Tibetans Burn Chinese Constitution in Dharamshala to Protest Assimilation Law

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Tibetans Burn Chinese Constitution in Dharamshala to Protest Assimilation Law DHARAMSHALA, India (July 18, 2026) — Tensions boiled over in the capital of the Tibetan exile community today as a mass protest led by major Tibetan rights organizations culminated in the public burning of a copy of the Chinese Constitution. Demonstrators gathered in large numbers to forcefully reject Beijing’s recently enacted "Ethnic Unity and Progress Law," which activists condemn as a thinly veiled framework for state-mandated cultural assimilation and the systematic erasure of Tibetan identity. Protesters chanted slogans declaring that "Tibet is a nation, not a minority," directly challenging China's geopolitical narrative.