Tibetans take out rally to mark uprising

To observe the 53rd National Uprising Day, the Tibetans from across the North-East took out a protest rally in Guwahati on Saturday.

Hundreds of Tibetans were killed by Chinese forces on March 10, 1959 for opposing annexation of the province by Beijing.

The protest march was organised by Tibetan Solidarity Committee demanding from Dighali Pukhuri in Guwahati.

The protesters also shouted slogans demanding free Tibet.

The political head of the Tibetan government in exile Dr. Labsang Sangay also issued a statement on the  53rd uprising Day.

“Today, on the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day and fourth anniversary of the 2008 mass protests in Tibet, I offer tribute to the brave people who have sacrificed so much for Tibet. Despite fifty-three years of occupation by the People’s Republic of China," the statement read.