Members of the Tibetan group in Britain are elevating their nationwide flag exterior Tower Hamlets town hall to mark the 62nd anniversary of the rebellion towards Chinese occupation.
They are commemorating Tibet’s rebellion towards the occupation in 1959, when their Dalai Lama nationwide religious chief was pressured into exile.
But the ex-patriot group’s request to have it formally raised at the town hall was rejected in January.
“Tibetans are being discriminated towards in our homeland,” Pema Yoko, who chairs Tibetan Community in Britain, stated. “The council has raised the flag for different communities prior to now — why not us?”
So protesters plan turning up at 11.30am right this moment (March 4) to raise the flag themselves exterior.
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Displaying flags “in solidarity with communities” will not be unprecedented, protesters level out. The town Hall has beforehand hoisted the Palestinian flag and the Rainbow Pride flag.
Mayor John Biggs (left) and chief govt Will Tuckley invited to look spherical proposed China embassy complicated at Tower Hill in 2018.
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Campaigners see Tower Hamlets as pivotal of their international marketing campaign for recognition as it’s the native planning authority for China’s new embassy complicated at Tower Hill on the location of the Royal Mint, first revealed within the East London Advertiser in 2018.
Free Tibet Campaign’s John Jones stated: “March 10 is a key date within the Tibetan calendar that symbolises a long time of repression and the peaceable wrestle for freedom. There have been some promising indicators together with the overseas secretary mentioning Tibet at the UN Human Rights Council, however we want to see extra.”
The Tibet nationwide flag is commonly displayed by different native authorities in Britain together with Waltham Forest in east London, they level out.
Cllr Rabina Khan, whose decision to raise the flag right this moment was rejected by Tower Hamlets Council in January, stated at the time: “We welcome the relocation of the Chinese Embassy, however as new neighbours should clarify the place our personal ideas apply. The East End has an extended historical past of being residence for many individuals fleeing persecution and people earlier arrivals are actually British residents.”
Proposed China embassy complicated at the Royal Mint website reverse the Tower of London
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A proposal was additionally made at the council earlier this 12 months to rename roads in Tower Hill shut to proposed embassy complicated, supposed to commemorate Chinese human rights activists, which would come with “Tiananmen Square” to mark the 1989 pupil protests.
