Free Tibet Campaign Responds to Tibet Crisis

CHEN:
In our top story today, the situation on Tibet
The Chinese have set midnight today as a deadline for protestors to surrender, or face so-called 'harsh punishment.' Around 10,000 police and military personnel are said to be involved in the crackdown.
Anne Holmes is the director of the Free Tibet Campaign in London.

[Anne Holmes, Director Free Tibet Campaign]:
"The fact that monks, nuns and lay people are being killed, arrested for simply trying to tell the world that they want to have their country back is a travesty. However I also commend their courage in doing so because they do it knowing the stiff penalties their face, the long term jails, possible torture...."

Holmes added that she didn't think Tibetan people were against ethnic Chinese, but wanted to preserve traditional Tibetan culture.

[Anne Holmes, Director Free Tibet Campaign]:
"I think for the average Tibetan person, they have no deep felt animosity towards Han Chinese migrants, just as people in any country can get on well with migrants to their country. The problem for Tibetans in Tibet is that their language and their culture are disappearing. And this is being done in a calculated manner by the Communist Chinese Authorities who have been ruling Tibet for sixty years."

Over the weekend, the Chinese communist party (CCP) resisted calls for restraint, and has instead declared a "people's war" of security and propaganda against the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists.

The CCP has accused the Dalai Lama of masterminding the protests. The Dalai Lama has called that accusation 'absolutely baseless.'

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[tsayang]

Tibet Belongs to Tibet, Free Tibet!

[mekong08]

The Only terrorist are the Invading "HAN" and Colonialist Communist Forces of China

[TheEarthhuman]

@mekong08 we invaded tibet? Bullshit. Go look at Texas annexation, Hawaii annexation, such and such if you still consider us as the invaders.

[Ganeschar]

@fourheadedmoose - if they are well informed they would know it was Great Britain who colonized the natives !

[Ganeschar]

@pubozoimai - It was Great Britain not so called US !

[douboymk2]

anne holmes- ugly white bitch.

matt whitticase- fat little piggy.

[ChinaKillsNuns]

Hawaii wanted to join the US.

china to invaded Tibet in 1950 and has been looting Tibet ever since.

CCP top brass are idiots.

[gundaman616]

How about we free Hawaii first.

[pubozoimai]

America is an occupied country and we need to change this. America should be invaded and the conquered land should be given back to the Native American Indians.

[jawajaya]

freetibet119,

what is the consequence of tibet be freed? is USA or your country going to assist them in building their economy? or just leave them alone after independence?

[jawajaya]

hi spatzi672

yes, u r rite! USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa are also occupied country. U see, the british is smarter than german! they can build few english speaking countries by invading the lands by force and killed many natives there.

So German needs to launch another World War 3to occupy other lands. I suggest u to invade China and India.