HYDERABAD: ``Though I was born in Tibet I have not had the freedom to enter my homeland to see my ailing parents ever since my country was annexed by China five decades ago,’’ Norbu Dalma, local advisory member of Tibetan Solidarity Committee and who is pursuing higher studies in Hyderabad, says.
``A day does not pass wtihout reports of brutal torture of thousands of Tibetans in prisons and killing of dozens of people, rape of women and violation of human rights by the Chinese army,’’ Norbu says in an emotion-choked voice.
``In this hour of crisis, the United Nations Organisation (UNO) and friendly countries, India in particular, should help Tibet secure freedom from the clutches of China’s army,’’ she pleads. Like Norbu there are scores of Tibetan refugees living in Andhra Pradesh who have several terrible tales of Chinese atrocities to recount.
There are about 1.25 lakh Tibetan refugees in India, 500 of them in Andhra Pradesh. Over 1,000 Tibetans and Buddhist monks took out a procession in Hyderabad on Thursday and performed a mock funeral of Tibetans killed by the Chinese regime.
``I am prohibited from travelling to own country as Tibetan are denied visas to travel to Tibet by China’’, Denzing Tsering, a student of Loyola College in Vijayawada, says. ``The situation is very volatile in Tibet. The foreign media is denied entry into Tibet as the Chinese rulers fear that the atrocities in Tibet would get exposed at the international level.
``After Tibet, India will be the next target of China. The Communist country is slowly and steadily trying to occupy the North-Eastern States of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh,’’ Andu, a teacher working in Mysore, says with a tinge of alarm in his voice.
``The poor human rights record that China has been known for became amply clear in the brutal crackdown on the peaceful Tibetan demonstrators in Tibet since March 10. ``It has been a long and arduous 49 years of Tibetans living under the yoke of Chinese oppression in Tibet.we Tibetans, living in exile, appeal to one and all to support Tibetans in this hour of crisis,’’ he adds.
Tenzing Rangol, a student of St Joseph, has this call to give to people across the world:``In protest against the blatant misuse of human rights and heinous crimes being committed by China on Tibetan people, all the countries should boycott the Olympic Games to be held in Beijing this year.’’
Lobsung Dolma, a student at Apollo Nursing School, bemoans: ``Except speaking to them over the phone a few times I have not seen the face of my parents since 1992... Obtaining a visa to visit Tibet is a dream as it is very difficult to get,’’ she says.
``Our dear friend India should ensure that China puts an immediate stop to persecution of Tibetans in Tibet and unconditionally release all those who have been detained under false charges and call for immediate investigation by an impartial and independent organisation into the genocide taking place in Tibet’’ Tibetan parliament member Ms Tsering Youdon says.
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