The spiritual community of Tibet gathered on Wensday, Feb. 8, for a vigil in hopes of showing the lack of civil rights occuring in Tibet. This enmasse prayer hour was surrounded by Chinese armed forces in case the situation ended in a violent revolt or disbute. This show of affulence and violent authority over Tibet was unnecessary as the inumerable innocents lives that have been taken have already shown the international community China's authority over Tibet. Addressing listers worldwide, the Tibetan Prime Minister in exile, Lobsang Sangay, advocated for the day long prayer on Feb. 8th to show the "Chinese government that violence and killing of innocent Tibetans is unacceptable." This is according to the Tibetan Post International.
For too long now the Tibetan people have been oppressed, abused, and murdered. But perhaps worse than this, the Tibetan people have been separated from their holy spiritual leader and his guidance and today also bears a sad reminder of this news as in Ngaba another monk has lit himself on fire in protest to this bitter tyranny. This is the 21st case of self-immolation in the last year.
China's control over the small country since 1950 "has brought modernity and development to the region." According to Voice of America presses. But this development has come hand in hand with a dictatorship-like rule. According to further data by VOA, China has been slowly "flooding the region with non-Tibetan Chinese," and "often discriminate against Tibetans in matters of governance and employment."
These were just some of the issues that brought people flooding into the Nangchen county for a full day of prayer and spiritual protest. It was not just a Tibetan occuarnce either. In London over 150 demonstrators marched in protest of civil rights for the Tibetan people. According to The Tibetan Post International, "Black ribbons were worn over the mouths of many participants to highlight how Tibetans are being forcibly silenced in Tibet".
It is distressing to realize as I write this out, with the freedoms given me by my forefathers, that in Tibet even this blog could be considered an act of treason or terrorism. So I dedicate this first post to showing the events just as they occured and being an advocate for freedom.
Nice post. This is often overlooked by the mainstream press. Could it be the corporate owners don't want to alienate Chinese manufacturers? Maybe these owners are profiting from working with Chinese companies? Maybe not...could be worth investigation.
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