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This is Tharpa. on January 26, in Ngaba, Amdo Region of Eastern Tibet, he posted flyers demanding national freedom for Tibet and in defiance of China’s paramilitary thugs declared, “You, communist Chinese, come and arrest me” http://tinyurl.com/6tdqpqn
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Update: Today (January 24) at Sertha in Kham Region of occupied Tibet many Tibetans in the town held a peaceful protest, shouting for human rights and Tibet’s freedom, when China’s paramilitary fired into the unarmed crowd. Reports from Voice of Tibet claim 5 have been killed, with around forty injured. One of the Tibetans murdered has been named as Baubeau, a 35 year old nomad.
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Chinese police shattered bullets in a crowd of Tibetan protesters leaving behind at least six dead and scores wounded. As the ‘police’ (Editor’s note: for this read jack-booted psychopaths) arrest numbers rose beyond 200 Tibetans, farmers from nearby villages like Geypen Lugoma and Drang-go Norpa gathered in Drango township and lead a protest demonstration where they demanded freedom for Tibet.Because of police shooting in… the crowd creating chaos in the town it’s still to be ascertain how many people had been killed and wounded. Eyewitnesses said at least six people have been shot to dead and scores left wounded. They also reported incidences of physical clashes between few Tibetans farmers and Chinese armed police. As news spread Tibetans from nearby districts of Tawu and Kanze are flocking to Drango in support of Tibetans uprising in that town.The wounded are being treated at the Drang-go monastery’s hospital and people gathered in the Drango monastery’s court yard has swelled beyond 6,000 and already more than 40 vehicles full of Tibetans from Kham Tawu have landed up in Drang-go township.The wounded are not being taken to government hospitals for fear of arrest and disappearance. Among the wounded is the Drango Monastery’s doctor Tenzin Dargyal, whose has bullet in his chest and no one has been able to treat him.
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Once again the British Foreign Office (equivalent to the State Department) has chosen to ignore entirely the issue of forced sterilizations in its latest Human Rights Country Report On China. Not a single mention of this major violation of women’s human rights, the report, along with the cynical omission of this issue, may be seen HERE
This Department has been presented detailed material on this harrowing subject for many years and is acutely aware of the horrors it inflicts upon Chinese, Uyghur,Tibetan, Mongolian and Manchurian women. It is however more concerned with trade considerations and appeasing China to facilitate ‘positive relations’ even at the expense of ignoring the reality of these sickening atrocities.
We obtained a photograph of the remains of Tibetan martyr, Sopa Tulku who self immolated on Sunday January 8, 2012. It is a disturbing image, yet though emotionally painful to see is a reminder of the reality of Tibet’ situation and more importantly of the enduring spirit of Tibet’s people who resist China’s tyranny, determined to regain their nation’s independence. That was the cause that Sopa offered his life for, we respect his sacrfice,courage and self-less devotion to Tibet’s national freedom.
Anyone wishing to see this image may do so here be warned content is graphic, others may wish to read his political testimony below:
“I am self-immolating to commemorate the Tibetans who have self-immolated since 2009; for our national freedom and religious freedom, for liberty and freedom of speech. I am not self-immolating for my personal interests . but Tibetan people need to live a long life for Dalai Lama. Tibetan people need to unity, work hard for the future of Tibet. Don’t lose hope, there will be a happy day.” January 8,2012
The United Nations Commission on the Status Of Women (UNCSW) an organization that refuses to utter a word of criticism or condemnation against China’s program of forced sterilizations has fallen to greater depths in appointing to its Working Group on Communications a paid up member of China’s Communist Party!
Ms Li Xiaomei, attached to China’s United Nations permanent Mission as first secretary, has been recently been appointed, just in time for the forthcoming 56th Session of the UNCSW, which will once more make no reference to China’s human rights against women. No doubt Ms Xiaomei will be encouraged by such silence, and like her new colleagues, and Women’s NGOs, possesses a delusional mindset that refuses to accept the harrowing reality of women across China (and occupied Tibet and East Turkestan) being tied onto tables to be forcibly sterilized.
The degree of denial held by Ms Xiaomei is illustrated by her recent claim that:
“China always attaches great importance to the critical role of international human rights instruments in promoting and protecting human rights” (Ms Li Xiaomei at UN October 18, 20011)
Such is the venality of mind within the UNCSW and among many Women’s NGOs that while such baseless propaganda is uncritically accepted, and China’s officials welcomed within the ranks of the Commission On The Status Of Women, the same organization ignores entirely documented reports of violations resulting from China’s coercive population program. It is an appalling example of censorship and stomach-churning hypocrisy that those who shall gather in New York to attend the 56th Session of the UNCSW, to defend and promote rights for women, do so in the knowledge they are silent on China’s mass forced sterilizations!
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The United Nations Commuission on the Status Of Women (UNCSW) is readying itself for its 56th Session which opens on February 27, an event that attracts women activists and NGOs worldwide, who descend upon New York to celebrate sisterhood and rights for women. An important and just cause. Unfortunately behind the rhetoric and solidarity this gathering conceals a current of ideologies and political agenda that effectively censor any prospect of a major human rights issue from ever featuring on thre CSW program. We refer to China’s forced sterilizations, yet the UNCSW and its Non-Governmental colleagues have maintained a wall of silence on the subject and repeatedly declined to debate or examine this disturbing subject.
Throughout what will be some two weeks of debate, lobbying, presentations and keynote speeches by honoured governmental representatives, this major violation of women’s human rights will be be entirely absent! It would appear that Women’s NGO’s and the CSW are callously indifferent toChina’s coercive population control policies and the plight of their sisters in China (or those in occupied Tibet and East Turkestan who are also subjected to the horrors of forced sterilizations). Which have resulted in countless numbers of women being forcibly sterilized. This issue is consistently ignored by those who claim to the champions of women’s human rights and once again will not feature, at either the UNCSW Sessions itself, or parallel events. Details of which will appear here shortly
A worrying indication of the apathy towards violations generated by China’s coercive population program is illusttrated by an action conducted by the folks at @tibettruth who since October 20, 2010 regularly posted a tweet on the silence of women’s NGOs to a report by Al Jazeera that documented forced abortions in China.
This featured the case of a young woman forcibly aborted 8 months in her pregnancy! See Video Here In the 450 days (so far) that followed not one message of condemnation was received from women’s organizations, many of who whom will be in attendance in New York for the forthcoming UNCSW.
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We shall be monitoring this event very closely and some of our volunteers will be reporting from the UNCSW and associated NGO events so do follow @tibettruth for updates, lobbying actions and information
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