If you utter the words “Human Rights” in Tibet, you may find yourself in prison, or even being tortured. Every aspect of Tibetan life and culture is being slowly eradicated by Chinese leadership and enforcement. China is slowly assimilating Tibet into their own culture, and even banned the Tibetan flag, and nation anthem. Even carrying a photo of the Dalai Lama will result in torture, and imprisonment. Protests, and freedom of speech do not exist in Tibet. If you protest against the Chinese, whether its peaceful or not, you will most likely be arrested, tortured, and possibly killed. China’s need for control is so extreme, that they even have banned any TV or radio broadcasts outside China, foreign journalists are rarely allowed inside, and when they are, they are closely chaperoned.
So how do you get tortured in Tibet? You: Fly a flag, send an email abroad, attend a protest, try to leave Tibet, or try to go home after leaving, or even say the words “human rights” and “freedom”, or even call for the Dalai Lama’s long life. China’s way of controlling Tibet is through fear. Below is a playlist of testimonies that came from torture survivors, and read by british actors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLi-9XmLF-eAtS1asB85fxcbBtHTfXts-6&v=0R7XmYaQ-H0
Tibet’s Buddhist religion was soon curtailed, and thousands of monasteries were burned. Nuns and monks were seen as terrorists and were beaten, tortured, and jailed. Monasteries that were not destroyed were closely surveillance by police, and any references or images of the Dalai Lama were banned. Many monks, and nuns have set themselves on fire in protest against China’s suppression of religious freedom and Tibetan culture. Some nuns and monks are subjected to re-education programs where they are forced to read “patriotic” literature that denounces the Dalai Lama. Those who refuse to take part, or fail, get their rights to practise taken away. Other consequences are beatings, fines, and expulsion from a nunnery.
Many jails in Tibet are filled with political prisoners. They’re held for voicing their opinions, sending emails outside the country, or printing illegal literature. These people include writers, teachers, monks, songwriters, musicians, and protesters. These political prisoners number in the thousands, although their exact number is unknown because many of them simply “disappear”.
China is forcing nomads to move out of their land, and into urban settlements. The nomads face poverty, unemployment, and social exclusion. Their traditional way of life is being replaced, and their culture is being taken away. China has moved over two million and counting nomads from their land, so China can have greater control over Tibet’s resources.
China believes if they claim the grassland of Tibet, they will be protecting them from overgrazing. However traditional Tibetan farming techniques have preserved and protected the grasslands for hundreds of years. The real reason why Tibetan farmers are forced to leave the grassland is to open up the land for exploitation by chinese mining, and damming companies. The chinese get the nomads to leave their land by persuading them to give up their land rights through deception, threats, and bribery.
So how do you get tortured in Tibet? You: Fly a flag, send an email abroad, attend a protest, try to leave Tibet, or try to go home after leaving, or even say the words “human rights” and “freedom”, or even call for the Dalai Lama’s long life. China’s way of controlling Tibet is through fear. Below is a playlist of testimonies that came from torture survivors, and read by british actors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLi-9XmLF-eAtS1asB85fxcbBtHTfXts-6&v=0R7XmYaQ-H0
Tibet’s Buddhist religion was soon curtailed, and thousands of monasteries were burned. Nuns and monks were seen as terrorists and were beaten, tortured, and jailed. Monasteries that were not destroyed were closely surveillance by police, and any references or images of the Dalai Lama were banned. Many monks, and nuns have set themselves on fire in protest against China’s suppression of religious freedom and Tibetan culture. Some nuns and monks are subjected to re-education programs where they are forced to read “patriotic” literature that denounces the Dalai Lama. Those who refuse to take part, or fail, get their rights to practise taken away. Other consequences are beatings, fines, and expulsion from a nunnery.
Many jails in Tibet are filled with political prisoners. They’re held for voicing their opinions, sending emails outside the country, or printing illegal literature. These people include writers, teachers, monks, songwriters, musicians, and protesters. These political prisoners number in the thousands, although their exact number is unknown because many of them simply “disappear”.
China is forcing nomads to move out of their land, and into urban settlements. The nomads face poverty, unemployment, and social exclusion. Their traditional way of life is being replaced, and their culture is being taken away. China has moved over two million and counting nomads from their land, so China can have greater control over Tibet’s resources.
China believes if they claim the grassland of Tibet, they will be protecting them from overgrazing. However traditional Tibetan farming techniques have preserved and protected the grasslands for hundreds of years. The real reason why Tibetan farmers are forced to leave the grassland is to open up the land for exploitation by chinese mining, and damming companies. The chinese get the nomads to leave their land by persuading them to give up their land rights through deception, threats, and bribery.