Tibetan Youth Congress

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The Tibetan Youth Congress, TYC), is a Tibetan non-governmental organization that gathers more than 70 000 members all being Tibetans in exile throughout the world, very active for the defense of the Tibetan cause. This NGO was founded in Dharamsala (India) October 7, 1970 in the presence of the 14th Dalai Lama.

The Congress has 77 regional branches, situated in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Norway, Canada, France, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, USA and in Switzerland.

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[edit] Aims

The aims of the Congress summarizes in 4 major axes:

  1. Serve Tibet and his people under the aegis of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet,
  2. Promote and protect the unity and national integrity while putting an end to the distinctions of religious, regional or status origins,
  3. Work for the preservation and the promotion of the religion and unique culture of the Tibet, as well as of its traditions,
  4. Fight for the independence of Tibet, even at the cost of one's life.

TYC uses nonviolent means for its actions, to the request of the Dalai Lama. However, it's manifesto implies the use of violence to achieve the total independence of Tibet.[1]

Because of the absence of progress in the China-tibetan-exiles dialog, the TYC organized several unlimited hunger strikes in New Delhi in India, in particular in 1998, and recently in July 2007 and masterminded the 3.14 violent riot in March 2008 in China.[citation needed] The 2008 Olympics seems to be the last chance for TYC to be known by the world, so they organized a series of protests for the Olympic torch reply, which resulted in detrimental consequence to Tibetans' peaceful image. TYC is actually out of Dalai's control, or in anther word, they play the two sides of one game so their stance could be more flexible. The brother of the Dalai Lama, Kasur Gyalo Dhondup visits the 14 Tibetan the 24th day of their hunger strike to request them to stop their strike in order not to put their life in danger, ensuring then that he would defend their cause with the Chinese government through embassy of China in New Delhi.[2].

[edit] See also

[edit] See also

List of organizations of Tibetans in exile

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[edit] Notes et références

  1. ^ Aims and Objectives of the Tibetan Youth Congress
  2. ^ Kasur Gyalo Dhondup to raise hunger strikers’ cause to the Chinese Government: Day 24
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