Tibetans Demand UN Action on Human Rights
3,329 views · Published 20 March 2012 · 3:24 · Indexed 29 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2012 · News & Politics
Three Tibetan independence activists are nearly one month into a hunger strike outside of the United Nations in New York. They promise to continue their water-only fast until a fact-finding mission is sent to their homeland to assess the human rights situation there. On Monday night, New York police and medics forcibly transported the oldest striker, Dorjee Gyalpo, to a local hospital out of concern for his deteriorating condition. He remains in hospital but has refused food and is only accepting intravenous fluids. He recently spoke with VOA United Nations correspondent Margaret Besheer.
