In President Obama's recent trip to Asia, he failed all those who fight for freedom, human rights and justice. President Obama stated in China that "We did note that while we recognize that Tibet is part of the People's Republic of China, the United States supports the early resumption of dialogue between the Chinese government and representatives of the Dalai Lama to resolve any concerns and differences that the two sides may have."
President Obama did not need to say that Tibet is a part of China to mention that he supports the dialogue. The President making this statement shows a few things: firstly, that China has dictated the terms for his visit through this statement; second, that China's illegal occupation of Tibet is ever more evident; and third,it shows that the President has not only weakened the US position against China, he has led the rest of nations that hold US in esteem to do the same.
Tibet has never been a part of China. Tibet is an illegally occupied country and the Tibetan people have deeply held grievances against China's illegal occupation and colonization of Tibet.
President Obama's statement cannot change what is the historical truth. The US has failed the Tibetan people once again and we hope that it can stand up to the true ideals of freedom, liberty and justice that the US stands for.
To learn more about the outcome of President Obama's recent trip to China, read the articles below:
OBAMA's CHINA KOWTOW By Mercatornet.com
Could there be anything worse than being the leader of a nation in decline meeting the leaders of the nation that will soon displace your country as the world’s pre-eminent power? That must be the sense with which US President Barack Obama met with his counterpart Hu Jintao and other political leaders in China this week. It explains why, in large part, the leader of the free world chose to tread softly on key issues on which he should have taken a much firmer stand.
"Indeed, President Obama lost more than just face by not raising a number of key issues, or not raising them loudly enough, during his visit. He squandered an opportunity to speak truth to power -– as John F. Kennedy and other presidents have done."
TIBET THROWN UNDER THE BUS By Washington Times
Buried in a very long joint statement by President Obama and President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China is the following declaration by the American president:
"We did note that while we recognize that Tibet is part of the People's Republic of China, the United States supports the early resumption of dialogue between the Chinese government and representatives of the Dalai Lama to resolve any concerns and differences that the two sides may have."
The magic words are "we recognize that Tibet is part of the People's Republic of China." Although the State Department has stated these words or similar ones for decades, so far as anyone can discover, this is the first time an American president has ever made such a statement in public, before the television cameras of the world's press. Beijing is trumpeting the Obama declaration with lead articles in People's Daily, the Chinese Communist Party newspaper.
Mr. Obama was probably not a volunteer on this subject. On Nov. 6, the South China Morning Post reported that having the American president say these words in public was the No. 1 priority of the Chinese side for the Obama-Hu meetings. They got what they wanted. The comforting words about resuming dialogue with his holiness the Dalai Lama was a small price to pay since Beijing controls the dialogue. Read Full Aritcle
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
20 Tibetans detained for anti-China protests
21 TYC activists protest outside the high security Chinese Embassy in New Delhi.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Tibet News Update
Dalai Lama Named Honorary Citizen of Warsaw, by AFP
WARSAW (AFP) — Poland's capital Warsaw risked the ire of China Thursday as local councillors voted to make the Dalai Lama an honorary citizen of the city.
Spokesman Slawomir Paszkiet told AFP that the councillors had voted unanimously to grant the symbolic status to the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.
"As municipal councillors in a city which has gone through so many trials in its history, we have the moral right and the duty to honour a man who seeks for his compatriots and his country the freedom and sovereignty that we have ourselves enjoyed for the past 20 years," the councillors said in a joint declaration, referring to Warsaw's destruction during the World War II Nazi German occupation and the 1989 fall of Poland's communist regime. Read Full Article
6 Women Protesters Hurt by Gunfire, by Tibet.net
The Tibetan government-in-exile says at least six Tibetan women suffered gunshot wounds when Chinese security forces opened fire on a group of protesters in western Sichuan province bordering Tibet.
