A protester holds a placard reading ‘Xi Jinping stop killing in Tibet’ during a rally involving members of the Tibetan and Uyghur communities. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
A protester holds a placard reading ‘Xi Jinping stop killing in Tibet’ during a rally involving members of the Tibetan and Uyghur communities. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)  
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US Lawmaker Tables Bill In Congress To Recognise Tibet As An Independent Country

BySwarajya Staff

As United States lawmaker Scott Perry has tabled a bill in the US House of Representatives to recognise Tibet as a “separate and independent country”, Business Today has reported.

Perry a Republican lawmaker from Pennsylvania had earlier introduced a bill seeking to recognise Hong Kong as a separate nation from China. Both the bill were subsequently referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

The bill seeking to recognise Tibet - currently occupied by China, has been hailed by various Tibetian activists who called it a historic initiative.

China had invaded Tibet in 1949 and gained control of the entire region 10 years later in 1959. The communist nation has been accused of various human rights violations in the region since then.

This decision comes amid an announcement by US President Donald Trump who offered to mediate between India and China over the border dispute in Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).