CHINESE OCCUPATION OF TIBET HAS TURNED IT INTO "HELL ON EARTH"

Save Tibet. Save Tibet Tibetan nuns protesting diabolical Chinese oppression, 2011

"At age 24, I became a refugee," Dalai Lama said at one point. "I lost my home in Tibet but found a bigger home in India."

India since then (1959 A.D.) maintains that His Holiness is an honored guest and, as a spiritual leader, has the right to address nonpolitical gatherings.

For six decades, the Dalai Lama presided over Tibet's government-in-exile from the north Indian town of Dharamsala, until in May this year when he gave up his political powers to Sangay, an elected representative.

While he refrained from any references to China, he did not hesitate to draw on examples of the acts of "hard-line Chinese officials" who were against his stay in India, including that in 2008, when he caused a stir by asserting that an area Communist China brashly claims as "South Tibet" was actually part of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

After the Dalai Lama's revealing speech, thousands of young Tibetans took to the streets chanting "China Out!" and "Tibet belongs to Tibetans!"

A Tibetan broke into tears for Freedom in Tibet (Nangsa)

Tibetan crying helplessly

Tibet has become "hell on earth" under Chinese oppression that has driven Tibetan culture to the verge of extinction, the Dalai Lama said Tuesday, in harsh comments marking the 50th anniversary of the failed uprising that sent him into exile.

Tibetan Natives arrested for protesting against draconian Chinese oppression

Chinese martial law, and hard-line policies such as the Cultural Revolution, devastated the mountain region and left hundreds of thousands of Tibetans dead, he said, condemning the "brutal crackdown" in the region since protests last year turned violent. 

"Even today, Tibetans in Tibet live in constant fear, and the Chinese authorities remain constantly suspicious of them," the Dalai Lama said in this Indian hill town.

A petrified Tibetan begging for freedom

In India, the Tibetan spiritual leader told a group of about 2,000 people, including Buddhist monks, Tibetan schoolchildren and a handful of foreign supporters, that the religion, culture, language and identity of successive generations of Tibetans faced "extinction." Tibetans in Tibet were living in "hell on earth," he added. 

"I have no doubt that the justice of Tibetan cause will prevail if we continue to tread a path of truth and non-violence," he said. 

Foreign demonstrators marching against China's illegitimate occupation of FREE Tibet

Later, at a press conference, he said he'd become deeply discouraged about repeated rounds of failed talks between his representatives and Beijing.

"We have to prepare for the worst. At the same time, we should not give up our hope," he said.

"The Chinese government thinks I am a demon, " the Dalai Lama said at an event in Kolkata on Friday, laughing. "I may be a demon but not a bad one."

Tenzin Dorjee, Executive Director of Students for a Free Tibet:

“In spite of China’s repression, there is a powerful new movement being led by the young generation inside Tibet. They are using creative, non-violent tactics to empower themselves and their communities and to challenge Chinese rule”

Chinese oppression compelled Tibetan journalist to flee Tibet for possessing photos.

On 23 January 2012, Chinese security forces opened fire on Tibetan protesters, killing at least one man, earlier that day.

Free Tibet is aware of up to 30 others who have been injured, many of them shot, after a large gathering in Draggo (also known as Drango) was fired upon. The situation is still ongoing.

(Heartless) Chinese Security Forces

Tibetans shot

The dead man has been named as Norpa Yonten, a 49-year-old lay person from Norpa village, Norchung township in Draggo County. His body has been taken to the nearby Draggo monastery.

At least one other person has been taken to the monastery with gunshot wounds. Locals are fearful to take the injured to hospital in case they are arrested.

Tibetans are reportedly travelling to Draggo and large crowds are gathering in the grounds of the monastery.

Arrest of Tibetans

It is still unclear what sparked the protest. There are reports that Tibetans around Draggo were arrested this morning on suspicion of distributing leaflets and posters calling for freedom and the protest was a response to these arbitrary detentions.

There are also claims that it was in response to celebrations marking the Chinese New Year which many local Tibetans had decided to boycott due to the growing unrest.

 

The protesters were heard to call out for freedom for Tibet and the return of the Dalai Lama.

Internet access is now banned in Draggo.

[October, 2011] Protesters in London to protest against China's occupation of Tibet and the ongoing mind-boggling repression there

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