29 mai 2007
Mt Evrest !
Tibet Activists Demonstrate at Base Camp While Chinese Team Attempts Olympic Torch Ascent
Four Tibetan independence activists, including one Tibetan-American, remain in detention today after demonstrating at Mount Everest’s main base camp in Tibet on Wednesday, unfurling a banner reading “One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008” in English, and “Free Tibet” in Tibetan and Chinese. (more info : http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org)
Alexis, SFT-France member has been interviewed by the radio RMC about this action. If you understand French :
http://tibetlibre.org/Article/index.php?rubrique=CR&sujet=9&id=2
16 octobre 2006
Tibetans and mountaineers describe shooting at Nangpa Pass
Radio Free Asia posted statements today from Tibetans and climbers who witnessed the deadly shooting at Nangpa Pass. The eyewitness accounts add to the mounting evidence that completely contradict the Chinese government’s outrageous claims.
Here’s an excerpt from one interview:
“There was no one who fought with the Chinese soldiers. I saw everything and in fact I am only Tibetan who saw everything. I threw my bag on the side of road and entered in the camp of the Western climbers,” said one man, who said he had hidden in a toilet at a mountain-climbing camp.
“I concealed my other stuff behind the tent and put on a cap and stood in the midst of the Western climbers. I saw Chinese [troops] shooting at the Tibetans. All were running as fast as they could in the snow and no body tried to fight back.”
Those interviewed at the Tibetan Reception Centre in Kathmandu also describe the emotional shock and trauma of the fleeing Tibetans. Clearly, these were not people capable of confronting armed Chinese guards. Rather they were ambushed in a manner that is incomprehensible, deplorable and once again indicative of the Chinese government’s complete disregard for Tibetan lives.
“It was so tense and confusing that I just thought of staying alive and escaping. I couldn’t think of anything else or help the others.”
“I think the Chinese fired for about 15 minutes. I felt bullets whizzing past my ears. In fact I felt about five bullets pass by me and luckily they missed me. I was so frightened that I crawled in the snow using my hands and feet. The snow was about knee-deep,” he said.
Judging from this irrefutable evidence of Chinese abuse of escapees, we have both the need and the opportunity to truly shame the Chinese government in front of the whole world.
Watch a video here : http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/2006/10/14/nangpa-pass-video/
