August 7, 2008
London: With one day away from the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, Tibetans and Tibetan supporters from U.K. today gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in London and held a candle light vigil to coincide with the international Candle4Tibet vigil. A banner was held reading Shine a Light on Tibet. The event started at 6 p.m. with prayers along with people lighting their share of candles in solidarity with the Tibetans inside Tibet.
Iain Thom, one of the Pro-Tibet British activists, who was recently deported by the Chinese authorities for unfurling the banner One World One Dream, Free Tibet from a height of 120 ft on a pole outside the Birds Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing, attended the vigil too and shared his sympathy and solidarity with the Tibetan people. He was welcomed by a thunderous round of applause!
This was later followed with a speech by Mr.Sonam Frasi, a Member of the Tibetan Parliament from Europe, on the significance of the Tibetan struggle in light of the Beijing Olympics.
The whole event concluded nice and well around 8 p.m. with protests and a prayer.
The plight of the Tibetans is unfortunate and illegal and the rest of the world should be more adamant about bringing about justice for the Tibetans. This tragic situation will continue to harm not only Tibet, but all of China as well.
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