Apr
29
No matter what the Chinese say, Tibetans seem to continue to suffer from some of the worst form of state sponsored violence. All for asking for some basic human rights like dignity of life and a degree of autonomy that would allow Tibet to preserve its cultural, religious and social values intact as they have over the centuries. The Dalai Lama has not even asked for independence from China.
If killing Tibetan protesters was not bad enough, the Chinese soldiers strip the bodies of all their valuables, and then steal the organs from the bodies to feed the thriving black market for these in China. To add to the indignity, these bodies are then dressed in those of Chinese soldiers to show the world that the Chinese authorities are being forced to retaliate to violent acts of the Tibetans. Looks like propaganda of the Goebells and the Hitler kind did not go away with the second World War.
All this was told to me by reliable sources on my recent trip to Mcleodganj, where the Dalai Lama runs the Tibetan Government in exile. (Click here to read another post I wrote from my interaction with Tibetans). As a reader, you are free to believe such stories, or be somewhat sceptical.
What is important to note that, more than a political one, the Tibetan issue is a human rights one. The world needs to demand greater transparency and accountability from China, if only to know the truth for what it really is.
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