Tribune News Service
CHANDIGARH, Dec 25 — Tibetan students affiliated with the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress today started a peace march from Chandigarh to New Delhi, With a view to seeking international support for Tibet.
As many as 70 students are participating in the march, which was flagged off from the Students Centre of Panjab University by the local M.P. Mr Satya Pal Jain here today.
The president of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, Mr Tsewang Namgyal in a statement said that the demands of the organisation included resumption of debate on the question of Tibet on the basis of 1959, 1961 and 1965 resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly, appointment of a rapporteur to investigate the human rights situation in China occupied Tibet and an unconditional release of all political prisoners, including the nine year old Panchen Lama, from different prisons in Tibet.
Mr Jain in his address said that he would take up the matter with the External Affairs Minister.
