Seven Tibetan self-immolations hit China in a week

[sanddy]

Seven Tibetan self-immolations hit China in a week - Telegraph

Two Tibetan cousins set themselves on
fire in northwest China to protest against
Beijing's hardline rule, taking the total
number of self-immolations last week to
seven, a London-based rights group said.

The two men, identified as Tsepo, 20 and
Tenzin, 25, called for independence for Tibet
as they set themselves ablaze in front of a
government building in their village, north of
regional capital Lhasa on Thursday, Free
Tibet said.

One of the cousins died as he was being
taken to hospital but the whereabouts and
condition of the other was not immediately
known, the group said in a statement on
Saturday.

"It has taken two days for information about
this latest protest to emerge," Free Tibet
director Stephanie Brigden said.
"Chinese state security forces have been
deployed in large numbers across (the
area)... Tibetans are afraid to talk about
what is happening because they fear that
their communications are being monitored by
the government."

Calls to government and police offices in
Driru county, where the incident occurred,
went unanswered on Sunday.

Last week saw a total of seven self-
immolation incidents, a significant number
since the latest wave of anti-China protests
erupted in the region.

About 60 ethnic Tibetans, many of them
monks and nuns, have set themselves on fire
in China since February 2009 to protest
against Beijing's rule in Tibet. Only a small
minority are thought to have survived.

Many Tibetans in China accuse the
government of enacting religious repression
and eroding their culture, as the country's
majority Han ethnic group increasingly moves
into historically Tibetan areas.

China rejects this, saying Tibetans enjoy
religious freedom. Beijing points to huge
ongoing investment it says has brought
modernisation and a better standard of living
to Tibet.

 

[timetravel]

sad state of affairs. the world must come out and support the tibetans and ensure that they get their freedom

 

[ahfatzia]

Does the Dalai Lama bear any responsibility? I never once heard him condemn or call off these ungodly acts of his followers in which it's his sole authority to do so. I also never heard foreign governments and medias ever question the role of the Holy One in these sad affairs.

 

[jbond197]

Does the Dalai Lama bear any responsibility? I never once heard him condemn or call off these ungodly acts of his followers in which it's his sole authority to do so. I also never heard foreign governments and medias ever question the role of the Holy One in these sad affairs.

If foreign governments and media are going to question then the first question will be asked from the oppressor i.e. China not the victims i.e. innocent Tibetian Buddhists..

 

[Kloitra]

Does the Dalai Lama bear any responsibility? I never once heard him condemn or call off these ungodly acts of his followers in which it's his sole authority to do so. I also never heard foreign governments and medias ever question the role of the Holy One in these sad affairs.

This was his reply.

"Now this is very, very sensitive political issue," he explains with due solemnity.
Exiled Tibetan monks attend the funeral ceremony of Jamphel Yeshi Exiled Tibetan monks are growing frustrated with the Dalai Lama's handling of self-immolations

"If I get involved in that, then the retirement from political power is meaningless. Whatever I say the Chinese government they immediately manipulate.

BBC News - Self-immolations shake Tibetan resolve

Idiotic I would say. It is pretty much a lost cause for him. Why let the followers burn now. I wish Beijing also softens up a bit. They are not dealing with suicide bombers, rather just suicidal monks. Instead of loaded guns, buckets of water seem to be more effective weapons.

 

[ahfatzia]

If foreign governments and media are going to question then the first question will be asked from the oppressor i.e. China not the victims i.e. innocent Tibetian Buddhists..

The fact is most of the innocent Tibetans are satisfied and happy with their lives. The Chinese Government not only does not oppress them but in fact helps them to achieve better and more progressive life styles by investing heavily in their areas. Those practice Buddhists are the minority in Tibet and the hardliners who follow the Dalai Lama are even much smaller in numbers.

The foreigners, medias and gullible sheeples alike, only take one sided view without the full understanding of the make up of the society. But then, there's nothing new in this.

 

[darkinsky]

sad state of affairs. the world must come out and support the tibetans and ensure that they get their freedom

right but its china's internal affair just like rohingyas muslims, as some indian member said before

 

[Azazel]

sad state of affairs. the world must come out and support the tibetans and ensure that they get their freedom

Its none of our business.Leave it be.

