National Independence Congress of Tibet
The National Independence Congress of Tibet (bod-rgyal-yongs-rang-btsan-lhan-tshogs བོད་ རྒྱལ་ ཡོངས་ རང་ བཙན་ ལྷན་ ཚོགས, English: Tibetan National Congress) is a political party of Tibetans in exile that took place on February 13th Was founded in 2013 in both New York and Paris . The initiators advocate the independence of Tibet under international law . One of the co-founders was the German human rights activist Tsewang Norbu . The party was launched on the 100th anniversary of Tibet's declaration of independence. The current chairman is Jigme Ugen. For the election of the Prime Minister of the Tibetan government- in- exile in 2016, the party nominated the writer Lukar Jam, who, however, had no chance against the Harvard lawyer Lobsang Sangay (National Democratic Party of Tibet).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Weyrauch: The party landscape of East Asia . Longtai, Heuchelheim 2018, ISBN 978-3-938946-27-5 , pp. 275 f .; The launch of the Tibetan National Congress. In: Voice of America . February 14, 2013, accessed July 1, 2020 .
- ^ Tibetan National Congress Launched. In: Tibet Truth. February 14, 2013, accessed July 1, 2020 .
- ^ New Party Fuels Debate on Tibet's Political Future. In: Radio Free Asia . February 22, 2013, accessed July 1, 2020 .
- ^ Leader of Tibet's Government-in-Exile Is Re-Elected. In: The Wall Street Journal . April 27, 2016, accessed July 1, 2020 .