Witnesses say the protesters gathered Sunday to demonstrate against forced relocation from their homes, prompted by the construction of a major hydroelectric dam. They say security forces converged on the protesters and opened fire. Read Full Article
Article: Launching the Endgame, by Times of India
Mention of Tibetan Buddhism conjures up images of ochre-robed monks in remote monasteries chanting 'Om mane padme Om'. The reality is different.
Just beneath the surface, Tibetan Buddhism's religious hierarchy is riven with rivalry with different sects vying for dominance. The claim to seniority of Ughen Thinley Dorje, one of the claimants to the XVIIth Gyalwa Karmapa of the Kagyu sect, assumes importance in this context. The rivalry is intensifying as they jostle to position themselves for the post-XIVth Dalai Lama phase. Read Full Article
Pelosi Talks Tibet with China's leaders, by Sify News
Beijing, May 28 (ANI): US House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a bipartisan CODEL met with China's President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and Wu Bangguo, the chairman of the National People's Congress - and talked about North Korea and human rights abuses in Tibet.
Pelosi, a longtime critic of China's record in Tibet, was greeted by pro-democracy protesters bearing a banner reading "Welcome Pelosi... SOS." Read Full Article
WARSAW (AFP) — Poland's capital Warsaw risked the ire of China Thursday as local councillors voted to make the Dalai Lama an honorary citizen of the city.
Spokesman Slawomir Paszkiet told AFP that the councillors had voted unanimously to grant the symbolic status to the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.
"As municipal councillors in a city which has gone through so many trials in its history, we have the moral right and the duty to honour a man who seeks for his compatriots and his country the freedom and sovereignty that we have ourselves enjoyed for the past 20 years," the councillors said in a joint declaration, referring to Warsaw's destruction during the World War II Nazi German occupation and the 1989 fall of Poland's communist regime. Read Full Article
6 Women Protesters Hurt by Gunfire, by Tibet.net
The Tibetan government-in-exile says at least six Tibetan women suffered gunshot wounds when Chinese security forces opened fire on a group of protesters in western Sichuan province bordering Tibet.
Witnesses say the protesters gathered Sunday to demonstrate against forced relocation from their homes, prompted by the construction of a major hydroelectric dam. They say security forces converged on the protesters and opened fire. Read Full Article
Article: Launching the Endgame, by Times of India
Mention of Tibetan Buddhism conjures up images of ochre-robed monks in remote monasteries chanting 'Om mane padme Om'. The reality is different.
Just beneath the surface, Tibetan Buddhism's religious hierarchy is riven with rivalry with different sects vying for dominance. The claim to seniority of Ughen Thinley Dorje, one of the claimants to the XVIIth Gyalwa Karmapa of the Kagyu sect, assumes importance in this context. The rivalry is intensifying as they jostle to position themselves for the post-XIVth Dalai Lama phase. Read Full Article
Pelosi Talks Tibet with China's leaders, by Sify News
Beijing, May 28 (ANI): US House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a bipartisan CODEL met with China's President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and Wu Bangguo, the chairman of the National People's Congress - and talked about North Korea and human rights abuses in Tibet.
Pelosi, a longtime critic of China's record in Tibet, was greeted by pro-democracy protesters bearing a banner reading "Welcome Pelosi... SOS." Read Full Article
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
CNN's Fareed Zakaria sits down with the Dalai Lama
CNN's Fareed Zakaria sits down with the Dalai Lama about Chinese-Tibetan relations, Osama Bin Laden and reincarnation.
Symposium on Tibet - New York 2007
Symposium was held on March 11, 2007 and organised by Regional Tibetan Youth Congress of New York & New Jersey and audio webcasted live by phayul.com. There were three speakers:
Tenzin Tsundue
Kalsang Phuntsok
Gyalo Dhondup
Listen to audio of the Symposium on TIbet - New York
Listen to all - MP3 Audio
Tenzin Tsundue
Kalsang Phuntsok
Gyalo Dhondup
Listen to audio of the Symposium on TIbet - New York
Listen to all - MP3 Audio
Monday, May 25, 2009
6 Tibetans Seriously Wounded in Protests Against China's Hydroelectric Dam Project
www.tibet.net, Dharamshala, 26 May 2009
At least 6 Tibetan women have sustained serious gunshot wounds after Chinese security forces opened fire at a group of Tibetans in Tawu County, who were venting their anger against China's forceful relocation of tens of thousands of local Tibetans, sources reported Monday.
