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Tibet government-in-exile slams China on jail sentences

Australian News.Net
Friday 2nd May, 2008

The Tibetan government-in-exile has lashed a Chinese court's sentence on 30 Tibetans involved in anti-China protests last month.

The penalty imposed on the Tibetans ranged from three years to life imprisonment.

The Tibetan-government-in-exile from its base in India has said the verdicts were disproportionate, the trials were not fair or transparent and the accused were even denied independent lawyers.

An exiled government spokesman said: 'We fear that many such arbitrary trials will follow to lock up all those Tibetans presently under detention.'

'We urge the Chinese government to do away with this pretence of a fair trial and release at once all detained Tibetans.'

Anti-China protests broke out in Tibet March 10th and according to the Tibetan government-in-exile, at least 203 Tibetans were killed.

 

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Questions?
05-02-08, 02:21 PM

LAW AND ORDER MUST PREVAIL

"AUTONOMOUS” SUPPORTS ANARCHISM and THEOCRATIC POWER: All of societies are based on LAW AND ORDER. If there is no law, anyone can kill each other with no accountability. DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS depend on LAW AND ORDER. Any actions outside of the LAW must be accountable. “AUTONOMOUS” must be a lama because he is preaching theocratic power and anarchism for his own benefitS. It seems he doesn’t want to recall the bad lama history of serfs and slaves. “AUTONOMOUS” in not knowledgeable in democracy and human rights otherwise he would be writing and answering people with respect and truth. Name calling SHOWS your true self.

ChineseJew
05-02-08, 02:10 PM

Why are these exiles screaming like 2 years old. They knew of the consequences for rioting and killing before they started it. Do they really think it is just a party? They can keeping on lying about the million Tibetans killed to gain some sympathy from the West but at the end they will just be exiles waiting for their next incarnation to become a chicken or something.

Autonomous
05-02-08, 01:12 PM

"Questions?", your an idiot

Your comment: “LAW AND ORDER MUST SUPERSEDE HUMAN RIGHTS." shows that your were brought up in a Han society. I sure as hell bet that if it was the Han being sentences by the US or Europe, you’d be kicking and screaming like the 2 year old you are. Use your brain fella! It’s because of idiots like you and your fellow kind that these riots take place around the world. Have a bit of compassion for your fellow humans you braindead racist moron! The Han government MUST be held accountable for the million+ Tibetan lives lost since the INVASION. Your fat chairman Mao was responsible for deaths than Hilter, Stalin and Pol Pot put together, and the Han choose to worship him??? That just shows how backwards things are in little insecure china.

Questions?
05-02-08, 02:53 AM

Tibet government-in-exile slams China on jail sentences

LAW AND ORDER MUST SUPERSEDE HUMAN RIGHTS. Riot is a law and order issue and all human rights are suspended until peace is restored. Death of innocent lives in riots must be held accountable and the rioters must face justice in the court of law otherwise anarchism will prevail. Dalai clique’s theocratic government don’t believe in justice as stated by the exiled spokesman. How can the West support this form of government?

Anonymous
05-02-08, 05:28 AM

While the deadlist is growing from 100 to 203, why cannot Daliar Lama supply a full and detailed namelist? I only know the list of 40 dead supplied to Australian TV proved a fake?
Mobster is just mobster, no matter how you paint it. Any government will put you in jail.

Anonymous
05-02-08, 05:29 AM

Why argueing so much with these bunch of kids who only like to be spoonfed by Dalai Liar . To prove they are only the foot-soldiers on bandwagen of neo-con’s geopolitical agenda, one document should be enough as follows, the full text of the Dalai’s 1951 telegram to Mao:

“Chairman Mao of the Central People’s Government:

This year the local government of Tibet sent five delegates with full authority headed by Kaloon Ngapoi to Beijing in late April 1951 to conduct peace talks with delegates with full authority appointed by the Central People’s Government.

On the basis of friendship, delegates on both sides concluded the Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet on May 23,1951.

The local government of Tibet as well as the Tibetan monks and laymen unanimously support this agreement, and under the leadership of Chairman Mao and the Central People’s Government, will actively assist the People’s Liberation Army in Tibet to consolidate national defence, drive imperialist influences out of Tibet and safeguard the unification of the territory and the sovereignty of the motherland. I hereby send this cable to inform you of this. “

~galljdaj+
05-02-08, 10:35 AM

Tibet Government in Exile??????

The is a magnificient weasle wording!

CIA INSPIRED LYING! aND mEDIA mANIPULATION!

~galljdaj+
05-02-08, 12:41 PM

And More about the Media Manipulations!!!

hAVE YOU NOTICED HOW QUICKLY THE tHREAD oN THE nEW BUSH SANCTIONS ON bURMA GOT PULLED OF THE BOARD?

Well the lil kid pundit is getting his assed 'fried' over this move!

Its very clear what his purpose is! Its not about the Peoples' Interests! Its about the just completed WORLDWIDE Resource Space Mission that found pREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN rESOURCES in Burma, and the folks the lil pundit fronts for, want those resources to strip mine and skim 'their share'!

Media manipulation lil bush style!

tvan
05-02-08, 10:29 PM

Both Sides?

It seems like both sides are at fault. The Tibetans for killing innocent Chinese. The Chinese government for refusing to allow freedom of religion.

What strikes me is that so much concern focuses on freedom for followers of the Dalai Llama, yet nobody cares about other religions. There are more Muslims, Catholics, and Christians in China than followers of the Dalai Llama, not to mention Chinese Buddhists. Why doesn’t anybody care about them versus a bunch of thugs?

Aussieguy
05-02-08, 11:31 PM

Judging from several eyewitness reprots, from both tourists and locals, that there is a stark constrast between the ethnic Tibetan population outside of China and those inside of China. It appears that the majority of Tibetans inside of China are quite happy with their current situations, excluding a small separatist community within Lhasa.

Additionally, stating that China has killed more than a million Tibetans is beyond absurd and significantly counterproductive to peace in Tibet. Can you supply a list of names of the alleged murdered people please? This time ensure that each individual can be uniquely identified. Previously, lists of alleged Tibetan victims have proven to contain both false names and names that are unable to be tracked down.

The Dalai Lama refuses to condemn the violence in Lhasa and then slams the Chinese government for bringing criminals to justice? I don’t know about other people, but this certainly rings alarm bells for me.

Release all detained Tibetans?! Even murderers? Surely this is a joke?


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