“Sadda Haq; Free Tibet” Tibetan students and supporters protest rallied against the decision of censoring Tibetan Flag from ROCKSTAR
With the ongoing issue of censoring the Tibetan flag from ROCKSTAR and all the controversial politics played among the Bollywood industry under the Chinese pressure, who ultimately suffers are certainly the less powerful ‘Tibetans’. It has now become a violation of Human rights and a game with someone’s Identity. Students for a Free Tibet has launched a campaign recently to protest against the censoring and to warn the Indian government about the game plan of the Chinese communist party, playing with the largest democracy of the world.
Yesterday, with only two days to the release of the movie, the sudden blame game among the censor board and the producers had not only caused big havoc but had also shattered the feeling of most of Tibetan refugees due to the politics that they played using a National flag, but it was clearly seen as how the Chinese government is imposing such kind of pressure, effecting the Free speech and world’s largest democracy that the Tibetan refugees always admire about India.
Dont Censor TIBET from ROCKSTAR
Today, with Tibetans all over India protesting against the Chinese government for pressurizing India in such an unrealistic way and to rise up against the decision of censoring of ‘Tibet’ from the movie, the Delhi chapter of Students for a Free Tibet(SFT) organized a peace march rally as well as a cycle rally at Delhi University. Around 50 Tibetan students and Indian supporters participated in the rally showing their full disagreement to the censoring issue and to appeal the Censor Board not to go under Chinese pressure to value the free speech rights in India. Speaking to the participants and the media, Chapter director of SFT Delhi, Spalgon said “’Sadda Haq’ as the song featuring the Tibetan flag refers, it’s the right of every individual to express their own right. And the Tibetans are just demanding their own right, a Free Tibet. So censoring such a strong message not only shows the violation of free speech in such a democratic country like India, but also shows the clear sign of how the Chinese government is starting to pressurize India and playing with its largest pride, ’The Indian Democracy’.” He also added “for Indians, the censoring of the Flag might just be an issue of free speech. But for the Tibetans, it’s an issue of identity; it’s an issue of survival”
Getting ready for the Rally
The rally was divided in to two parts – a cycle rally reaching each and every nook of Delhi University and a peach march, reaching out each and every Indian student by freezing at every college in the Campus. The rally was aimed to raise the awareness about the current Tibetan situation under Chinese pressure and the threat that India might also face being so loyal towards Chinese orders and negligent towards its thread.
“As an Indian, I personally fear like India might also become like Nepal, a Chinese puppet in the future now. The recent censoring had clearly certified that, we have now no more rights to express our free Speech. The Tibetan Flag in the movie is not only the right of the Tibetans, but also the demand and right which thousands of Indian supporters like me seek from the censor board. If India will be more anti-china and pro-Tibet, Supporting the Tibetan Freedom Struggle, I really feel like there will be much better solution for a peaceful and safer Indian future” said PriyaDarshini, the coordinator of SFT Delhi.
Dont Censor TIBET from ROCKSTAR
Sonam, one of the participants said “In Tibet, we don’t have human rights. We have witnessed 11 cases of self immolations in the recent 6 months only. While escaping from Tibet to exile in India, we always feel the generosity of India being such a huge democratic country. But the recent issue of censoring Tibetan flag had caused havoc in the hearts of most Tibetans. But I am not blaming India. In fact, request them not to be pressurized by China and maintain their own value of Democracy. Support Tibet and help our land to be free again”
We shall over come; Ngatso Rangzen thobgi re; Hum Honge kamiyab
The event finally conclude with shouting of “Sadda haq; itte raq”, Free Tibet, slogans and singing of “we shall overcome” song.
