A group of Tibetan monks in Labrang Monastery bravely demonstrated during a tightly-scripted media tour conducted by the Chinese government. Like the monks of the Jokhang Cathedral last month in Lhasa, the Labrang monks took great personal risk to show the world that Tibetans are not happy under Chinese rule.
Even as we watch the Olympic torch relay blow up in the Chinese government’s face, our thoughts should remain with the Tibetans inside of Tibet, who are suffering under a crackdown away from the world’s eyes. In just one example, the AP reports:
Police manning a checkpoint on Thursday stopped reporters trying to enter Aba […]
The Washington Post had an interesting article today about the “patriotic education” campaigns that China is carrying out in Tibetan monasteries with renewed vigor. It shows just how bankrupt China’s rule is in Tibet:
[These campaigns are] now a standard feature of life in Tibetan monasteries and nunneries. They are one of many tools Chinese leaders […]
The Chinese government must be so scared right now… is it losing Tibet? Consider the following three developments:
One: The Chinese government is desperately organizing political “study sessions” all over Tibet to re-indoctrinate Tibetans working for the Chinese government (whose loyalty Beijing has always questioned). Reading between the lines, this means that China is all the more terrified […]
An exclusive report from The Times (UK), Chinese police massacred at least 8 Tibetans following protests caused by forced “patriotic education” sessions. Think about the bravery of the Tibetans, marching down to the police encampment to demand the release of the monks. The Chinese police response is sickening but not surprising:
Chinese paramilitary police have killed eight people after […]
Reporters Without Borders has obtained a leaked internal memo that International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge sent to all IOC members setting out a communication strategy for the Tibet crisis and the debate about a boycott of the Olympic Games.
Rogge’s memo displays a level of arrogance and shamelessness that would be stunning, if it didn’t comport with […]
New protests in Tibet are calling into question the Chinese government’s claim that everything is back to “normal” in Tibet. What is “normal” in Tibet anyway: military occupation and simmering resentment ready to explode?
From the BBC:
New violence has broken out in a Tibetan area of western China, leaving at least one government official seriously injured, […]
The latest episode of BoingBoingTV is up, focusing on the aftermath of the protests in Amdo, and the brave monks who helped get the news and images out to the world:
In this BBtv vlog episode, Xeni speaks with Tibetan human rights worker Lhakpa Kyizom about reported abuses against so-called “wired monks” in Tibet, by […]
What do Nelson Mandela, former US president Jimmy Carter, former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have in common? Along with all being Nobel Peace laureates (together with the Dalai Lama), they are all calling on the Chinese government to come to a peaceful solution in Tibet as part of a group […]
Amid the media blackout and military lockdown in Tibet, it is very difficult to get news out. We now have little solid information on what Tibetans are doing, or what the Chinese military and police are doing.
But we did get this example of great bravery by hundreds of Tibetan high school students:
Hundreds of […]
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