5040 x 3354 px | 42,7 x 28,4 cm | 16,8 x 11,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
7 marzo 2009
Ubicazione:
London, England, UK
Altre informazioni:
Fifty years ago, Palden Gyatso was a young ordained monk in Lhasa, where he took part in peaceful demonstrations that were met by brutal repression from the Chinese authorities. Over 80, 000 Tibetans were killed in this 'Tibetan People's Uprising' and while the Dalai Lama fled the country and began to make the truth of what was happening known to the world, many others were jailed. Palden spent 33 years in prison and labour camps from 1959 to 1992, where he suffered beatings and inhumane torture that have left him permanently damaged. His Buddhist principles kept him going through his imprisonment and torture and his autobiography is the basis for a film, 'Fire Under the Snow', which received its London premiere on Sunday. Palden took a leading role in the demonstration in London on the 50th anniversary of the uprising, which is marked by an annual march from the Chinese embassy in Portland Place. At the start of the march he went with a small delegation to take a letter to the Chinese ambassador, but the police would not allow it to be delivered (and it had to be posted.) The march then went through London to Trafalgar Square for a rally.
