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Tibetan group in India protests against China and human rights situation in homeland

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NEW DELHI (AP) — Dozens of Tibetans living in India protested outside China’s embassy against the human rights situation in their homeland, which China annexed in 1951. Police blocked the protesters from entering the embassy and detained some after chasing them and wrestling them to the ground. The protest came as China marks its 75th year of Communist Party rule. The Tibetan Youth Congress, which organized the protest, blames China for repressing Tibetan culture. The Tibetan government-in-exile in India accuses China of denying fundamental human rights to people in Tibet and of exterminating Tibetan identity. At least 85,000 Tibetan refugees live in India. The Dalai Lama — their spiritual leader — has made Dharamshala  in northern India his headquarters since fleeing Tibet in 1959.

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