The Public Security Bureau officials and People's Armed Police indiscriminately fired at Tibetan residents of Tawu and Nyagchu County in Karze Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, at around 11 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, 24 May.
The sources attributed the incident to China's construction of a major hydroelectric dam between Nyagchu and Tawu County, which is resulting in a large-scale displacement of local Tibetans. The government coerced local residents of Tawu County to sign a document as it begin to plan the construction work in early 2008.
This year the Chinese authorities again reinforce their relocation plan, which was vehemently opposed by the Tibetans who refused to leave their ancestral lands and houses.
Subsequently, on 5 May 2009, the Chinese government dispatched a large number of armed police to the region and destroyed homes of some families, including those of Ati Gyatso Tsang and Chego Pezi Tsang.
Earlier, the authorities convened a meeting and erected a stone pillar in their plan to relocate the residents of Wara Mato town to another place. Expressing strong opposition to the forced relocation policy, the angry residents led by an old woman named Lhamo, who is believed to be aged above 70, refused to move saying they are owner of the land and destroyed the pillar.
Consequently, as residents from Tawu and Nyagchu districts gathered in the region to protest the arrival of large number of troops on the morning of 24 May, the army fired shots leaving six Tibetan women seriously wounded.
Those wounded have been identified as Tsering Lhamo, Rigzin Lhamo, Dolma, Kelsang, Dolkar and Khaying.
But sources could not tell whether those injured are dead or alive as they were forcibly taken away after the firing incident.
At least 6 Tibetan women have sustained serious gunshot wounds after Chinese security forces opened fire at a group of Tibetans in Tawu County, who were venting their anger against China's forceful relocation of tens of thousands of local Tibetans, sources reported Monday.
The Public Security Bureau officials and People's Armed Police indiscriminately fired at Tibetan residents of Tawu and Nyagchu County in Karze Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, at around 11 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, 24 May.
The sources attributed the incident to China's construction of a major hydroelectric dam between Nyagchu and Tawu County, which is resulting in a large-scale displacement of local Tibetans. The government coerced local residents of Tawu County to sign a document as it begin to plan the construction work in early 2008.
This year the Chinese authorities again reinforce their relocation plan, which was vehemently opposed by the Tibetans who refused to leave their ancestral lands and houses.
Subsequently, on 5 May 2009, the Chinese government dispatched a large number of armed police to the region and destroyed homes of some families, including those of Ati Gyatso Tsang and Chego Pezi Tsang.
Earlier, the authorities convened a meeting and erected a stone pillar in their plan to relocate the residents of Wara Mato town to another place. Expressing strong opposition to the forced relocation policy, the angry residents led by an old woman named Lhamo, who is believed to be aged above 70, refused to move saying they are owner of the land and destroyed the pillar.
Consequently, as residents from Tawu and Nyagchu districts gathered in the region to protest the arrival of large number of troops on the morning of 24 May, the army fired shots leaving six Tibetan women seriously wounded.
Those wounded have been identified as Tsering Lhamo, Rigzin Lhamo, Dolma, Kelsang, Dolkar and Khaying.
But sources could not tell whether those injured are dead or alive as they were forcibly taken away after the firing incident.
Standoff at Tibet Gold Mine
By Radio Free Asia, May 24th, 2009
Tibetan Buddhists regard it as a sacred site. Gold deposits make Ser Ngol Lo valuable in other ways too, and tensions are rising.