 

[ahfatzia]

You are living in self-denial. Facts speak otherwise. Go and check them from an unbiased source rather than chinese propaganda stories.

Do you know any sources that's real unbias? What facts? What denial? What propaganda?

One undeniable fact stands out: 2011 nominal per capita for Tibet and India tells the story

Tibet: 2,558 USD

India: 1,388 USD

 

[ahfatzia]

And you have proved your point ? What you have just written shows your naivety.

Firstly India's sample size is 1.2 Billion as compared to 2.7 million ethnic Tibetans in TAR. Secondly, Tibet is full of resources. Considering resource per capita average Tibetan should be much more rich than average Indian. You have just pointed to a fallacy that despite having so much of Natural resources and less population Tibet's nominal per capita is not even twice of an Indian. This proves my case that much of Tibet's wealth and resources are being utilized to the advantage of hans rather than ethnic Tibetans.

Moreover your reply is out of line and a kind of trolling which digressing from the topic at hand.

Now I'm digressing and trolling? Let's not forget you're the one who said: "You are living in self-denial. Facts speak otherwise" out of thin air. Who's trolling?

 

[gambit]

The fact is most of the innocent Tibetans are satisfied and happy with their lives. The Chinese Government not only does not oppress them but in fact helps them to achieve better and more progressive life styles by investing heavily in their areas. Those practice Buddhists are the minority in Tibet and the hardliners who follow the Dalai Lama are even much smaller in numbers.

The foreigners, medias and gullible sheeples alike, only take one sided view without the full understanding of the make up of the society. But then, there's nothing new in this.

Ah...The Chinese version of "white man's burden".

 

[Skallagrim]

Tibetans probably possess a suicide gene in their gene pool. If they are really aggrieved at Chinese rule why don't they carry out a suicide attack.

 

[ahfatzia]

Yes these comments are valid in the context of discussion. You have tried to portray the chinese loving happy Tibetans and only a couple of hardline monks who follow Dalai lama. This is self-denial that the issue exists by belittling issue and denigrating the character of the opposition figure, the Dalai lama. Facts speak otherwise to what you are promulgating which is based on expected propaganda lines by declining to accept that there is a problem and the dilemma faced by persecuted monks of Tibet.

I didn't say there's no problem. Of course there are problems and the biggest one is the Dalai Lama, on the name of politic, does not do his duty by calling his followers off the immolation and is trying to use those deaths to gain international exposures and sympathies. He got them alright! People like you can't get enough of because that's the only side of the stories you hear. You're the one who's talking about propaganda and is your propaganda:

All the articles you read get their sources from here (Google Tibet English news):

Canada Tibet Committee
Seeks to restore Tibet to its status as an independent state. Distributes regular news reports about current situation in Tibet.

Phayul.com
News and views on Tibet by Tibetans.

Radio Free Asia: Tibet
News and analysis from international broadcaster.

Tibet Online
News and information portal operated by the international Tibet Support Group community.

TibetInfoNet
Monitors the situation within Tibet and disseminates information through internet-based news reports, electronic mailings and publications.

Tibet.net
India-based official site of the Central Tibetan Administration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Includes news, publications, offices introduction, more.

Tibetan Review
Magazine offering articles about the current situation in Tibet and giving reports on activities of the free Tibetans living in exile.

Tibetan Youth Congress
Site features news, facts about Tibet, activities and publications.

VOA Tibet News
Tibet news and features by Voice of Anerica.

Voice of Tibet
Provides news through daily short wave radio broadcasts. Founded by Norwegian NGOs.


And you know what? The exile former Tibetans do not pay for he start ups these publications and your guess is as good as mine as to who fund these information that you read and believe without a shadow of doubts.

 

[Wright]

Is the Poster above Singaporean or Chinese In Nationality?

 

[ahfatzia]

Ah...The Chinese version of "white man's burden".

Perhaps, but you must say they're contributing much than the 'white men' do on their 'natives' by investing billions dollars every year in the area.