Dharamshala, 9th April: Mr. Tenzin Tsundue, a well-known Tibetan freedom activist, announced on his official Facebook page on April 2nd that he will be on a speaking tour in Europe, beginning with the Geneva Summit on Human Rights on April 4-6, and continuing with events in Switzerland 7-10, Sweden 11-17, Norway 18-20, Denmark 20-22, Spain 23-25, and the Czech Republic 26-29, before returning to Delhi on April 29th.
Mr. Tenzin Tsundue la posted on his Facebook page that he was almost arrested when he posed with the Tibetan and Uyghur national flags at the United Nations and that he wished they had.
At the 14th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, under the dedicated summit segment on China titled “The Struggle for Human Rights in China”, Tenzin Tsundue la spoke for about ten minutes about the deplorable human rights of Tibetans in China. Joey Siu on Hong Kong and Rushnabbas on East Turkestan are on his panel, which is moderated by Luke de Pulford.
To brief his speech at the summit, he shared his journey and jail experience in Tibet, where he was blindfolded, beaten, tortured, and denied food. He also discussed how his Tibetan Buddhist and cultural upbringing had given him inner strength. Tsundue emphasized that empowerment does not come from “hate, rage, or a desire for vengeance,” but rather from sympathizing with the enemy who is going through a moment of weakness.
Right now, there is no official word on his next destination, Switzerland. As of his Sweden trip, the website of the University of Gothenburg states that Tenzin Tsundue la will speak on the creative use of culture in Tibet as a means of resistance against China’s occupation of Tibet at the University of Gothenburg’s Department of Sociology on April 13 from 11:15 to 13:00.
The University of Gothenburg describes Tenzin Tsundue la as a co-founding member of the Occupied Peoples Forum, which brings together people from several different territories in the world that live under occupation, aiming to build knowledge and strategies for decolonization and liberation.
Last year, Tenzin Tsundue embarked on a 500-kilometer march from Dharamshala to New Delhi to raise awareness about China’s military and geopolitical assault against India. He claims that if India takes the lead in raising the Tibet problem with the help of a global alliance, it will challenge China and minimize the costly and chronic threat that China poses on its frontiers. His key demand is that New Delhi rescinds the One China Policy, which has been in place for many years.
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