Tibet the 53rd Anniversary.

I know this is the second article I've written about the Tibetan struggle but as the death toll climbs I feel that it is freedom's obligation to protect those whose independence is threatened and suppressed.

Today marks the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule. Protestors marched across the Brooklyn Bridge today and gathered outside the United Nations office.

This is just another in a series of political crusades that advocate for freedom. As Martin Luther King Jr. stated, “Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom.” But will China actually let go anytime soon?

China is attempting to discredit several Tibetans that have self-immolated in protest calling them “Criminals, outcasts, and mentally ill people manipulated by the exiled Dalai Lama”. This is among many of the procedures being used by Chinese officials to get the Tibetan crisis under control. The protests have been focused on the Chinese government’s censorship of Tibetan religion and culture. The Chinese government even arguing that the Dalai Lama “orchestrated and supported the self immolations. This is despite the fact that the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has advocated against self immolation because it could lead to harsher restrictions on those in Tibet.

As many of those who have self-immolated come from the Buddhist monastery in the Sichuan province the Dalai Lama did praise the courageous efforts of those who gave their life to the cause of Tibetan independence.