New Delhi, 10 mar (EFE).- Hundreds of Tibetans gathered today in the northern Indian city of Dharamsala, headquarters of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), to commemorate with flags, painted faces and traditional costumes 60 anniversary of the failed revolt that in 1959 ended the exile of the Dalai Lama.
Exiled people of all ages, among them a large number of Buddhist monks, took part this morning in an event in which there was no shortage of drums, the speeches about the situation in Tibet and the presence of politicians from various countries.
"El invitado de honor fue el expresidente de Botsuana Ian Khama, asistieron miembros de los parlamentos de diez países y también vinieron a Dharamsala delegaciones chinas de tres grupos diferentes para expresar su solidaridad con la causa tibetana", the CTA spokesperson told Efe, Sonam Dagpo.
In a speech to the audience, the president of the Tibetan Government in exile, Lobsang Sangay, denunció las prácticas "represivas" of Beijing's Executive in Tibet, where, in your opinion, ejerce un "control 'Orwelliano'" that since 2009 has led to the immolation of 153 Tibetans.
"Desde 2008, Roadblocks and checkpoints have increasingly dotted main thoroughfares in urban and remote areas of the Tibetan Plateau.. The Chinese authorities have assigned at least one officer for each 20 tibetanos en la llamada Región Autónoma del Tíbet", lamented the head of the CTA.
Sangay highlighted how Tibetans have rebuilt their lives in exile in recent years. 60 years and how, under the leadership of the dalai lama, construyeron escuelas y monasterios "ladrillo a ladrillo" to revive your language, culture and identity.
"Continuemos fortaleciendo nuestra resistencia para poder reunirnos en libertad con nuestros hermanos y hermanas en el Tíbet, let us commit to the return of His Holiness the Great Dalai Lama XIV to the Potala Palace in Lhasa, adonde pertenece legítimamente", concluded.
In this line, también el Parlamento tibetano en el exilio alzó su voz contra la "ocupación violenta" del Tíbet por parte de China y los medios "viciosos" con los que trata de destruir su nacionalidad hasta el punto de retratarles como "no existentes en el atlas global".
China assures that Tibet has been an inseparable part of its territory for centuries, while Tibetans argue that the region was long virtually independent until it was occupied by communist troops in 1951, si bien Pekín considera ese hecho una "liberación" de la "teocracia".
India welcomes more than 130.000 Tibetan refugees, according to data from authorities in exile. EFE
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