IL GRANDE RE DEL TIBET E LE DUE PRINCIPESSE

source: phayul.com

DHARAMSHALA, November 4: In photos and confirmed reports coming out of Tibet, another Tibetan set himself on fire this morning in an apparent protest against China's continued occupation of Tibet.

This latest incident of self-immolation protest, the 63rd in Tibet since 2009, is being reported from the Rebkong region of Amdo, eastern Tibet.

In one of the photos received by Phayul, the charred body of the self-immolator can be seen draped in Tibetan scarves lying below a portrait of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Source:tibetanpoliticalreview.com

By Maura Moynihan

4th october, '12. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has just completed a successful North American tour, where he was given honorary degrees by several colleges and gave many sold-out public talks.  But looming over the celebrations was news from Tibet of more self immolations in Kham and Amdo confirmed by Radio Free Asia and VOA, bringing the number to 60 or more.

This month also marks the 50th anniversary of the 1962 India-China War.  Combat was brief and casualties were few: fighting began on October 10th 1962 and came to an end on November 21st.  The death toll for soldiers was an estimated 1,460 Chinese, 3,128 for India.  Yet the consequences of this anxious month of skirmishes in Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh were enormous.  It handed Mao a stunning victory and dealt Nehru an equally stunning defeat.  It destroyed Nehru’s vision of pan-Asian unity in a post World War II world, accelerated the militarization of Himalayas and greatly advanced Mao’s hegemonic ambitions across the continent by sealing China’s control over Tibet.  It may have been a short war, but it was not a minor one.

Source: phayul.com, 4th october, '12

DHARAMSHALA, November 3: The exile Tibetan administration has made an open appeal to the United Nations Human Rights Council to convene a Special Session on Tibet in light of the deteriorating human rights situation inside Tibet, heralded by the ongoing wave of self-immolations.

The Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration in a release today appealed to the 47-member states of the UNHRC to convene a special session on Tibet in view of the “desperate and unprecedented spate of self-immolations by Tibetans due to China’s repressive policies and the continued intransigence of the Chinese leadership to the relentless efforts of UNHRC.”

The appeal comes a day after the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged China to “promptly address the longstanding grievances that have led to an alarming escalation in desperate forms of protest, including self-immolations, in Tibetan areas.”

Pillay said she was disturbed by "continuing allegations of violence against Tibetans seeking to exercise their fundamental human rights," and urged China to allow independent and impartial monitors to visit and assess the actual conditions on the ground, and to lift restrictions on media access to the region, as a confidence-building measure. 

The elected head of the Tibetan people Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay today said the CTA is “encouraged” by Pillay’s powerful statement and considered the statement as “true recognition of the urgent and tragic situation in Tibet.”

Source: www.ohchr.org

GENEVA (2 November 2012) – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday urged Chinese authorities to promptly address the longstanding grievances that have led to an alarming escalation in desperate forms of protest, including self-immolations, in Tibetan areas.

The UN human rights chief said she was disturbed by "continuing.      allegations of violence against Tibetans seeking to exercise their     fundamental human rights of freedom of expression, association      and religion," and pointed to "reports of detentions and            disappearances, of excessive use of force against peaceful    demonstrators, and curbs on the cultural rights of Tibetans." 

Cases have included a 17-year-old girl who was reportedly severely       beaten and sentenced to three years in prison for distributing        flyers calling for Tibet’s freedom and the return of the Dalai Lama.    Others have been sentenced to between four and seven years in prison for writing essays, making films or distributing photos of    events in Tibet outside China. Serious concerns have been raised  about fair trial standards, and the torture and ill-treatment of  detainees. 

“I have had several exchanges with the Chinese Government on these issues. But more needs to be done to protect human rights and prevent violations,” Pillay said. “I call on the Government to respect the rights to peaceful assembly and expression, and to release all individuals detained for merely exercising these universal rights.” 

The High Commissioner also appealed to Tibetans to refrain from resorting to extreme forms of protest, such as self-immolation, and urged community and religious leaders to use their influence to help stop this tragic loss of life 

“I recognise Tibetans’ intense sense of frustration and despair which has led them to resort to such extreme means,” she said, “but there are other ways to make those feelings clear. The Government also needs to recognise this, and permit Tibetans to express their feelings without fear of retribution.”

Rome, 25 October: On the second day of Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay’s visit to the Italian capital Rome, he had a breakfast meeting with 11 Italian Parliamentarians from different political parties.

The Tibetan Political leader thanked the Italian Parliamentarians for their continued support for Tibet. He said the 8 February 2012 resolution for Tibet by the Italian Parliament was a testimony of their support for Tibet during the very tragic and difficult period in the Tibetan history.