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TYC celebrates 50 years anniversary in TIPA Hall

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Dharamshala 7 October:  The celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Tibetan Youth Congress is an occasion to look back, reminisce and reassess its achievements. It is also a time for TYC to review the past obstacles and consolidate its strength to tackle the present and future challenges. 

 

The Golden Jubilee celebration took place in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala with Mr. Tenzin Geyche Tethong, Co-founder and first President of the Tibetan Youth Congress as the Special Guest, Mr. Sonam Norbu Dagpo, former President and Chief Justice Commissioner, and Mr. Pema Jugney, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in exile as the Chief Guest. Apart from that, Former TYC executives or their representatives also attended the event. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the program was scaled down to a modest event. 

 

L – R: Mr. Lobsang Tsering (Vice President), Mr. Gonpo Dhundup (President), Mr. Sonam Norbu Dagpo (Former President of TYC and Chief Justice Commissioner), Mr. Tenzin Geyche Tethong (Co-founder and first President of TYC) and Mr. Pema Jugney (Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in exile). 

 

In the opening remarks by the founder and first president of TYC, Mr. Tenzin Geyche Tethong commended the organization for its work for the Tibetan people and commented on China’s growing repressive policies in Tibet. He asked for greater unity amongst Tibetans in exile. 

 

After that, Mr. Sonam Norbu Dagpo, former President and the Chief Justice Commissioner applauded TYC for its commitment to Tibet’s freedom movement and for being the frontrunner organization in organizing campaigns and creating awareness for Tibetans on democracy, voting, and leadership. 

 

Speaker of the TPiE, Mr. Pema Jugney talked about the effectiveness of TYC in providing a platform for young leaders and pointed out how some of the most important and influential leaders had their roots in TYC. 

 

The program concluded with a virtual message from CTA President Dr. Lobsang Sangay and TYC co-founder Tenzin Namgyal Tethong.   

 

Performance by the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA). 

Mr. Tenzin Geyche Tethong la, Co-founder of the Tibetan Youth Congress along with the 17th Central Executive Members of Tibetan Youth Congress. 

Organizing Committee of the 50th Year founding anniversary of the Tibetan Youth Congress. 

Group Picture with the participants of the Golden Jubilee Celebration of TYC at Imperial Hotel. 

 

   

Global Movement to Boycott Made in China

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TYC’s Press Statement in English on the Official Launch of the Global Movement to Boycott Made in China

11 July 2020, McLeod Ganj: Around 70 protestors joined for the TYC Global Movement to Boycott Made in China in Mcleod Square today. This protest was done as a continuation of the virtual #MakeChinaAccountable2020 Campaign which accuses China of the spread of the global pandemic, for the blatant violation of Human Rights in Tibet, Uyghur, Southern Mongolia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

The Global Movement to Boycott Made in China calls to stop the purchase and use of products Made in China since all the money that we pay for these products goes into the wrong hands which ultimately leads to a result affecting our lives.

On 11th July, TYC members and activists burned the effigy of Chinese President Xi Jiping along with products Made in China. The members and activists pledged not to use or purchase products Made in China.

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TYC launches digital campaign #MakeChinaAccountable2020

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The online campaign comes in light of China’s lack of accountability and misrepresentation of facts over the origin, cause, spread, and fatalities of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Chinese leadership under its failed leader Xi Jinping is responsible for the lies, deception, and cover-ups that ultimately led to the global COVID-19 pandemic. China’s blatant disregard for the global call for transparency over-sharing of information pertaining to the virus,  even after more than a hundred days is worrying. TYC strongly believes that the global efforts to resolve such a mammoth crisis affecting life will only be successful provided China is held accountable. Therefore in an effort to amplify the global call for China’s accountability, TYC and its chapters groups have devised an online campaign to enable mass participation in the global call.

 

Harnessing the potential of digital communication technology as it mandates the real world, the TYC led campaign will have over a period of ten days, the participation of over 100,000 individuals irrespective of nationality, race, color, gender, and faith. The campaign participants will post videos of less than 60-second length on the campaign Facebook page expressing in their own words and choice of language, their call for the Chinese leadership to be transparent, honest and become a responsible partner in the global efforts to end the spread of the pandemic.

 

   

Cycle Rally

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* 17 May to 23rd May 2017: Cycle Rally for Panchen Lama

Tibetan Youth Congress organized a bicycle rally that aims to highlight the critical situation in Tibet and to bring awareness about Gendun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama and the youngest political prisoner in Tibet and to seek accurate information about Gendun Choekyi Nyima’s whereabouts and well-being.

The Tibetan Youth Congress seeks help from the world to free the 11th Panchen Lama and is asking the governments and international organizations to pressure China to meet the following demands;

1. Urge China to give evidence that the 11th Panchen Lama Gendun Choekyi Nyima is alive

2. Urge China to address the demands of self-immolations in Tibet.

3. Urge China to allow a fact finding international delegation to assess the situation inside Tibet.

4. Urge China to release all political prisoners.

Peace March

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Peace March is one of the campaign strategy that Tibetan Youth Congress organizes. This is a non-violent form of protest. The first peace march organized by the Tibetan Youth Congress happened on 23rd March 1988 where several people marched from Nainital to New Delhi for the release of Tibet. The objectives of organizing Peace/Freedom March is;

1. To highlight the devious Chinese policies in Tibet which deliberately aim at subverting the Tibetans as a race and systematically destroy their very identity.

