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Headlines : Human RightsClimbers See Tibetans Shot 'Like Rats'
Another bloodly massacre in Tibet at the hands of Chinese occupation forces. At least one death has been confirmed, a teenage nun, and several other deaths have been reported, but not yet confirmed.
I know it’s bumper-sticker cliché, but…
FREE TIBET!
[Posted By ShiftShapers]Republished from The Sydney Morning Herald
An Australian mountaineer was among dozens of climbers at a Himalayan base camp who watched in horror as Chinese soldiers shot Tibetan refugees “like rats, dogs [and] rabbits”, leaving at least one teenage nun lying dead in the snow.
The incident, witnessed by international climbers and Sherpas at a camp on Mount Cho Oyu – about 20 kilometres west of Mount Everest – occurred on September 30 as a group of refugees, including many children, made their way across the 5700-metre-high Nangpa La Pass from Tibet to Nepal and then on to Dharamsala in India – the home of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
Detailed accounts of the attack are beginning to filter through despite what the British newspaper, The Independent, described as an attempt by Chinese authorities to silence the many Western climbers and Sherpas who witnessed the shooting.
A Tibetan monk who managed to reach Nepal was quoted in the paper as saying: “We started walking early through the Nangpa La Pass. Then the soldiers arrived. They started shooting and we ran; there were 15 children from eight to 10; only one escaped arrest.
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leaving at least one teenage nun lying dead in the snow.
Then the soldiers arrived. They started shooting and we ran; there were 15 children from eight to 10; only one escaped arrest.
Don’t apologize for cliches when this is the news we’re reading.
Cliche = truism
This is disgusting.
Tibetans shot in self-defence (BBC)
China has confirmed that its troops opened fire on a group of Tibetans trying to cross into Nepal, leaving one of them dead…The official Xinhua news agency quoted an official as saying the border guards fired in self-defence.
Officials said the troops tried to “persuade them to go back home… but the stowaways refused and attacked the soldiers”, Xinhua reports.
What a load of steaming shit. Fuck you, China.
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) said a young Tibetan nun was confirmed dead while there were unconfirmed reports that a young refugee boy was killed.
The organisation said it also had fears for the safety of about 10 Tibetan refugee children who were arrested by the Chinese soldiers after fleeing from the gunshots.
Mr Lawes told The Independent that the children were marched single file through the base camp.
*The children were in single file, about six feet away from me. They didn’t see us – they weren’t looking around the way kids normally would, they were too frightened. By that time, advance base camp was crawling with soldiers. We were doing our best not to do anything that might spark off more violence.*
... just awful, I’m shocked that the climbers aren’t rallying and making a big public outcry over this.
According to this report the Chinese soldiers were acting in self-defence. The victim was a 17 year-old nun.
I agree, this is bad stuff. And it looks like all governments lie: SOP.
yeah Watson, of all the dangerous types of nuns to be avoided, the dangerous teenaged nun is definitely up there.