The 60th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising is Sunday
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/03/09
By: Ryan Drillsma, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2018 Tibetan Uprising Day march (By Central News Agency)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council has communicated a message to Beijing, asking authorities to think about their actions and change policy on Tibet prior to the anniversary of the 1959 Uprising.
Sunday marks 60 years since Tibetans revolted against Chinese Communist occupiers, who took control of the region in 1950 after the Chinese Civil War.
MAC asked Beijing to reflect on the incident and implement policies to safeguard the human rights and secure freedom of religious belief for Tibetan people, so that history can avoid repeating itself in the near future.
Despite claims that the Communist Party has “improved the lives” of Tibetans through addressing basic economic and infrastructural needs, the council’s statement said, reports suggest they have been forced into “patriotic re-education,” and are constantly subject to political and religious oppression. [FULL STORY]
