Tibet Peace Rally Marathon Reaches Day Five on Ottawa–Toronto Route

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By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 28 Sept: The 7th Peace Rally Marathon for Tibet reached its fifth day on Sunday, with a five-member delegation completing another leg of their 450-kilometre run from Ottawa to Toronto to draw international attention to human rights in occupied Tibet.

Organised by Toronto Pemakopa Youth, the demonstration began on 23 September outside the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa and is slated to conclude on 1 October in front of the Chinese Consulate General in Toronto.

The latest update from the organisers confirmed that Day 5 began in Kaladar and ended near Belleville, where the team was received by local Tibetan residents and non-Tibetan supporters.

Directed at the Canadian government and the broader international community, the marathon outlines three key demands: the repeal of Beijing’s Ethnic Unity and Progress Law, the protection of Tibet’s fragile enviro...

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