TWA marks 30th anniversary of historic ‘Silent Protest’ in Beijing by exile Tibetan women

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 5: The Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) on Friday commemorated the 30th anniversary of the historic ‘Silent Protest’ held during the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in September 1995. The event, observed at the Tibetan Settlement Hall in Dharamshala, honoured a pivotal moment in the Tibetan freedom struggle, an act remembered as the first protest by Tibetan exiles against Chinese rule on Chinese soil.

During the original protest in 1995, nine Tibetan exile women, Gyalthong Tsering Dolma, Kherol Seldup, Tenzin Dolker Jinpa, Chime Dhond...

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