Tibet Activists Storm Chinese Embassy in Delhi
Wearing a “Free Tibet – Free Panchen Lama” t-shirt and holding a Tibetan national flag in his hand, Shibayan Raha, tried to self-immolate and ran towards the main gate of the Chinese Embassy shouting ‘Free Tibet’ and ‘Release the Panchen Lama’ slogans. He then started climbing the fence surrounding the Embassy before he was brought down by the security guards.
“As an Indian, I am ashamed of my government for constantly appeasing China in the name of Hindi-Chini bhai bhai and for failing to take any action for Tibet,” said Shibayan Raha who had also earlier protested outside the Taj Hotel in Bombay on November 23, 2006 just before the Chinese President Hu Jintao’s speech at the India-China Economic, Trade and Investment Cooperation Summit.
This action was a rare instance where both Tibetan and non-Tibetan people take part in an action in India. The two activists are currently being held by the Indian police.
April 25th is the 11th Panchen Lama Gendhun Choekyi Nyima’s eighteenth birthday. He has been missing since age six, when he and his family were kidnapped by the Chinese government. The Panchen Lama has long been regarded as the world’s youngest political prisoner.
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