Free Cuba Foundation joins observance of 60th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising

In Solidarity

Mr John Suarez @johnjsuarez from the Free Cuba Foundation @freecubafndtn joins the Tibetans at the Rally Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising outside the White House.@freecubafndtn https://t.co/pAFqu6IAPa

— Initiatives for China (@CitizenPowerIFC) March 10, 2019

 
Both Cubans and Tibetans looked to 1959 as an opportunity for democratic restoration and liberation. Instead tyranny entrenched itself. The Cuban nightmare began amidst the hope on January 1, 1959 that the departure of Fulgencio Batista into exile would mean a democratic restoration and an end to authoritarian tyranny instead it was the beginning of a new totalitarian communist tyranny headed by Fidel Castro.

 

Free Tibet!

Tibetan's hoped that a national uprising that erupted in Lhasa on March 10, 1959 would drive the Chinese occupiers out of their homeland. Instead His Holiness the Dalai Lama had to flee to India to avoid imprisonment or assassination as the Chinese communists crushed the uprising.

Six decades later we share something in common with the year 1959: a year of dashed hopes. A terrible year, when communism came to our countries, and even worse for Tibet - it is the year Communist China's occupation was consolidated and His Holiness the Dalai Lama went into exile.

We Free Cubans remain in solidarity with Tibetans and the cause of a Free Tibet. We will stand with you. For China to get out of Tibet and for human rights and liberty to return to Tibet.