National Independence Congress of Tibet

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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

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  2. ^ Tibetan National Congress Launched. In: Tibet Truth. February 14, 2013, accessed July 1, 2020 .
  3. ^ New Party Fuels Debate on Tibet's Political Future. In: Radio Free Asia . February 22, 2013, accessed July 1, 2020 .
  4. ^ Leader of Tibet's Government-in-Exile Is Re-Elected. In: The Wall Street Journal . April 27, 2016, accessed July 1, 2020 .