Exiled Tibetans re-elect leader to spearhead autonomy drive

Tibetan monks walk in an alley at Majnu Ka Tila, a Tibetan refugee camp in New Delhi, India, April 27, 2016. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee

DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - The political leader of Tibetans in exile, Lobsang Sangay, vowed after being re-elected on Wednesday to convince the international community to renew its interest in his people's plight and back his campaign for China to grant Tibet autonomy.

Sangay, who has led the 150,000-odd Tibetan worldwide diaspora since religious leader the Dalai Lama gave up political power in 2011, won 57 percent of nearly 60,000 votes cast, Tibetan officials said in the Indian hill town of Dharamsala.