Deputy Speaker Joins Tibet Support Group’s Peace Rally Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 3:03 p.m.

Deputy Speaker  Dolma Gyari (3rd from left) during the peace rally in New Delhi, India, on 1 October 2009/Photos:ITCO

Dharamshala: The
deputy speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in exile, Mrs. Dolma Gyari,
took part in a peace rally against six decades of Chinese government’s
repressive rule in Tibet on the 60th founding anniversary of the
People’s Republic of China. Bharat-Tibbat Sahyog Manch (BTSM), a
national level Indian Tibet support group, organised the rally in
Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on 1 October.    Hundreds of Indians
and Tibetans joined the rally which started at Jantar Mantar at 10:00
am and passed through the parliament street. Deputy Speaker
Dolma Gyari recounted the destruction of Tibet’s cultural heritage and
Tibetan people’s identity during the last 60 years under China’s rule,
and the brutal suppression of rights of Tibetan people living inside
Tibet since their peaceful protests against the Chinese government
since March 2008.

Deputy Speaker Dolma Gyari with members of Bharat-Tibbat Sahyog   Manch before addressing the peace rally

Mrs. Gyari called on the Indian brothers and sisters to lend their support for the Tibetan cause.Mr.
Indresh Kumar, Patron of BTSM, Dr. N.K.Trikha, National Convener, Core
Group for Tibetan Cause, Dr. Kuldeep Chand Agnihotri, Working
President, Mr. Anil Gupta, Shri Mahesh Chadda, President, BTSM Delhi
Chapter, Mr. Arvind Garg and Shri Ashok Mende, National General
Secretaries and Prof. Kewal Ramani, President, BTSM Nagpur Chapter, are
other dignitaries who spoke on the occasion.   They expressed
their deep concern about the critical situation in Tibet. They sought
the help of Government of India in resolving the issue of Tibet.According
to the information received by the Central Tibetan Administration, as
of 31 August 2009, about 223 Tibetans died and over 1,294 were
seriously injured since the Chinese authorities brutally clamped down
the peaceful demonstrations in Tibet since 10 March 2008.  Over 4,657
were arrested, 371 sentenced and more than 990 have simply
disappeared.          The rally ended by singing national anthems of India and Tibet.–Based on report filed by Indo-Tibetan Coordination Office, New Delhi