HONG KONG—Hundreds of villagers in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of western China are facing off against armed security forces at the site of a planned gold mine on what the Tibetans consider a sacred mountain, witnesses say.
“The Tibetan protesters are worried,” said one local man, who said he was one of eight organizers of the protest.
“The police, the soldiers, and the miners are threatening to move ahead with the mine...They have said they will force their way through and go to the site.”
Tibetans have historically worshiped the site, conducting rituals there in the event of drought, residents say. Now a Chinese mining and lumbering firm, Zhongkai Co., has been authorized to excavate the area, and locals are protesting.
Another Tibetan man said hundreds of protesters had gathered peacefully at Ser Ngol Lo [“Year of Gold and Silver” in Tibetan] in the Tsangshul subdistrict of Lhara village, Markham county, Chamdo prefecture. Click here
(In my opinion, the local Tibetans resistance to the mining demonstrates that Tibetans are against the continued exploitation of Tibet's natural resources by the Chinese government. Their wishes should be respected and the mining should not be allowed to continue. Tibetans are the ones who should have the say but unfortunately that is not the case. The Chinese government officials will now implicate the Tibetans protesting there and arrest them on fabricated charges.)
Tibetan Buddhists regard it as a sacred site. Gold deposits make Ser Ngol Lo valuable in other ways too, and tensions are rising.
HONG KONG—Hundreds of villagers in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of western China are facing off against armed security forces at the site of a planned gold mine on what the Tibetans consider a sacred mountain, witnesses say.
“The Tibetan protesters are worried,” said one local man, who said he was one of eight organizers of the protest.
“The police, the soldiers, and the miners are threatening to move ahead with the mine...They have said they will force their way through and go to the site.”
Tibetans have historically worshiped the site, conducting rituals there in the event of drought, residents say. Now a Chinese mining and lumbering firm, Zhongkai Co., has been authorized to excavate the area, and locals are protesting.
Another Tibetan man said hundreds of protesters had gathered peacefully at Ser Ngol Lo [“Year of Gold and Silver” in Tibetan] in the Tsangshul subdistrict of Lhara village, Markham county, Chamdo prefecture. Click here
(In my opinion, the local Tibetans resistance to the mining demonstrates that Tibetans are against the continued exploitation of Tibet's natural resources by the Chinese government. Their wishes should be respected and the mining should not be allowed to continue. Tibetans are the ones who should have the say but unfortunately that is not the case. The Chinese government officials will now implicate the Tibetans protesting there and arrest them on fabricated charges.)
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Inside Tibet News Update
China arrests two nuns of Dragkar Nunnery in Kardze –3 April 2009
Chinese security forces in Kardze County (Ch: Ganzi), Sichuan Province, has severely beaten and arrested two nuns of Dragkar nunnery for shouting slogans, according to information received by the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) from reliable sources.
Tibetan monks stage sit-in protest in front of Chinese court –3 April 2009
According to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), around six Tibetan monks staged a peaceful sit-in protest on 2 April 2009 in front of the Xining City High People's Court, Qinghai.
Drango farmers arrested and beaten by the Chinese security police –1 April 2009
According to reliable information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), the Chinese authorities are on an arrests and beatings drive of the Tibetan farmers staging a civil disobedience movement by refusing to till their farmlands in eastern Tibet. Earlier a monk Phuntsok, age 27, was beaten to death by the Chinese security forces on 25 March 2009 by the Chinese security forces for postings calling for a boycott of farming.
Chinese security forces in Kardze County (Ch: Ganzi), Sichuan Province, has severely beaten and arrested two nuns of Dragkar nunnery for shouting slogans, according to information received by the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) from reliable sources.
Tibetan monks stage sit-in protest in front of Chinese court –3 April 2009
According to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), around six Tibetan monks staged a peaceful sit-in protest on 2 April 2009 in front of the Xining City High People's Court, Qinghai.
