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New York – Tibetans and their supporters will gather outside the Empire State Building (ESB) this morning to voice their outrage over the decision to turn the building’s lights red and yellow in honor of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1st. The protest will take place at 9:30am in front of the 34th Street entrance of the building. China’s Consul General Peng Keyu is expected to take part in a symbolic lighting ceremony at the ESB at 10:00am. The lights will remain red and yellow until Thursday morning.

“It’s a disgrace that the Empire State Building is giving this honor to the Chinese Communist Party, a regime directly responsible for the deaths of at least 30 million people in Tibet, East Turkestan and China,” said Tenzin Dorjee, a Tibetan-American and Deputy Director of Students for a Free Tibet. “I think Americans will be outraged to see the most iconic building in the U.S. kowtowing before the totalitarian Chinese state.”

WHAT: Concerned New Yorkers protest Empire State Building’s China Anniversary Honor

WHEN: Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 9:30am

WHERE: Sidewalk in front of the 34th St. entrance of the Empire State Building

WHO: Tibetans, their supporters and concerned New Yorkers

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