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Don’t remain idle bystanders, support Tibet,” Sikyong Sangay appeals at launch of Solidarity with Tibet Campaign
Phayul[Wednesday, December 05, 2012 17:28]
DHARAMSHALA, December 5: The Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration today launched a barrage of new initiatives as a precursor to the 2013 ‘Solidarity with Tibet Campaign’ year as earlier announced.
Addressing a press conference here, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the elected head of the Tibetan people, released a six-minute video on the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet, a microsite, and Facebook page, all aimed at mobilising the international community, which he said, “must not remain an idle bystander.”
Sikyong Dr Sangay said that with the launch of the new initiatives, the CTA plans to take the increasing number of self-immolation cases straight to the living rooms of people around the world and “urge directly to the people of faith, opinion makers, and news media” to cover the issue given its “urgency and gravity.”
A total of 92 Tibetans have self-immolated inside Tibet since the wave of fiery protests began in 2009, demanding freedom and the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile.
Dr Sangay further appealed to the international community to provide support for the self-immolation protests in Tibet, on par with the support earlier rendered to the self-immolation in Tunisia.
“One self-immolation in Tunisia was labelled by some media and the international community as the ‘catalyst’ for the Arab Spring. The coverage, awareness, and the international support that the Arab Spring received was justified and was welcomed from our side,” the de facto Tibetan prime minister said.
“On the same token, we want to inform the international community and the media that not just one, now, there have been 92 cases of self-immolations in Tibet. So, they ought to be paying equal attention and also extend equal support to the issue of Tibet.”
The six-minute video explains the reasons behind the ongoing wave of fiery protests and carries a few of the last testaments left by Tibetan self-immolators. The microsite www.solidaritywithtibet.org contains links to various resources on the critical situation in Tibet and campaign suggestions on outreach activities for Tibetans inside Tibet.
In the new site, the CTA explains that the current situation in Tibet has stemmed from “several decades of Chinese misrule in Tibet” and discontent of the Tibetan people arsing from “political repression, cultural assimilation, economic marginalisation, and environmental destruction.”
“As Tibetans, it is the moral and sacred duty of the CTA to stand in solidarity and highlight the aspirations of the Tibetan people around the world,” the exile Tibetan administration notes, while categorically denying “any role in the spate of self-immolations in Tibet.”
At the launch of ‘Solidarity Tibet 10 December 2012’, the CTA appealed its global audiences to share the links to the microsite (www.solidaritywithtibet.org), Facebook page (www.facebook.com/SolidarityWithTibet), and the new video (www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyjFBg8mwiU). People have also been requested to sign-up on ThunderClap to share a “synchronised message so that on December 10 (Human Rights Day) as many people as possible will be made aware of the current situation in Tibet through the Solidarity with Tibet Campaign.”
“Governments, international bodies, human rights organisations and individuals can make a difference by intensifying their efforts to raise public awareness about the dire situation in Tibet and urge the Chinese government to resolve the issue of Tibet through dialogue,” Sikyong Dr Sangay said.
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www.solidaritywithtibet.org/
https://www.facebook.com/SolidarityWithTibet
www.solidaritywithtibet.org/outreach/
https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/758-st...rity-with-tibet
Tibet : Tibetan stabbed himself to death and wrote a call for Tibetan independence in his own blood
Redazione - Mer, 05/12/2012 - 07:09
A young Tibetan stabbed himself to death and wrote a call for Tibetan freedom in his own blood while the ruling Chinese Communist Party met last month in Bejing.News of the protest and suicide was delayed because of tight restrictions on communications from the area.When the 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was going on in Beijing, Jigme Tseten, 30, a resident of Tsoe county, stabbed himself to death.Before dying, he wrote in his own blood on a wall of the Upper Khagya School that ‘Tibet is independent, and the Dalai Lama should return to Tibet.Following Tseten’s protest, local government officials rushed to erase his writings on the school walls.
Local government officials tried to hush up the incident by saying that Jigme Tseten had been drunk when he stabbed himself and died.
Tseten came from the Chunak nomadic group, located a half mile from the Upper Khagya local government center, and is survived by his mother, wife, and two children.
During the 18th CCP Meeting, government officials were posted in the area to watch the Tibetans.At present, Tibetan areas in the Kanlho Prefecture are under strict Chinese surveillance.
Tibetans who talk about the self-immolations on their mobile phones or send photos from their phones are being questioned, and many are being detained.
Tibet : “Leaving Fear Behind” Assistant Faces Possible Death Sentence
Redazione - Mer, 05/12/2012 - 15:21
Golog Jigme, a Tibetan Buddhist monk who helped well-known Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen for his documentary on the lives of Tibetans under Chinese rule, is facing possible death sentence as Chinese police has issued arrest warant against him for alleged murder charges.Golog Jigme, also known as Jigme Gyatso, is missing since 20 September when he travelled from Labrang monastery to Tsoe in Kanlho in north-eastern Tibet.Recently on 28 November, the Public Security issued an arrest warrant against him for alleged murder charges, announcing 2,00,000 yuan cash reward for the informers.
Jigme Gyatso is a Tibetan filmmaker and human rights activist. After assisting with the documentary Leaving Fear Behind, he was arrested by Chinese authorities on at least three occasions, including a 2012 murder charge.
The 25-minute film features interviews with Tibetans living in Amdho region of Tibet, who express their views on Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the perceived hardships of life under Chinese rule—topics considered politically sensitive by the Chinese regime.
He was severely tortured after he was first detained in March 2008, hanging from the ceiling for many hours with his hands and legs tied behind his back, and he lost consciousness several times because of beatings by Chinese security forces. Electric batons were also thrust into his mouth and eyes, and he was deprived of food and sleep.
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