Drango farmers arrested and beaten by the Chinese security police –1 April 2009
According to reliable information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), the Chinese authorities are on an arrests and beatings drive of the Tibetan farmers staging a civil disobedience movement by refusing to till their farmlands in eastern Tibet. Earlier a monk Phuntsok, age 27, was beaten to death by the Chinese security forces on 25 March 2009 by the Chinese security forces for postings calling for a boycott of farming.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Tibet News Update
No reason cited for suspecting Tibetan in Sichuan soldier’s stabbing
(TibetanReview.net, Apr 01, 2009) — A Chinese soldier was stabbed in the back outside his barracks in Leshan county of Sichuan province on Mar 26. But even before the launch of any investigation, a senior police official in Leshan has said, on condition of anonymity, and without giving any reason, that the attack might be connected to Tibetan separatists, according to China’s official China Daily newspaper Mar 30.
The Leshan attack occurred just a week after another soldier was shot dead in neighbouring Chongqing city, with the assailant making off with his machine gun. The previous attack too was, without any evidence, suspected to have been carried out by alleged Tibetan separatists, although a massive door-to-door was launched and yielded nothing.
"The terrorists' purpose is to attract international attention as some Westerners still think the PLA entered Tibet to suppress, not to liberate," the Leshan senior police source was quoted as saying. He had said the attack involved just one assailant and occurred around 3am.
Chinese police beat Tibetan monk to death, try to put it down as suicide
The murdered monk was handing out flyers denouncing Chinese persecution, reminding readers about those killed in last year’s protests. After he was killed police threw his body into a ravine. In the meantime beatings and arbitrary arrests continue elsewhere. Conversely the authorities continue to heap praise on China for the region’s prosperity, a land where Tibetans now live in happiness and safety. AsiaNews.it
(TibetanReview.net, Apr 01, 2009) — A Chinese soldier was stabbed in the back outside his barracks in Leshan county of Sichuan province on Mar 26. But even before the launch of any investigation, a senior police official in Leshan has said, on condition of anonymity, and without giving any reason, that the attack might be connected to Tibetan separatists, according to China’s official China Daily newspaper Mar 30.
The Leshan attack occurred just a week after another soldier was shot dead in neighbouring Chongqing city, with the assailant making off with his machine gun. The previous attack too was, without any evidence, suspected to have been carried out by alleged Tibetan separatists, although a massive door-to-door was launched and yielded nothing.
"The terrorists' purpose is to attract international attention as some Westerners still think the PLA entered Tibet to suppress, not to liberate," the Leshan senior police source was quoted as saying. He had said the attack involved just one assailant and occurred around 3am.
Chinese police beat Tibetan monk to death, try to put it down as suicide
The murdered monk was handing out flyers denouncing Chinese persecution, reminding readers about those killed in last year’s protests. After he was killed police threw his body into a ravine. In the meantime beatings and arbitrary arrests continue elsewhere. Conversely the authorities continue to heap praise on China for the region’s prosperity, a land where Tibetans now live in happiness and safety. AsiaNews.it
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Big loan by state-owned Bank for mining in Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Mar 25, 2009) — The state-owned Bank of China (BOC) has loaned 650 million yuan (US $95.17 million) to the Lhasa-based Huatailong mining company for exploiting multi-metal mines at Gyama village in Maldrogungkar county of the city, reported China’s Xinhua news agency Mar 23. It said the loan was by far the largest in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) this year.
Huatailong a subsidiary under the China National Gold Group Corporation, a large scale state-owned enterprise and the sole Chinese member of the World Gold Council.
The report said the BOC branch in the TAR had issued more than 4 billion yuan of loans since last year to support projects such as the Xining and Golmud section of the Qinghai-Tibet railway, and a mineral water enterprise, the Tibet Glacier Mineral Water.
Huatailong a subsidiary under the China National Gold Group Corporation, a large scale state-owned enterprise and the sole Chinese member of the World Gold Council.
