Five Detained for Unfurling Tibetan Flag Near Bharat Mandapam
Students for a Free Tibet said four activists were detained after banners called for an independent Tibet and condemned Beijing’s rule.
- On Friday, four members of Students for a Free Tibet were detained near New Delhi's Bharat Mandapam while protesting Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit for the BRICS Summit.
- Tibet has been under Chinese control since 1951, prompting the Dharamshala-based Tibetan government-in-exile to continue seeking independence from Beijing.
- Activists called on BRICS leaders to "condemn China's illegal occupation of Tibet" and raised concerns over Beijing's infrastructure projects on Tibetan rivers, urging India to oppose "China's encroachment."
- New Delhi remains under heavy security for the summit scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, though the Delhi Police have not yet commented on the detentions.
- The BRICS grouping comprises India, Brazil, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates, gathering amid regional geopolitical tensions.
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New Delhi, 11 Sep. (askanews) - Flags, slogans and cartels with the inscription "genocide": several dozen Tibetans protested in New Delhi against the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India - a country that has hosted the Dalai Lama since 1959 - at the summit of the Brics, denouncing China's policies in Tibet. "We will continue to manifest until Tibet is free," said one of the protesters, Karten Tsering.
New Delhi, Sep 11 (EFE).- Dozens of Tibetans exiled in India marched this Friday through New Delhi with Tibetan flags and banners against Chinese President Xi Jinping, a day before his arrival in the Indian capital to participate in the BRICS summit. Protesters sang Tibetan songs and chanted [...] The Tibetan entry march in New Delhi against Xi on the eve of the BRICS summit was first published in HolaNews.
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