‘China must be held accountable on Tibet’
Human Rights Watch chief researcher, columnist and author Nicholas Bequelin on Tuesday pointed out the urgent need for the international community to hold China responsible for severe human right violations of the Tibetans. Speaking during the seminar, “The Human Rights Abuses in Tibet from 2008-10”, at Jawaharlal Nehru University Mr Nicholas spoke about how China is influencing the international media to cover up the oppression and tyranny in Tibet.
“There should be efforts to hold China accountable for arbitrariness of security forces in the unrest of 2008 in Tibet. Despite their denial, there is prevalence of torture, there are cases of disappearances, there are unjust judicial proceedings against the Tibetans. Challenges to dare China are immense. Until the Chinese are got on board its difficult to find a solution,” Mr Nicholas said.
“The Chinese government denounces all the media reports and even influence the international media. They dispute the reports but we want them to dispute the substance of the reports that we have made after detailed research and meetings with the Chinese and Tibetans sources. Chinese say everything is fine but the truth is they repress the Tibetans,” he added.
“There are instances where even the Tibetan officials have caused problem. There is very little help that can be done to Tibetans because China’s economic clout is too much. This is a long struggle and it is not clear who will win. In Tibet, no press or diplomatic visits are allowed, snipers are found on roof and the Chinese have devised new ways of arrest of Tibetans,” he stated. Presiding over the seminar, South Asia director, Human Rights Watch, Meenakshi Ganguly, compared the Tibet situation with that of Kashmir.
Speaking on the occasion Prof. Srikanth Kondipalli remarked that the Tibetans have resorted to blogging that bridges the gap between Tibet and media.
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