The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) has launched an “indefinite hunger strike” with three of their executives taking part. They are calling on the United Nations and world governments to intervene on behalf of Tibet. As China celebrates 50 years of their Tibetan Autonomous Region, and talks of Tibet’s “Golden Age”, the TYC says it is the darkest age in the history of Tibet, with nothing to celebrate; they wish to show support for the people who have died protesting against China’s rule in Tibet.