Delhi: Tibetans protest outside Chinese embassy on Uprising Day

New Delhi: Numerous Tibetan refugees on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Chinese embassy in New Delhi on Tibetan Uprising Day. [caption id=“attachment_2145481” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. AFP[/caption] Holding Tibetan flags, posters and banners with “Free Tibet” written on them, the protesters gathered at the sprawling lawns outside the embassy and raised pro-freedom slogans. Some of them also wore black-coloured masks on their faces and had painted the Tibetan flag on their cheeks. Initially, there were only 20-25 protesters but their numbers swelled as hundreds more poured in at Chanakyapuri, where police had a tough time handling the stir. As the crowd kept increasing, police personnel beefed up security in and around the Chinese embassy. The protesters tried to march towards the embassy but were prevented by police from entering the high-security complex. The police took some of the protesters away in PCR vans and later said that around 50 of them have been detained. Tibetan Uprising Day is observed by organisations and individuals who support the cause of Tibetan independence. Observed on 10 March, Tibetan Uprising Day commemorates the 1959 uprising against the presence of the People’s Republic of China in Tibet. (With inputs from PTI and IANS)