March remembering the Tibetan uprising happening SaturdayRESISTANCE: The March 10 uprising is commemorated to remind the world that authoritarian expansion would not stop on its own, Kelsang Gyaltsen Bawa saidStaff writer, with CNAAn annual march commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising, the themes of which would be religious reincarnation, autonomy and resistance to transnational repression, is to take place in Taipei on Saturday, organizers said yesterday. Chinese authorities are trying to control the recognition of the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation, not out of respect for Tibetan Buddhism, nor for the Dalai Lama himself, “but because they are unable to truly control the faith and spiritual strength of the Tibetan people,” he said. Organizers of the annual march commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising hold a news conference outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday. The uprising was brutally suppressed, which led to the Dalai Lama’s exile to India and about 150,000 Tibetans fled into exile, the Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan said. Since 2004, Tibetans in Taiwan and local non-governmental organizations have held an annual march in Taipei in early March to commemorate Tibetan Uprising Day.

Source: Taipei Times March 04, 2026 17:15 UTC