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Exiled Tibetans offer prayers to express solidarity with their martyrs | Scores of Buddhist monks in Dharamsala offer
prayers as homage to martyrs of the Tibetan freedom struggle on Sunday. Monks
gathered at Tsuglagkhang Temple to offer prayers in memory of those who lost their
lives fighting for the Tibetan cause. Regional TibetanYouth Congress (RTYC), a
Tibetan voluntary group, organized the prayers. Tenzin Dicky, vice chairperson
RTYC said that they are offering prayers for their martyrs who sacrificed their
lives. "We are praying for all those who died, who have sacrificed their life
without any conditions for their country. Just to raise their voice they have
sacrificed their life and that's why we are praying for their souls to rest in
peace," said Dicky. The congregation also condemned the execution of four Tibetan
activists by China for their alleged role in last year's Lhasa riots. "On October
20, Chinese government have executed four Tibetans who have peacefully protested
last year. So we RTYC members would like to strongly condemn their action," said
Dicky. Chinese troops occupied Tibet in 1950 and the Dalai Lama, who is now based
in northern India, fled the mountainous region in 1959 after a failed uprising
against Chinese rule. Demonstrations by monks in Lhasa in March last year escalated
into deadly riots and triggered protests against Chinese rule within Tibet and
across the world, particularly in the run-up to the summer Olympics in Beijing
last August. |
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