The report said the BOC branch in the TAR had issued more than 4 billion yuan of loans since last year to support projects such as the Xining and Golmud section of the Qinghai-Tibet railway, and a mineral water enterprise, the Tibet Glacier Mineral Water.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
A Tibetan writer-photographer arrested in Gansu Province
tchrd.org
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) learnt that a Tibetan monk was arrested by the Chinese authorities from Labrang Monastery on alleged charges for writing political essays on Tibet to a website named as "Jottings" (Tib: Zin-dris), in Gansu Province.
According to multiple sources, Kunga Tsayang, age (unconfirmed), a monk from Amdo Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery was arrested by the Public Security Bureau (PSB) personnel on 17 March 2009 from his living room during a midnight raid in Labrang Monastery, in Sangchu County, Gannan "Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture" ("TAP"), Gansu Province.
Kunga Tsayang was a passionate writer, essayist, chronicler and an amateur photographer who wrote under a pen name "sun of snowland" (Tib: Gang-Nyi). He hailed from Chigdril County, Golog "Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture" ("TAP"), Qinghai Province. He was an avid traveler who had previously traveled in various parts of Tibet and China. His travelogues dealt on the special characteristic features of Tibetan topographical landscapes, culture, customs, habits and religious heritage.
A well educated, knowledgeable monk who always take great pride for being a Tibetan as well as his ancestral roots. He was known to be a serious writer and a photographer who always dream of becoming a full fledged photographer.
Although Tsayang had been under the close watch of the Chinese authorities in Sangchu County, Gansu Province for some time now, he hardly stays at his Labrang Monastery except during important prayer ritual and ceremonies as he travels to different places of Tibet and China for his photo journalism work. Unfortunately, on the fateful day of 17 March 2009, he was arrested by the Chinese security forces during a midnight raid at his living room.
As of now, TCHRD has no further information about his current well being and whereabouts. It is believed that he is being detained in an undisclosed location in Gansu Province.
TCHRD expresses serious concern for his well being and safety.
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) learnt that a Tibetan monk was arrested by the Chinese authorities from Labrang Monastery on alleged charges for writing political essays on Tibet to a website named as "Jottings" (Tib: Zin-dris), in Gansu Province.
According to multiple sources, Kunga Tsayang, age (unconfirmed), a monk from Amdo Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery was arrested by the Public Security Bureau (PSB) personnel on 17 March 2009 from his living room during a midnight raid in Labrang Monastery, in Sangchu County, Gannan "Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture" ("TAP"), Gansu Province.
Kunga Tsayang was a passionate writer, essayist, chronicler and an amateur photographer who wrote under a pen name "sun of snowland" (Tib: Gang-Nyi). He hailed from Chigdril County, Golog "Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture" ("TAP"), Qinghai Province. He was an avid traveler who had previously traveled in various parts of Tibet and China. His travelogues dealt on the special characteristic features of Tibetan topographical landscapes, culture, customs, habits and religious heritage.
A well educated, knowledgeable monk who always take great pride for being a Tibetan as well as his ancestral roots. He was known to be a serious writer and a photographer who always dream of becoming a full fledged photographer.
Although Tsayang had been under the close watch of the Chinese authorities in Sangchu County, Gansu Province for some time now, he hardly stays at his Labrang Monastery except during important prayer ritual and ceremonies as he travels to different places of Tibet and China for his photo journalism work. Unfortunately, on the fateful day of 17 March 2009, he was arrested by the Chinese security forces during a midnight raid at his living room.
As of now, TCHRD has no further information about his current well being and whereabouts. It is believed that he is being detained in an undisclosed location in Gansu Province.
TCHRD expresses serious concern for his well being and safety.
YouTube Censored in China, Google Confirms
Tibet.net
Dharamshala: The video-sharing site “YouTube” has been block in China since Monday, apparently to block the footages appearing on the site showing brutal beatings of Tibetan protesters by Chinese police officers in Tibet.
Google confirmed on Tuesday that its YouTube video-sharing Web site had been blocked in China.
