Reported and translated by Tashi Wangchuk for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Written in English by Richard Finney. March 16, 2021.
Diplomats working at a Chinese Embassy to be built in the borough of Tower Hamlets in London’s East End should be reminded each day of their government’s treatment of Tibetans and other groups ruled harshly by Beijing, says a Borough councilwoman who has proposed the renaming of local streets.
“In Tower Hamlets, we have a rich history of standing up for people,” said councilwoman Rabina Khan, speaking to RFA’s Tibetan Service in a recent interview, saying she will bring a motion to the full Borough Council on Wednesday asking that areas near the new embassy’s location be named in solidarity with people “oppressed by the Chinese Communist Party.”
“It’s my fourth time to bring this motion,” Khan said, “and this time I’ve also included a place called Tibet Hill, to remember the people of Tibet, and also to name [other] locations near there as Tiananmen Square, Uyghur Court, and Hong Kong Road.”
Khan, a Bangladeshi-born writer and community development activist, is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Speaking to RFA, Khan urged everyone listening to her interview to lobby the Tower Hamlets Council to agree to the motion.
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