Students’ body asks athletes to quit Games

Students’ body asks athletes to quit Games

By AMIT AGNIHOTRI

New Delhi, May 19: The All India Tibetan College Students’ Mass Movement has appealed to the athletes to boycott the Beijing Olympics if China continues to suppress the innocent Tibetans for expressing their love for freedom.


"We appeal to the athletes to consider boycotting the Beijing Olympics if the Chinese government continues to suppress the Tibetans for showing their love for human dignity," said All India Tibetan College Students’ Mass Movement member Tenzin Morkyi. The college students’ body has also asked the Chinese government to immediately hold a meaningful dialogue with the Dalai Lama, reconsider its agreement on human rights improvement and free media coverage in Tibet.

Concerned over the whereabouts of their fellow students in Tibet, the group members said that they "want the Chinese government to explain the fate of Tibetans university students who are missing after expressing their solidarity with the Tibetans killed in Tibet".

Calling for a UN intervention, the students have appealed to the international body to send a team to check the reality in Tibet and investigate the human rights violations there.

The body, which has been formed as a result of realistic demands and several emergency meetings held by representatives of 14 prominent regions, is going to launch a membership drive from May 21.