March 10, 2009 - Demonstration of support for the Tibetan people in PARIS
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzz1XXIhTFY This March 10, 2009 we commemorate the 50th anniversary of "Tibetan national uprising" that led the Dalai Lama into exile in India. The gathering of thousands of people shows that France is not indifferent to the Tibetan cause, but it remains powerless.
On the Square June 18, 1940 at Montparnasse few hundred people are already present from 15h to the point of rendezvous for all the associations that have organized this event. Many Tibetans are present, especially the younger generation born in diaspora, siblings, parents and children all came to challenge the fate that is reserved for their people. Few Parisians for their part have been made aware of this event, but they were well represented by hundreds of peace activists.
A minute's silence was first observed for 203 deaths in March 2008 riots in Tibet before the Beijing Olympics. Recall that since that time 6,000 people have disappeared from circulation. They were arrested and accused of having shown or supported those that Hu Jintao, the Chinese president, called "separatists" because they support the Dalai Lama. Some protesters wear on their faces painted the colors of the Tibetan flag, others the French flag. Hundreds of flags flutter in the wind and gives the place an aspect rainbow sky. The rain stopped as soon as the procession of protesters walked the beautiful streets 16th arrondissement of Paris to the Chinese embassy. The Tibetan flag was hoisted for all to ask that real negotiations will finally be held between the authorities in Beijing and the Tibetan government in exile on a status of full autonomy for Tibet.
a steely resolve. The French section of SFT (Students for a Free Tibet) has an agreement with the prefecture on the route of the procession and the protesters can not park in front of Chinese embassy. But they hope bouncy that their message of peace is heard by Chinese critics. Some signs are even written in Chinese, to focus their interlocutors. This day is a tribute to the nonviolent resistance of Tibetans for 50 years. The Dalai Lama has not demanded Tibetan independence but genuine autonomy for his people, and freedom of worship which they lack. In fact the Tibetans are willing to be an autonomous province of China, with the sole condition that they remain in Tibet. They do not want to be sinicized against their will and lose their identity, culture and philosophy of life. They are not Chinese, they are Tibetans.
And proud of it.
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Shiva Shakti Shanti 
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