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Tibetan Independence Day

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Students for Free Tibet-France demonstrates in Paris to mark Tibetan Independence Day

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Feb 16, 2022, at 05:24 am

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Paris: Students for Free Tibet-France recently demonstrated in Paris city to mark the 109th anniversary of Tibetan Independence Day.

Over 100 members of the Tibetan diaspora in France including Thupten Gyastso, Member of Parliament of the Tibetan Government in Exile, protested raising the Tibetan flag and demanding freedom of Tibet from Chinese occupation, reports Indian news agency ANI.

The demonstration took place in the city's Bastille Square.

The protesters also displayed the treaty which was signed during the Shimla convention in 1913-1914 concerning the status of Tibet negotiated by then representatives of the Republic of China, Tibet, and the United Kingdom, the news agency reported.

The demonstrators also danced to traditional Tibetan songs.

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