Overview

• Tibetan activists protested outside the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 27, calling for global support for Tibetan independence.
• Demonstrators chanted "Free Tibet, China out, China out of Tibet now," drawing attention to long-standing demands from the exile community.
• Tashi Tundup, vice president of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress of New York and New Jersey, urged UN representatives and world leaders to back independence.
• The RTYC is a chapter of the Tibetan Youth Congress, described as the largest pro-independence Tibetan organization in exile with more than 30,000 members since its founding in 1970.
• The protest coincided with the 80th UN General Assembly, where China's Premier Li Qiang addressed delegates and criticized unilateral protectionist measures; no formal endorsements for Tibetan independence were reported.