Members of Parliament press the UK government to take action on the series of self-immolations in Tibet, during a debate on the crisis.
Demands supported by 700,000 people who are calling for action to Save Tibetan Lives.
In an adjournment debate in the House of Commons yesterday, the first on Tibet in three years Members of Parliament called on the British Government to make a public statement of concern about the recent series of self-immolations by Tibetans in eastern Tibet. Since March this year twelve Tibetans have set themselves on fire with a further case in 2009. At least six have died including two nuns.
Members of Parliament press the UK government to take action on the series of self-immolations in Tibet, during a debate on the crisis.
Demands supported by 700,000 people who are calling for action to Save Tibetan Lives.
In an adjournment debate in the House of Commons yesterday, the first on Tibet in three years Members of Parliament called on the British Government to make a public statement of concern about the recent series of self-immolations by Tibetans in eastern Tibet. Since March this year twelve Tibetans have set themselves on fire with a further case in 2009. At least six have died including two nuns.
Watch this fairly recent 47 minutes long documentary on the heavy Chinese influence in upper Mustang in Nepal which borders Tibet, and was the base for Tibetans resistance fighters in 1960s, and on the cusp of a new millennium, the year 2000, HH The 17th Karmapa escaped China through this very border which was then often unmanned with fewer checkposts. The documentary also touches on the plight of the Tibetan refugees in Nepal, with Nepal’s heavy handedness at the behest of the Chinese government in return for favors.
(via dongdey)
Nepal. November 1. More than 100 Tibetan exiles were detained Tuesday as they gathered to pray for nine young Tibetans who set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule. Five of the nine Tibetans died from their injuries. Nepalese police clashed with demonstrators after authorities entered the prayer meeting and removed a banner of the Dalai Lama.
Read more at the Associated Press. [Photos: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images; Niranjan Shrestha/AP; Narendra Shrestha/EPA]
Few months back China’s Public Security Ministry agreed to provide Nepal a grant of Rs 110 million in the form of police equipment to do its dirty laundry. We have seen pictures again and again where Nepal police personnel in riot gears wielding batons manhandling peaceful protesters, not shying away from inflicting physical injuries, when the protestors are just exercising their rights of freedom of speech. I spent almost 24 years in Nepal, and I have seen our situation deteriorate with the passage of time. The 2008 March uprising in Lhasa followed by protests in other regions in Tibet was an indication that China’s policies in Tibet had never worked despite the claims that were made of economic growth by the Chinese Communist Party. It also increased Beijing’s influence over Nepal which is home to about 20,000 Tibetan refugees and entry point for thousands of refugees who make the treacherous journey across the Himalayas every year. China doles out money to Nepal to take harsh actions against peaceful Tibetan protestors, tighten its borders and forceful deportation of Tibetan refugees. This also coincided with the shift in power in Nepal with the end of monarchy and Maoist joining mainstream politics. China sees in Nepal an ally in critical issues like Tibet and India and recently there have been many Chinese officials paying visit to Nepal promising more financial aid if they continue to do their dirty laundry.
(via dongdey)
Tibetans and supporters in Boston, MA stopped pedestrian traffic at a busy shopping area on November 2nd to say Enough! Global Intervention Now to Save Tibetan Lives.
photo by Ganzey Tshering
New Delhi, India
Tibetans and supporters in New Delhi, India staged dramatic political theater and protested at the India Gate on November 2nd to tell world leaders “Enough! Global Intervention Now to Save Tibetan Lives.”
ENOUGH
Ottawa Says ENOUGH!
Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada on November 2nd.
We are united for next 5000 generations.
Tibetans in Tibet. I own tibet not chinese, you own tibet not chinese, she own tibet not chinese, the monk on the street own tibet not chinese. We own Ngari to Amdo that is called TIBET. We own no china and we don;t need it. We are one and we are same and we united to get back tibet no matter what.My father is a monkey and mother is a she devil my blood is ture red and I am your ture brother.
Tenzin, age 16, from CT
Tashi, age 18, from CT