2. To highlight the deteriorating situation of the fundamental human rights and freedoms in Tibet today.

3. To highlight the nuclear militarization of the Tibetan plateau by China which directly threatens the security of India and peace in Asia as well as the world as a whole.

4. To highlight the most inhumane plight of the Tibetan Political Prisoners in Tibet in general by particularly referring to three prominent cases namely;

a) The 11th Panchen Lama, the world’s youngest political prisoner whose whereabouts are still not known since his arrest in 1995 and about whose safety there are grave doubts in the light of the suspicious circumstances of the deaths of the 10th Panchen Lama in 1989 and Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok more recently.

b) Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche who was sentenced to death on 2nd December 2002 with a suspension of two years could be executed as early as 7th April 2004.

c) Geshe Sonam Phuntosk who was unfairly tried and and sentenced without proper investigation and who continues to languish in Chinese prison under very poor health.

Tibetan Youth Congress seeks the support of the international community in general and the United Nations in particular in the achievement of the above objectives.

* 11th February to 10th March 2004: Freedom March from Dharamsala to New Delhi

Tibetan Youth Congress undertook a ‘Freedom March’ commencing from February 11 to highlight the ever growing violation of the fundamental human rights and freedoms in Tibet under the repressive regime of Communist China and seek support from the international community in general and the United Nations in particular. There 80 Tibetan activists including monks, nuns and lay Tibetan people ranging from an age group of 19 years old to 81 years old took part in the Freedom March.

The demands made during this Freedom March are as follows;

1. The United Nations must pressurize China to stop the ongoing unfair trials of Tibetan Political Prisoners and to guarantee the necessary and equal rights to all the political prisoners of conscience to defend their cases.

2. The Chinese authorities must immediately release all the political prisoners who are still under their custody.

3. The Chinese authorities must stop the massive influx of Chinese population into Tibet which is a direct threat to the very survival of Tibetan identity.

4. The United Nations must send its representatives to Tibet to monitor and undertake independent investigation of the overall situation there.

5. China must withdraw all its troops and nuclear arsenals from Tibet.

The Freedom March ended on 10th March 2004 in New Delhi during the uprising day where several hundred Tibetans and non-Tibetan supporters gathered at Jantar Mantar to protest against the illegal occupation of Tibet by China and urge United Nations to pressurize China to stop human rights violations in Tibet.

* 10th December 2007 to 1st January 2008: March for Independence from Bangalore to Chennai

To observe the 59th World Human Rights day, Tibetan Youth Congress kick started the Tibetan Independence March at 11:00 AM from Bangalore City. 146 participants from nine different regions, namely Bylakuppee, Hunsur, Mundgod, Bhandra, Mainpat, Dharamsala, Delhi, Darjeeling and Bangalore took part in the march. The main purpose of initiating this March was to raise awareness about the illegal occupation of Tibet by the Communist China and that Tibet is not a part of China. The demands of the Tibet Independence March are as follows;

1. Independence for Tibet

2. Withdrawal of Order no.5, China’s new regulatory measures for reincarnations of living Buddha in Tibetan Buddhism.

3. Immediately STOP all forms of Human Rights violations inside Tibet.

4. No Olympics in China until Tibet is free.

5. Release of all Tibetan Political Prisoners including Gedun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and Ronggye A’drak.

The participants reached Chennai on 1st January 2008 and ended the march by observing silence in the memory of those who sacrificed their lives for the cause of Tibet.

* 5th February to 10th March 2014: Tibetan Uprising March from Dharamsala to Delhi

Fifty-Five members of Tibetan Youth Congress organized a long peace walk ‘Tibetan Uprising March’ from Mcloed Ganj to the Indian capital Delhi to raise awareness of the critical situation in Tibet and to support the aspirations of the self-immolators and to show solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet. The group of 55 marchers symbolizes 55 years of Chinese rule in Tibet, each marchers representing a dark and painful year under Chinese rule and walked the distance of about 600 kilometers. The march ended on 10th March where TYC presented a memorandum with a set of five demands to the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi and embassies of other countries to support our demands.

The five demands mentioned in the memorandum are as follows;

1. The Chinese Government must positively respond to the demands of the self-immolators, who have called for, among many other things, the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet.

2. Free all political prisoners, including the 11th Panchen Lama Gendun Choekyi Nyima, Tulku Tenzin Delek and Rongye Adak who are in Chinese jails.

3. China must allow the world media and an independent international youth group into Tibet to find out the grand reality.

4. Immediately cease population transfer into Tibet and stop insidious ‘Patriotic re-education campaign’ that is being forced upon the Tibetan people.

5. Stop nuclear testing, excessive mining and damming of rivers on the Tibetan Plateau which impact millions of people in Asia.

* 28th September 2015: Peace March by Tibetan supporters at United Nations in Delhi

A group of TYC supporters with the three hunger strikers, Mr. Tamdin Hrichoe, Ms. Tsewang Dolma and Mr. Tenzin Wangchuk went for a peace march from Jantar Mantar to the Office of the United Nations in New Delhi to urge an immediate intervention in Tibet.

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