Anniversary of 1959 Tibetan uprising



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Green MP Keith Locke joins the Friends of Tibet protest outside the Chinese Embassy, Wellington NZ

This morning I joined the Friends of Tibet protest outside the Chinese Embassy on the 51st anniversary of the

1959 Tibetan people’s uprising

against Chinese rule. Of course there was another ‘uprising’ in March 2008, with demonstrations throughout Tibet. Unfortunately, those who took part are still being punished with imprisonment, and one Tibetan farmer, Pema Yeshi, was given a two-year

suspended death sentence

last November.

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