“We don’t know the reason for the block,” a Google spokesman, Scott Rubin, was quoted as saying by HeraldTribune.com. “Our government relations people are trying to resolve it.”
Mr. Rubin said that the company first noticed traffic from China had decreased sharply late Monday. By early Tuesday, he said, it had dropped to nearly zero.
China routinely filters Internet content and blocks material that is critical of its policies. It also frequently blocks individual videos on YouTube. YouTube was not blocked Tuesday or Wednesday in Hong Kong, the largely autonomous region of China. Beijing has not interfered with Internet sites there.
“The instant speculation is that YouTube is being blocked because the Tibetan government in exile released a particular video,” said Xiao Qiang, adjunct professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, and editor of China Digital Times, a news Web site that chronicles political and economic changes in China.
Mr. Xiao said that the blocking of YouTube fit with what appeared to be an effort by China to step up its censorship of the Internet in recent months. Mr. Xiao said he was not surprised that YouTube was a target. It also hosts videos about the Tiananmen Square protests and many other subjects that Chinese authorities find objectionable.
Tseten Samdup Chhoekyapa, His Holiness the Dalai Lama's representative in Geneva, said the footage showed "police beating protesters".
"The footage clearly shows the beating of Tibetan captives even after they are handcuffed and tied, a violation of international norms," BBC quoted Mr Chhoekyapa as saying.
The rare footages of Chinese police brutality was acquired by the Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamshala, which released it on 20 March 2009.
The footages featured a Tibetan called Tendar, Tendar, a staff in the China Mobile company who was brutally beaten and later suffered inhumane treatment at the hands of Chinese authorities on 14 March 2008.
He was fired at, burned with cigarettes butts, pierced with a nail in his right foot, and severely beaten with an electric baton. The wounds and the bruise marks visible on his body is a testimony of the brutality he was subjected to by the Chinese authorities.
He died due to his injuries on June 19, 2008. When his corpse was offered to the vultures according to the tradition, a nail was found in his right foot.
Dharamshala: The video-sharing site “YouTube” has been block in China since Monday, apparently to block the footages appearing on the site showing brutal beatings of Tibetan protesters by Chinese police officers in Tibet.
Google confirmed on Tuesday that its YouTube video-sharing Web site had been blocked in China.
“We don’t know the reason for the block,” a Google spokesman, Scott Rubin, was quoted as saying by HeraldTribune.com. “Our government relations people are trying to resolve it.”
Mr. Rubin said that the company first noticed traffic from China had decreased sharply late Monday. By early Tuesday, he said, it had dropped to nearly zero.
China routinely filters Internet content and blocks material that is critical of its policies. It also frequently blocks individual videos on YouTube. YouTube was not blocked Tuesday or Wednesday in Hong Kong, the largely autonomous region of China. Beijing has not interfered with Internet sites there.
“The instant speculation is that YouTube is being blocked because the Tibetan government in exile released a particular video,” said Xiao Qiang, adjunct professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, and editor of China Digital Times, a news Web site that chronicles political and economic changes in China.
Mr. Xiao said that the blocking of YouTube fit with what appeared to be an effort by China to step up its censorship of the Internet in recent months. Mr. Xiao said he was not surprised that YouTube was a target. It also hosts videos about the Tiananmen Square protests and many other subjects that Chinese authorities find objectionable.
Tseten Samdup Chhoekyapa, His Holiness the Dalai Lama's representative in Geneva, said the footage showed "police beating protesters".
"The footage clearly shows the beating of Tibetan captives even after they are handcuffed and tied, a violation of international norms," BBC quoted Mr Chhoekyapa as saying.
The rare footages of Chinese police brutality was acquired by the Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamshala, which released it on 20 March 2009.
The footages featured a Tibetan called Tendar, Tendar, a staff in the China Mobile company who was brutally beaten and later suffered inhumane treatment at the hands of Chinese authorities on 14 March 2008.
