br><br>Photos: RFA Mandarin\/Paul Lee<br><br>Photos: RFA Mandarin\/Paul Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1sLZJImd20\">pic.twitter.com\/1sLZJImd20<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Radio Free Asia (@RadioFreeAsia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioFreeAsia\/status\/1369695469945950213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> \n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Politicians\u2019 statements<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Politicians around the world shared their support for Tibet on Tibetan Uprising Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the rally in Brussels, Mikulas Peksa, president of the Tibet Interest Group of the European Parliament, said, \u201cEurope cannot stay idle while the tragedy in Tibet continues to unfold.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, Samuel Cogolati, vice chair of the committee of foreign affairs of the Belgian Parliament, expressed his strong support for defending the rights of Tibetans at the national and European levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cogolati-450x391.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10760\"\/><figcaption>Belgian parliamentarian Samuel Cogolati expressed his strong support for Tibetans<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the US, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/newsroom\/31021\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pelosi\u2019s statement<\/a>, several members of Congress spoke up for the Tibetan people, including Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today we remember the brave Tibetans who rose up in 1959 against the PRC and are today keeping hope alive for a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeTibet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeTibet<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Beijing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Beijing<\/a> continues to break its promises to Tibetans, Chinese, Uyghurs, HKongers &amp; the world. We must all wised up to the CCP\u2019s duplicitous nature.<\/p>&mdash; Senator Rubio Press (@SenRubioPress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRubioPress\/status\/1369662627115368448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> \n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On the 62nd anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising, we remember the brave Tibetans who died resisting PRC occupation and reaffirm our support for the Tibetans\u2019 quest for genuine autonomy and their right to live free from the PRC\u2019s oppression. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xO01QQDUI6\">pic.twitter.com\/xO01QQDUI6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ami Bera, M.D. (@RepBera) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBera\/status\/1369684373872783364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> \n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass., voiced his support in a video to the Regional Tibetan Association of Massachusetts, Amherst. And Rep. 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