Published on 12/03/2013
on sunday 10 March 2013 marked 54º anniversary since the Tibetan uprising in Lhasa, Tibet. He failed to prevent the presence of the communist regime in the Tibet region and the Dalai Lama was forced to flee to India..
Tibetans around the world commemorated the anniversary, and protested China's repressive policies towards Tibet.
Thousands demonstrated in front of the United Nations in New York. Different groups joined the demonstration to support Tibetan rights.
[Yang Jianli, Chinese pro-democracy activist]
"Esto no es sólo un desastre para los tibetanos, but for all humanity. Nothing like this has happened before. More of 100 Tibetans have given their lives. Against the regime of the communist dictatorship, todo el mundo debe unirse y trabajar en pro de la democratización de China".
Before the anniversary, the head of government of Tibet in exile, Lobsang Sangay, dedicated the day to those who have self-immolated.
The Dalai Lama's American representative said that Tibetans are not the only victims of communist repression.
[Take Lobsang, Representative of the Dalai Lama for the Americas]
"Hay otros grupos étnicos en China, in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, as well as Han Chinese, everyone is repressed. For decades their basic rights have been repressed. Ahora puede ser la oportunidad de que Xi Jinping haga el cambio en China".
Sunday's protest occurred as the Chinese regime prepares to take over its new set of leaders. Xi Jinping to take over as head of government.
Cases like Tibet will pose a threat to the Chinese regime if it does not change, dice Yang Jianli.
[Yang Jianli, Chinese pro-democracy activist]
"Xi tiene que darse cuenta de la naturaleza desastrosa de las políticas de gobierno anteriores. The crimes of the Communist Party are not his yet, but if you continue them, they will be. When people come together, the regime may disappear one day. Xi tiene que darse cuenta de esta crisis".
From 2009, more of 100 Tibetans have committed self-immolation in protest of China's brutal policy. on sunday, A Tibetan street vendor in India tried to do the same during an anniversary parade in Dharamasala. The young man was prevented from setting himself on fire after he drank and doused himself with gasoline. He is currently recovering in a hospital.
