This is why we should support the Free Tibet Movement.
First a short history lesson.
The peaceful buddhist country of Tibet was once home to one of
the world's oldest and most religious cultures. At one time it
had little contact with the rest of the world. Until the country
was brutally invaded by China in 1949. Since that time, over 1.2
million Tibetans have been killed, over 6000 monastaries and
shrines have been destroyed, and thousands of Tibetans have been imprisoned.
For the first time in their recorded history, famines have appeared natural
resources have been excessively devastated, and the wildlife has been almost
depleted to extinction. Tibet's unique culture is in a very high risk of
becoming extremely close to being completely eradication.
Currently Chinese settlers out number Tibetans , so they
have become a minority within their own country. Under the unjust chinese
occupation , the human rights conditions are dismal. The tibetan people
are denied the simpliest rights guaranteed under the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, including the rights of self determination, freedom of
religious expression, assembly, travel, there is not any freedom
of speech, nor are there are newspapers, even the right to reproduce
must be government approved. Tibetan women are often subjected to
forced abortion and sterilazation.
The Tibetans continue to resist Chinese rule peacefully and non-violently.
As Buddhists,
they are devoted to the principles of non-violence and compassion.
But the peaceful demonstrations/protests/speech/writings by nuns,
monks, and citizens has resulted in many deaths and thousands
of arrests. The political prisoners are tortured, even nuns vowing
celebracy are raped, held in sub-standard conditions, with little hope
of justice. There are currently over 700 political prisoners in Tibet.
China also holds the youngest political prisoner, a
young tibetan boy whom is only Seven years old. (As
far as i know he has disappered and is considered dead.)
Within China itself, massive human rights abuses continue. Some
estimate that there are as many as
twenty million Chinese working in prison camps, subjected to forced
prison labor,( Check those labels...DO NOT BUY CHINESE PRODUCTS)
arbitrary imprisonment, and the imposition of the death penalty for minor
offenses. Despite the assertion by the US government that the
presence of US business in China will improve conditions there, things
have only gotten worse. The world community has done very little
to pressure China to improve it's human rights record. Major corporations
from around the world continue to do business with China.
Beginning to see why we, ought to open our eyes. And educate
ourselves as well as our children to what is really going on in the world.
Yes it is true, there are many issues. There are hundreds of other countries
in which equal or worse environmental and human rights devistation has
occured. Including often enough our own communities. The Tibet
issue is only ONE of them. However this issue is currently and can
be used as the catalyst for change in human rights, womens rights, political,
religious and cultural freedom across the globe. Through effort and unity,
the citizens of Earth can stand up and say "NO!"
to the corporations and
governments that continue to abuse it's people and misuse it's
resources. The struggles in Tibet are symbolic for EVERY human rights struggle.
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