抗暴示威反中國 流亡藏人返鄉長征
【大陸中心╱綜合外電報導】中國武力血腥鎮壓西藏抗暴事件昨天屆滿49周年,除中國外全球各地藏人多舉行示威活動。其中5百名在尼泊爾首都加德滿都示威抗議的西藏人,遊行至中國大使館時與警方發生衝突,混亂中造成至少2名警察與3名示威者受傷。而印度約百名流亡藏人,也從昨天展開「返鄉長征」,企圖闖過喜瑪拉雅山進入西藏,彰顯受難流民均有返鄉自由的精神。
印度 數百名藏人昨天在印度首都新德里示威,他們全身包裹噴上紅色油漆的紗布,呼籲抵制北京奧運。法新社
不放棄西藏自治
法新社報導,近3千名西藏人昨天聚集在加德滿都的一處寺院集會,紀念西藏抗暴事件49周年。其中5百名藏人前往中國大使館示威抗議時,遭警方阻止,雙方引爆衝突。示威者以石塊丟擲警察,警方則不甘示弱,以警棍毆打示威者,場面混亂,造成至少5人受傷。
達賴喇嘛昨也在西藏流亡政府所在地、印度北部達蘭薩拉出席抗暴紀念大會時,嚴詞指控中國在西藏進行「令人無法想像與公然的迫害。」達賴向在場的數百名支持者表示,儘管自2002年以來與中國已進行6回合會談,並沒有結果,但他仍不放棄追求西藏自治。
達蘭薩拉的1百名流亡西藏人從昨天開始啟程,展開「返鄉長征」,從達蘭薩拉出發,預計六個月內穿越喜瑪拉雅山脈回西藏,希望在北京奧運期間達成目標。他們強調和平進行,不過卻不願透露會從哪些可能途徑闖越邊境。
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1959年 8萬藏人遭屠殺
1959年3月10日,中國解放軍武力鎮壓抗暴西藏民眾,屠殺超過8萬7千人,迫使達賴喇嘛流亡印度,在達蘭薩拉(Dharamshala)成立流亡政府尋求國際支持,史稱「西藏抗暴事件」。藏人於是將每年3月10日定為抗暴日,流亡世界各地的藏人紛紛舉行示威遊行、絕食抗議等紀念活動。今年已是第49周年。
Tibetan marchers defy Indian police ban
March 11, 2008
DHARAMSHALA, India (AFP) — A group of Tibetan exiles planning to march to their homeland from northern India were back on the road Tuesday despite a police ban on their trek.
The 100 activists began their walk on Monday as part of pro-independence protests ahead of the Beijing Olympics. They hope the march will highlight what they say are serious human rights violations in their Himalayan homeland.
The group had walked 20 kilometres (13 miles) from Dharamshala before local police served them with a restraining order that they had received from authorities in the Indian capital.
“We will continue on our homeland march despite the order that has been served on us,” said B. Tsering, head of the Tibetan Women’s Association, one of five organisations sponsoring the march.
The activists said the restraining order said their protest could “culminate in endangering public tranquillity and breach of public peace.”
“Tibetan refugees have the right to return to Tibet, the land from where we come,” said Tsewang Rigzin, leader of the Tibetan Youth Congress.
“This is the first major obstacle we are facing but we remain committed to marching. We want to do nothing more than go back to our country and help end the suffering of our brothers and sisters living under brutal Chinese occupation,” he said.
Bystanders cheered the group Tuesday as they walked along the mountain roads. Police were not around.
District police chief Atul Phuljile said, however, that the marchers would be prevented from leaving his area.
Dharamshala, in the northern Indian district of Kangra, is home to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile.
Monday marked the 49th anniversary of the spiritual leader’s escape from Lhasa after a failed uprising against Chinese rule.