By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 1 July: Tibetans across the world staged coordinated protests on Wednesday as China’s Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress came into force, with a coalition of four Tibetan non-governmental organisations leading demonstrations in Dharamsala against what they described as legislation designed to systematically erase Tibetan identity.

The protest, collectively organised by the Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA), National Democratic Party of Tibet (NDPT), Gu Chu Sum Movement Association of Tibet, and Students for a Free Tibet-India (SFT-India), started from the main square in McLeod Ganj and concluded at the Martyrs’ Wall inside the Tsuglagkhang temple complex. Braving steady rain, protesters marched through the town carrying Tibetan national flags and banners while chanting slogans condemning China’s policies in Tibet.

The Dharamsala demonstration was one of a series of protest...