Silent Protest at Zenkoji - Free Tibet

Tibet...Tibet had been an independent country since ancient times. Tibetan have been protecting the teachings of Buddhism for centuries. In 1950, China's military invaded Tibet. China deprived Tibetan people of their own country. China deprived Tibetan people of Buddhism. 99% of Buddhist temples have been destroyed in Tibet. China deprived Tibetan people of their families. The number of Tibetans who have been murdered during the past half century has reached 1.28 million.

Zenkoji temple (Nagano Japan) is a Buddhist temple with a history of 1400 years that was established in 644A.D. Zenkoji Temple had accepted the offer of kicking off the Olympic Toarch Relay that had been scheduled on April 26th. On April 18th, however, Buddhist monks held a small ceremony for the victims of the Tibetan uprising, which occured at the beginning of March 08'. Residents of Nagano attended this small ceremony. They lit the number of candles equivalent to the number of victims. The number of candles was 177. They prayed for the victims of of the Tibetan uprising, which occured at the beginning of March 08'.
A cold rain was falling that day.

A certain person said to me,
"Don't mix up sports with politics. Sports should be removed from politics."
I answered as follows,
Many lives of innocent people are threatened at this moment. How can anyone enjoy Beijing olympics while knowing that many lives of innocent people are threatened? We should raise a voice in protest now.
It is a moral principle.
It is a human action.
On April 20th, Zenkoji Temple declined the offer of kicking off the Olympic Toarch Relay.

Chinese military attacked and invaded Tibet in 1950. China occupied Tibet who was the fully independent nation before the invasion of China. China has been torturing and slaughtering enormous numbers of innocent Tibetan civilians since 1950. TIBETAN VICTIMS of CHINESE ATROCITIES reaches 1.28 million people. Tibetan people have been suffering from China's cruel and bloody repression. Please don't apply the word "Human Right Abuse" to what is going on in Tibet. What is going on in Tibet? China has been committing "Cultural Genocide" against Tibetan people in the form of ethnic cleansing since China's invasion. "Cultural Genocide" against Tibetan people should be called "Unforgivable Humanitarian Tragedy".

Tibetan people have the legitimate right of racial self-determination as well as the independence of Kosovo was acknowledged by the international community. The population of Kosovo is 2 million (90% is Albanian). The population of Tibetans is more than 5.4 million only in China. Tibetan people have the right to declear the independence from China. China is just invader. The international community should condemn China as invader violated Tibetan's sovereignty.


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[antiwhaler]

Tibetan people have the legitimate right of racial self-determination as well as the independence of Kosovo was acknowledged by the international community. The population of Kosovo is 2 million (90% is Albanian). The population of Tibetans is more than 5.4 million only in China. Tibetan people have the right to declear the independence from China. China is just invader. The international community should condemn China as invader violated Tibetan's sovereignty.

[Zooomabooma]

thank you for this

[gia2black]

real life slavery existed in tibet many of which were chinese slaves.. living in conditions not seen since the middle ages.. in bared shackle, eye gouging, disembowelment and worse commited by the leaders of tibet, but horrible crimes against there own people. search true history of tibet, free tibet would only give power back to them, We need to free to tibetians of the Chinese, but also away from the previoius in power.. this includes the dalai lama and those that control him

[gia2black]

and are still doing, however look into the true history of tibet, the people were living in a Feudal government, absolute rule, there were rich and peasants, before the chinese invaded the 2nd time 50's,

[gia2black]

I am a Buddhist, however I must say tibet and the Dalai Lama have been romanticized in the west.. YEs what the chinese did was horrible,

[TRAN1263]

Death to Communist Chinese Invader_Long life Dalai Lama.

[multitse]

thank you so much.... this is indeed really humanistic way of saying what is wrong even without saying a word...! i really like your answer to the question ... dont mix sports with politics... its absolutely true..thanks again ...

[Bodgyalo319]

This is very beautiful..thank you for your kindness towards the Tibetan cause..i completely agree with you about the olympics and would have heated discussions with many of my friends and family...there is something wrong with this world when we put sport above the lives of others..

[ChinaKillsTibetans]

Do you know jack (anything) about Modern Tibet???

Do you know jack (anything) about the chinese communist party???

To learn about just some of the TERRIBLE things that the chinese communist party does please watch

Dispatches Undercover in Tibet

(on Google Video, 48 minutes long.)

[Ganeschar]

Chinese distorted as if Qing is China saying that Manchu people are one of 56 Chinese ethnics.

But, Russians are included in 56 Chinese enthics too. So, can Russian history be Chinese?? Uzbek people are included in 56 Chinese ethnics too. So Uzbek is China??

Qing and Yuan are not China. China should stop distorting history to justify occupation on Tibet. Tibet had never been part of China until 1950s.

[antiwhaler]

Iris Chang's 'the Rape of Nanking' is the red herring(smoke screen) to avoid international criticism on 'the Rape of Tibet'. We Japanese have become to know that the Han Chinese people try to play victims of Japanese imperialism intending to hide Chinese strong territorial ambitions.