Watch: Tibetan Activists ‘Greet’ Xi Jinping In Paris By Unfurling Tibet Flag Above His Motorcade

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s motorcade was met with a ‘Free Tibet’ banner unfurled by Tibetan and Uyghur activists. (Image: @SFTHQ/X)

Chinese President Xi Jinping saw banners calling for freeing Tibet and demanding justice for Uyghurs after he landed in France on Sunday for a state visit.

Tibetan and Uyghur activists on Sunday unfurled the Tibetan flag and demanded justice for alleged human rights violations suffered by Uyghurs above Chinese President Xi Jinping’s motorcade.

Xi Jinping arrived in France on a state visit and will later visit eastern European nations Hungary and Serbia, marking his first European visit in five years.

Following Xi’s arrival, campaigners for Tibet and Uyghur took to the streets demanding justice for those being allegedly oppressed by the Chinese government in those regions.

Students for a Free Tibet (SFT), who said that they were behind the unfurling of banners, later said that 2 activists who are part of the group were detained hours after they unfurled the banners.

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged French President Emmanuel Macron to publicly address issues related to Uyghurs, Tibetans and Hong Kongers during Xi’s visit to Paris and demanded that the individuals who have been arbitrarily detained be released immediately. The demand was put forth by Ilham Tohti, an Uyghur economist and recipient of the Sakharov Prize.

Tibetan activists also demanded that Macron should raise concerns about Tibet and Hong Kong when he meets Xi and said that alleged repression faced by Tibetan children in boarding schools and the erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong should be discussed.