New York — Tibetan, Hong Kong, East Turkestan, South Mongolian activists and Chinese dissidents staged protests against the Chinese Communist Party on its national day, October 1, 2025. They held the protests in Taipei (Taiwan), Toronto (Canada), New York (United States), London (England), Paris (France), Australia and called on the Chinese government (CCP) to end the oppression of their brothers and sisters in Hong Kong, East Turkestan, Southern Mongolia, China, and Tibet.
They also protested against CCP for the elimination of their religion, culture, language and identity under the sinicisation policy. They further expressed solidarity with those arrested and imprisoned for simply exercising their fundamental rights, such as freedom of expression and freedom of belief in their respective regions.
The Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, Students for a Free Tibet, Chushi Gangdruk, East Turkistan, Hong Kong, and Chinese dissidents held a candlelight vigil near Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, on October 1, 2025, to pay tribute to those killed by the Chinese government in Tibet, Hong Kong, East Turkistan, and China, and to express solidarity with the people of the territories occupied by China.
The Tibetan Youth Congress of New York and New Jersey also organised a protest against the Chinese Communist Party on its national day to denounce its illegal occupation of Tibet and the oppression of Tibetans in Chinese-occupied Tibet. The protest took place in front of the Chinese consulate in New York, United States, on October 1, 2025.
Tibetans also staged a protest against the Chinese Communist Party on its national day, October 1, 2025, in front of the Chinese consulate in Toronto, Canada. Tibetans and their supporters, along with activists from Hong Kong, East Turkestan, Southern Mongolia, and Chinese dissidents, held protests against the CCP on its national day in London, England, Paris, France, and Australia.
They call on China to release Tibetan political prisoners who have been arrested and imprisoned simply for defending the Tibetan language, preserving Tibet's fragile environment, protesting against illegal mining in Tibet, and keeping photos and books of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. They also call on China to release Zhang Yadi, a Chinese student who was arrested by Chinese authorities in Yunnan while visiting her family. Although the reasons for her arrest are unclear, people who know her have said that she is a strong supporter of the Tibetan cause and has been involved in the Tibetan movement, and that this is why China arrested her.
