Dharamshala, April 1 -- The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) on Tuesday began its "Black Hat March,"--a peaceful protest march from Dharamshala to New Delhi-- aimed at raising global awareness and countering the ongoing "genocide" in Tibet. The march was flagged off from the Lhagyal Ri Temple in McLeodganj. The month-long march will conclude at the United Nations office in New Delhi on April 25. TYC in its statement said that the Black Hat March is a protest against the unlawful and forced military annexation of Tibet, beginning with China's illegal invasion in 1949, the forcible imposition of the so-called "Seventeen Point Agreement" under military intimidation in 1951, and the complete occupation of Tibet by 1959. "From that time onwards, the Chinese Communist government has systematically eradicated Tibet's language, script, religion, culture and natural environment, all of which stand as living testimonials of Tibet's independence and sovereignty. Over one million Tibetans have been arbitrarily arrested, imprisoned and massacred under politically fabricated charges, while forced assimilation has been aggressively pursued through China's relentless sinicisation policy," it added. The statement further said that the recent passing of the so called "Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress" represents yet another calculated attempt to accelerate the sinicisation and eradication of Tibetan identity. "The Black Hat March from Dharamshala to the United Nation office, Delhi stands as a powerful act of resistance against these grave injustices inflicted upon the Tibetan people," TYC said....