Taiwan Focus | 7 March 2021

Taipei, March 7 (CNA) Hundreds of people, including dozens of Tibetans, took to the streets of Taipei on Sunday, calling for stronger public advocacy against the decades of Chinese oppression in Tibet, as they marked the 62nd anniversary of an uprising against Chinese rule.

People all over the world should speak out on March 10, Tibet National Uprising Day, for the universal value of freedom to be upheld in Tibet, said one of the rally’s organizers, the Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan (HRNTT).

Similar rallies have been held in Taiwan over the past 17 years, in commemoration of the March 10, 1959 Tibetan rebellion against Chinese rule, which triggered a Chinese military crackdown in Tibet and forced the Dalai Lama and hundreds of thousands of other Tibetans into exile, according to the group.

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