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MASS RALLY AND PROTEST AT THE CHINESE CONSULATE IN CHICAGO
If you live in Minnesota, there will be buses going to Chicago.
Wisconsin, Chicago, Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana to join the protest.
Tickets are $60/seat. Please purchase your tickets immediately.
Register Now! Contact:
Sangay Taythi: 612.599.3286/612.859.3228
Namgyal Samdup: 763.234.5931
Tashi Dorjee: 763.486.6361
Departure:
TAFM Community Center: March 10 @ 1 A.M. approx
Arrival:
TAFM Community Center: March 11 @ 1 A.M. approx
Chicago Program:
10:30 - Meet-up at the Water Tower Park in Downtown Chicago
11:30 - Rally towards the Chinese Consulate
12:30 - Protest in front of the consulate
3:00 - Closing
**If you're unable to travel, there will be a rally at the St Paul State Capitol.
So, WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 10, 2010?
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Background:
By the late 1950s it was clear to Tibetans that China had no intention of honouring a pledge made in 1951 to respect Tibetan autonomy. Tibetan resentment of China’s occupation simmered and it was clear that a revolt against Chinese rule was brewing.
On 10 March 1959, fearful that the Chinese intended to kidnap the Dalai Lama and take him to Beijing, 300,000 Tibetans surrounded the Norbulinka palace. Over the next days the Uprising grew. On 12 March 5,000 Tibetan women marched through the streets of Lhasa holding aloft banners demanding Tibetan independence. Tension escalated further as Tibetans erected barricades in Lhasa’s streets whilst Chinese forces mounted machine-guns on Lhasa rooftops. It is estimated that between 30,000 and 50,000 well-armed Chinese troops were in Lhasa while heavy Chinese artillery had been placed strategically outside the city.
On 19 March the Chinese started to shell Norbulingka, prompting the full force of the Uprising. On 21 March 800 shells rained down on the palace, slaughtering thousands of Tibetan men, women and children. Even the main monasteries - Drepung, Ganden and Sera - were shelled, destroying precious scriptures and other monastic treasures. Over a few days more than 86,000 Tibetans in central Tibet were killed by Chinese armed forces.