The London Royal Borough of Greenwich (RBG) will once again raise the Tibetan National Flag on Wednesday, 6th March 2024 at 9.30am at Woolwich Town Hall in show of support and solidarity with the people of Tibet for their peaceful freedom struggle.
Over 100,000 Tibetans worldwide are expected to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day of 1959 on 10th March this year. Read Tsering Passang’s detailed account on Why Tibetans worldwide commemorate March 10th.
The Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Mayor and the Deputy Leader will take part in the flag raising ceremony, amongst other councillors and officials, in the presence of local Tibetans, invited guests and friends, which is followed by a reception hosted by The Mayor. The Tibetan National Anthem will be sung when the Tibet Flag is raised and the Tibetans will also pray for World Peace outside the Town Hall.
This annual Tibet Flag Raising is organised by the Mayor’s Office, Royal Borough of Greenwich (RBG) and the Greenwich Tibetan Association (GTA). This London borough is home to over 100 Tibetans, the largest hub of Tibetans in a single borough in the whole of the UK.
Tsering Passang, who has been coordinating the Tibet Flag Raising, said: “We are once again delighted that the Mayor and the Deputy Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich will raise the Tibet Flag in show of their continued support and solidarity with the Tibetan people. In China-occupied Tibet, Tibetans are still being persecuted for their basic beliefs, including free speech. For Tibetans, this Tibet Flag raising is a noble act of support and solidarity by the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It sends the right message to China’s brutal regime that the UK stands with the people of Tibet for their freedom, justice, and human rights. On behalf of the Greenwich Tibetan Association and all Tibetans, I wish to thank the Mayor, the Deputy Leader and the Royal Borough of Greenwich for their steadfast support and solidarity with the people of Tibet. We need your continued support until freedom is restored in Tibet.”
The Tibet Flag was first raised at the Woolwich Town Hall in London in September 2015 to honour and welcome His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The Tibetan spiritual leader gave public talks and Buddhist teachings to over 10,000 people at The O2 Centre in September 2015, which falls within the boundaries of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
China’s illegal occupation of Tibet subsequently forced the Nobel Peace laureate and Tibet’s spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama into exile in India in March 1959, where he set up the Central Tibetan Administration (de facto Tibet’s Government-in-exile).
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