Tibetans Plea for Freedom

In India, Tibetans living in exile are taking dire measures to attract attention to the human rights situation in Tibet. Tibetans appealed to the Indian Prime Minister with a letter written in human blood. The letter was accompanied by a street protest.
The protesters, holding portraits of their spiritual leader Dalai Lama staged a demonstration against the Chinese communist partys rule in Tibet. They were in the northern city of Allanhabad, in India.

They chanted slogans against the Communist party and wrote a letter in blood seeking Indian Prime Minister's assistance for their cause.

[Soman, Tibetan Exile]: "All us Tibetans appeal to the Prime Minister to support our cause."

Tibetans have long been waging a struggle against Chinese rule in Tibet. Beijing first invaded Tibet in 1950, but it was in 1959 when the crackdown began. Chinese communist leaders have been ruling Tibet with an iron fist ever since.

Tibetans say "Chinese atrocities" have increased since the March 14th Tibetan protest in Lhasa in 2008. The protests later spilled over to the rest of Tibet and neighboring Chinese provinces with Tibetan populations, drawing global attention.

Rights groups say hundreds remain in jail following the protests where they are subjected to harsh treatment and even torture.

India is home to about 150,000 Tibetan exiles, most of whom arrived after escaping from Tibet over the past few decades.

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• human rights
• indian prime minister
• dalai lama
• china
• chinese communist party
• CCP
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The Chinese communists are brutal of course, but this idea that Tibet was a place of peace and harmony before the communists turned up is a myth. In Old Tibet 90% of the people were serfs, tied to the land with very limited rights. 5% were also slaves. The others were a hierarchy of parasitical monks who got to live for free and could steal your wife. The Dalai Lama sat atop the hierarchy. It was a futile system.