UPDATE ON TIBET SITUATION // 03.26.08

Today China took the first group of foreign journalists for a tour of Tibet. The group did not include AFP and some other major global news agencies.

France and US urge talks between China and Tibet, and called for "restrain", but what does "restrain" exactly mean !? Killing less people ... The Dalai Lama says he is committed to a peaceful solution and isn't seeking independence for Tibet. Germany sees no alternative to a direct dialogue between both sides.

As the Chinese government continues its inhumane siege of major monasteries in and around Lhasa, a new danger is emerging for Tibetan monks: death by starvation. Chinese military forces have surrounded the monasteries, cut off water and electricity, and are refusing to let Tibetans bring food and medicine to the increasingly starving (and potentially injured) monks.

You can read too many horrible informations when it comes to human rights in Tibet, unfortunately we actually had confirmations about most of them by Tibetans in exile and relevant sources. The one that disturbed me the most was concerning the women. As Tibetans, they are victims of occupation, arbitrary arrest, torture, violation of freedom of speech and assembly, restrictions on freedom of religion, and on freedom of travel. But the worst part (yeah it gets worst) they are subjected to forced birth control, abortions and sterilization against their wishes or without informed consent. A coercive birth-control policy aimed at reducing the Tibetan population in Tibet into an insignificant minority. Read more

Comments

[huh]

Thanks for posting this. "Restraint" is Bush and Sarkozy code for, "We have to say this because we need to look good, but we don't really care what you do to the Tibetans."

Thanks for the link about the abuse of Tibetan women's (reproductive) rights. We're all going to hell...

[David Beale]

America also forcabley and clandestinly sterilised people in south america, the andian tribes were sbjected to this

[Rocky]

According to what i know, I seriously doubt that there's birth control policy to Tibetans though. Oh well, i guess none of us actually knows the truth unless we live in Tibet. Too bad, neither western or chinese media i trust.

[BagGirl]

One can only hope that with time, the human rights abuses in Tibet will get enough media attention that more politicians do something about this.

[huh]

Thanks for the propaganda about not trusting either western or chinese media, Rocky--but it does not fly.

Steph provided a link that proves there is a brutal birth control policy in Tibet. We already know there is a barbaric one in China.

[Jason]

Give me a break, it's widely known that the birth control policy is applied to all chinese women, not specific to Tibetan. So where is the conclusion "A coercive birth-control policy aimed at reducing the Tibetan population in Tibet into an insignificant minority" coming from?

[Jason]

Here is a nice article from Justin Raimondo about this hot topic.

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=12585

[guest]

Those who tell you the lies are doomed to hell. You will be judged some day for believing and telling more people these lies.

Surely you're not the one to be blamed. I just feel sorry for you, for all those who are suffering, and for those who lie about others' sufferings and who do this out of their own interests.

Let's pray there is ultimately something called justice in this world.

[novocaine]

I'm always amazed by how stupid people can be, even in the name of human rights. I don't want to say too much about other stuff you said, because I know you guys already have a quite strong prejudice and lack of either history or truth. But the birth control policy "aimed at reducing the Tibetan population in Tibet into an insignificant minority"? That's just ridiculous. The one child policy is applied to every single family in China, and for minorities each family can have one instead of two. So the fact is each Tibetan family can have one more child than other people, how can you call this aimed at reducing Tibetan population? It's just to stupid. Of course the birth control policy in China has a lot to debate about, but it is a way to limit the whole population growth in China and it did work although also brought up some problems. But the important thing is this policy is not just for Tibet, but for the whole China. Usual family can only have one, but Tibet can have two. Do the math. Please do some homework before posting this kind of irresponsible accusation.

[novocaine]

a typo in the comment above, it should be
and for minorities each family can have two instead of one.