He was fired at, burned with cigarettes butts, pierced with a nail in his right foot, and severely beaten with an electric baton. The wounds and the bruise marks visible on his body is a testimony of the brutality he was subjected to by the Chinese authorities.
He died due to his injuries on June 19, 2008. When his corpse was offered to the vultures according to the tradition, a nail was found in his right foot.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
South Africa Bars Dalai Lama From a Peace Conference
Quote of the Day
“We are shamelessly succumbing to Chinese pressure,” Mr. Tutu told a South African newspaper, The Sunday Tribune, a statement his office confirmed on Monday. “I feel deeply distressed and ashamed.”
By CELIA W. DUGGER
Published: March 23, 2009
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has barred the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, from attending a peace conference here this week that is supposed to promote the 2010 World Cup and the potential of sport to unite people across races and nations.
The government said Monday that the Dalai Lama’s presence at the conference would have distracted the world’s attention from South Africa’s hosting of the World Cup and drawn it instead into the fraught relations between the Dalai Lama and China, one of the country’s most important trading partners. Thabo Masebe, a government spokesman, said the Tibetan leader’s presence “would not be in South Africa’s best interests.” Read full Article
My opinion, its truly a shame that a nation that shed off the chains of apartheid and oppression now as a free nation succumbs to Chinese pressure.
“We are shamelessly succumbing to Chinese pressure,” Mr. Tutu told a South African newspaper, The Sunday Tribune, a statement his office confirmed on Monday. “I feel deeply distressed and ashamed.”
By CELIA W. DUGGER
Published: March 23, 2009
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has barred the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, from attending a peace conference here this week that is supposed to promote the 2010 World Cup and the potential of sport to unite people across races and nations.
The government said Monday that the Dalai Lama’s presence at the conference would have distracted the world’s attention from South Africa’s hosting of the World Cup and drawn it instead into the fraught relations between the Dalai Lama and China, one of the country’s most important trading partners. Thabo Masebe, a government spokesman, said the Tibetan leader’s presence “would not be in South Africa’s best interests.” Read full Article
My opinion, its truly a shame that a nation that shed off the chains of apartheid and oppression now as a free nation succumbs to Chinese pressure.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Free Tibet Rally in Taipei, Taiwan
I saw this on CNN iReport. Click on the link below to watch the video.
Free Tibet Rally in Taipei, Taiwan by Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, Taiwan and Tibet support groups
Free Tibet Rally in Taipei, Taiwan by Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, Taiwan and Tibet support groups
Candle Light Vigil in support of Tibetans Inside Tibet.
Dharamshala, 23 March 2009 - Regional Tibetan Youth Congress of Dharamshala yesterday held a candle light vigil to express their solidarity with the Tibetans inside Tibet who protested in the aftermath of the suicide of Tashi Sangpo in Machu River. 95 Tibetans have been arrested in connection with the protests inside Tibet. Ragya monastery remains under severe restrictions and Tibet at large presently remains under undeclared Martial Law.
Lets tell the G20 leaders, "DIGNITY BEFORE DOLLARS"
As the G20 summit nears, Tibetans and Tibet supporters everywhere especially in Europe must not fail in telling the leaders that arrive in London this April that they cannot allow the Tibet issue to be shoved under the rug as they have done before.
Get on the bus, go to London and tell the leaders "DIGNITY BEFORE DOLLARS", International intervention and pressure is necessary. Lets not allow China to violate international standards of law inside Tibet any more. If China wants to become a global power, they can start by respecting the human rights of the Tibetan people.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to the justice everywhere" Martin Luther King
Get on the bus, go to London and tell the leaders "DIGNITY BEFORE DOLLARS", International intervention and pressure is necessary. Lets not allow China to violate international standards of law inside Tibet any more. If China wants to become a global power, they can start by respecting the human rights of the Tibetan people.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to the justice everywhere" Martin Luther King
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