As I am going to bed, I am worried, excited, and looking forward for the news tomorrow. “ 4-5000 Tibetan protesters going head to head w/ Chinese poilce in Lhabrang, Amdho, TIBET. Confirmed by calls directyly from LHABRANG, Amdho.” This is the status of one of my facebook friend working at the Students for a Free Tibet in India. What would tomorrow news bring? The Tibetans all over are protesting. In today’s case, resorting to violence. This is sad but we see the desperation. The act in desperation to receive international media attention and bring awareness to the Tibetan cause. I see this as a shame for the international community in their failing to support non-violent Tibetan movement. This chaos and violence by the very peaceful Tibetan people are a result of long negligence by the media an International community in Tibetan people’s struggle and brushing Tibetan issue aside. This shows that Tibetan people are very capable of doing anything – for the love of our motherland. Political freedom and religious freedom are what Tibetans treasure most.
Certainly a the helplessness and desperation brought this. Tibetans in Tibet, in their own country are prisoners. Without political and religious freedom what for Tibetans means the most. If I were in Tibet, I would certainly join the movement. We have to fight for what is rightfully ours. We have to sacrifice lives for a greater good.
China, to blame H.H the Dalai lama and undermine his power and influence, is a great loss. They should accept his proposal and engage in negotiation. This is just a beginning.
I pray that tomorrow’s news won’t bring Tibetans being killed. This is a historical movement and right now, my very brothers and sisters in Tibet are dying. I am comfortably on my bed, writing a blog and I feel terribly shameful. What am I doing. Feeling helpless and shameful.
Following are the news I have been following for today which I posted on my facebook.
Video: Tibet in turmoil as riots grip capital
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/14/tibet.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
With Reports Of Violence, Anger Ignites Beyond Tibet
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031404134.html
Deaths reported in Tibet protests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7296837.stm
A Tibetan Intifadeh Against China
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1722509,00.html
A timeline of Tibetan protests
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/14/tibet.timeline/
Tibet Protests Turn Violent, Shops Burn in Lhasa
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031401448.html
Deaths reported in Tibet as China blames Dalai Lama
http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSSP10739920080314/15
Tibetan protesters warned of harsh response
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23629811/
Video:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23634993#23634993
Pictures:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23633733/
Fire on the roof of the world
http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10870258&top_story=1
Developments Related to Tibet Crisis
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g0hkHtbigRCCE8elbttBATtrV_qwD8VDFH8O1
Four die and dozens more injured as Tibet protests descend into violence
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/four-die-and-dozens-more-injured-as-tibet-protests-descend-into-violence-796272.html
Turbulent priest remains thorn in Beijing’s side
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/15/wtibet315.xml
China Clamps Down on Tibetan Protests As Many Deaths, Injuries Reported
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2008/03/14/tibet_protest/
ANTI-CHINA RAGE: TIBET RIOTS
http://abcnews.go.com/International/popup?id=4452569
Chinese Police Clash With Tibet Protesters
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/world/asia/15tibet.html?hp
Dalai Lama urges China to stop using force in Tibet
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080314/ts_afp/chinatibetreligionprotestrightsdalai_080314135208
U.S. tells China to use restraint in Tibet protests
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN14398845
Noisy Tibetan protest outside United Nations headquarters
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny–unprotest0314mar14,0,7003446.story
Six arrested in Tibet protest outside U.N.
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-7385612,00.html
Eyewitness accounts: Tibet clashes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7297248.stm
BBC on Women’s Uprising and Tibetan Uprising Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_4C6EnWBhw&feature=related
China’s Tibet problem:
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/ver/256.0/popup/index.php?cl=6961557
Students for a Free Tibet news:
http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?list=type&type=6
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“These protests are a manifestation of the deep-rooted resentment of the Tibetan people under the present governance.”- H.H The Dalai Lama
