Tenzin Nyidon
DHARAMSHALA, July 19: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), the largest pro-independence Tibetan organisation in exile, on Sunday launched a worldwide chain hunger strike in Dharamshala to honour the late Tibetan independence activist Lobga Rangzen and denounce China’s recently enacted Ethnic Unity and Progressive Law, which the organisation said institutionalises forced assimilation.
The campaign commenced outside the Tibetan Market near the Main Tibetan Temple in McLeod Ganj and marks the first phase of a coordinated international protest that will continue across multiple countries in the coming weeks.
Addressing the media, TYC Vice President Tashi Targyal...





