Taiwan Church News 3389 Edition February 6 - 12, 2017 Church Ministry The Event Of "Cycling For A Free Tibet" Launched In TaiwanReported by Lin Yi-yin At 9:30 a.m. on February 1, a group of cyclists, including NPP lawmaker Freddy Lim and Covenants Watch's chief executive officer Ms Hwang Yi-bi and etc., carrying a big Tibetan national flag, rode toward Liberty Square after they had assembled at 228 Peace Memorial Park. Responding to the event of "Cycling For A Free Tibet", initiated by Mr Tashi Tsering, the founder of the Welfare Society for Tibetans in Taiwan and the Human Right Network for Tibet and Taiwan, this cycling event in Taiwan also marks the 7th anniversary of this campaign for Tibetan human rights commemorating the persecuted Tibetans over 1.2 million people were killed, murdered, raped and tortured and 6000 monasteries destroyed since 1949 and looking forward to a free Tibet in the future. Mr Tashi Tsering said the purpose of this cyclist event in Taiwan is to explain to the Chinese tourists or foreign visitors at Taipei about the Chinese communist's severe persecution in Tibet.Mr Tashi Tsering firmly believed, even the Chinese could understand the pleas of the Tibetans if there is chance to dialogue with them, that the meaning of "cycling" in this event suggests a nuance of persistent nonstop to fight for human rights in Tibet! Translated by Peter Wolfe |