International Day of the Disappeared observed in London outside the Chinese Embassy

(GATPM, London | 31st August 2021)

30th of August is the International Day of the Disappeared.

London-based Free Tibet, supported by the Tibetan Community UK and International Tibet Network, organised a protest outside the Chinese Embassy to mark this important day with a vigil for Rinchen Kyi, a Tibetan teacher who was arrested on 1st August this year and who is now missing. Weeks before Rinchen’s arrest, her school in eastern Tibet was forced to close down. 

Members of the Tibetan Community in London and their supporters chanted “Release Rinchen Kyi”, “Release the Political Prisoners”, “Tibetan Culture – in Tibet”, “Free Tibet”, and “China Out of Tibet”.

Representatives from Free Tibet and Students for a Free Tibet addressed the gathering, who condemned China’s ongoing assaults on Tibetan people, their language and culture. The protest ended with the recitation of Buddhist prayer – “The Prayer of Truth” and the Tibetan National Anthem.

The vigil was held from 6pm to 8pm outside the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, 49-51 Portland Place, London W1B 1JL.

Tsering Passang from the Global Alliance for Tibet & Persecuted Minorities (GATPM) joined this protest.

In a matter of months, China is set to host the prestigious Winter Olympic Games and will use the opportunity to gloss over its violent occupation of Tibet, wide-scale human rights abuses, and the deaths and disappearance of innocent Tibetans.

Join the growing call for governments to boycott the Beijing 2022 Olympics; anything less will be seen as support for the Chinese government’s brutal occupation of Tibet and blatant disregard for human rights.

Tibet was invaded soon after the CCP came to power on 1st October 1949. Over 1.2 million Tibetans died as a direct result of China’s illegal occupation of Tibet. His Holiness the Dalai Lama escaped Tibet and came into exile in India in 1959 where the Tibetan Spiritual Leader is currently based. Over 150,000 Tibetans are scattered across some 25 countries worldwide with the majority of them in India where the Central Tibetan Administration is based (aka Tibetan Government-in-Exile).

Media coverage: ANI | YahooNews | RepublicWorld

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