Tibetans Converge In Pittsburgh To Protest Chinese Actions

A contingency of protesters has already congregated in Pittsburgh to call attention to an international issue.

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Members from Tibetan communities from several US cities are in Pittsburgh for the G-20 summit to protest the Chinese government’s actions in Tibet.

Organized by the Tibetan Association of Philadelphia, protesters have come from New York City, northern New Jersey, Boston, Minneapolis and many other locations to participate in marches on Thursday and Friday.

The group plans to march from Craig Street in Oakland to Point State Park on Thursday and from Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill on Friday morning.

Actions the group has planned will be peaceful.

They hope to call Chinese President Hu Jintao’s attention to the need to pay attention to various human rights violations in Tibet, including freedoms of individual expression and of religious practice, as well as the collective right of self-determination.