WhatsappAlthough EU ambassadors refuse to visit Jerusalem’s Western Wall accompanied by Israeli officials, since they consider it “occupied Palestinian Territories” they had no problems visiting the occupied Tibet Autonomous Region accompanied by Chinese officials, despite human rights abuses in occupied Tibet including “at TPSB-run detention centers that were involved in the torture, physical abuse, and killings of prisoners, which also included those arrested on religious and political grounds”.
On December 15, 2022 Arutz 7 reported “The rabbi charged with administering the Western Wall Plaza excoriated United Nations ambassadors from four countries who boycotted a visit to the holy site. A week ago, the United Nations ambassadors from Italy, Romania, Slovenia, and Moldova dropped out of a group visit to the Western Wall, after the European Union ordered representatives of member states not to participate in any Israeli-hosted tour of eastern Jerusalem…”
On June 26, 2017 the European Union website reported “The EU Ambassador to China, Hans Dietmar Schweisgut, and a group of Ambassadors of EU member states to China are paying an official visit to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) from 26 – 30 June at the invitation of the TAR authorities. During their visit, the Ambassadors will meet with leaders of TAR in Lhasa and have talks with representatives from the TAR Bureau of Education, the Bureau of Health and Family Planning, the Development and Reform Commission and the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Commission…”
The Tibet Autonomous Region is occupied and controlled by China and yet although EU ambassadors refuse to visit Jerusalem’s Western Wall accompanied of Israeli officials for considering it “occupied Palestinian Territories” they had no problems visiting the Tibet Autonomous Region accompanied of Chinese officials. Yowangdu.com reports
“Shortly after the Chinese occupation of Tibet in the 1950’s, China carved up Tibet into a number of pieces. The piece that they call the Tibet Autonomous Region (T.A.R.) is about half of the Tibetan Plateau. (The Chinese also refer to the T.A.R. as “Tibet” and “Xizang.”) This is the region that the Chinese government most tightly restricts, and for which you need a permit to enter…
The T.A.R. includes most of the most famous and popular tourist destinations in Tibet, such as Lhasa, Everest Base Camp, Mount. Kailash, Lake Namtso, Shigatse, and Gyantse.
The non-T.A.R. areas of Tibet include the Kham and Amdo regions, which are generally less traveled and better culturally preserved than the T.A.R. areas.
The T.A.R. is much more tightly restricted than Kham and Amdo. For the T.A.R. region, you must have a Tibet travel permit, a guide, and be on a “tour,” though the tour can be just you with a guide and driver on a private tour…”
In 1949, China invaded Tibet and initiated a massive transfer of Chinese civilians into Tibet.
In his 5-point peace plan the Dalai Lama stated:
“When the newly formed People’s Republic of China invaded Tibet in 1949/50, it created a new source of conflict. This was highlighted when, following the Tibetan national uprising against the Chinese and my flight to India in 1959, tensions between China and India escalated into the border war in 1962. Today large numbers of troops are again massed on both sides of the Himalayan border and tension is once more dangerously high.
“The real issue, of course, is not the Indo-Tibetan border demarcation. It is China’s illegal occupation of Tibet, which has given it direct access to the Indian subcontinent. The Chinese authorities have attempted to confuse the issue by claiming that Tibet has always been a part of China. This is untrue. Tibet was a fully independent state when the People’s Liberation Army invaded the country in 1949/50…
“To improve relations between the Tibetan people and the Chinese, the first requirement is the creation of trust. After the holocaust of the last decades in which over one million Tibetans – one-sixth of the population – lost their lives and at least as many lingered in prison camps because of their religious beliefs and love of freedom, only a withdrawal of Chinese troops could start a genuine process of reconciliation. The vast occupation force in Tibet is a daily reminder to the Tibetans of the oppression and suffering they have all experienced. A troop withdrawal would be an essential signal that in the future a meaningful relationship might be established with the Chinese, based on friendship and trust…
“The massive transfer of Chinese civilians into Tibet in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) threatens the very existence of the Tibetans as a distinct people.”
“Today, in the whole of Tibet 7.5 million Chinese settlers have already been sent, outnumbering the Tibetan population of 6 million. In central and western Tibet, now referred to by the Chinese as the “Tibet Autonomous Region,”
“Chinese sources admit the 1.9 million Tibetans already constitute a minority of the region’s population. These numbers do not take the estimated 300,000-500,000 troops in Tibet into account – 250,000 of them in the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region…For the Tibetans to survive as a people, it is imperative that the population transfer is stopped and Chinese settlers return to China. Otherwise, Tibetans will soon be no more than a tourist attraction and relic of a noble past…
“Human rights violations in Tibet are among the most serious in the world. Discrimination is practiced in Tibet under a policy of “apartheid” which the Chinese call “segregation and assimilation”. Tibetans are, at best, second-class citizens in their own country. Deprived of all basic democratic rights and freedoms, they exist under a colonial administration in which all real power is wielded by Chinese officials of the Communist Party and the army.
“Although the Chinese government allows Tibetans to rebuild some Buddhist monasteries and to worship in them, it still forbids serious study and teaching of religion. Only a small number of people, approved by the Communist Party, are permitted to join the monasteries.
“While Tibetans in exile exercise their democratic rights under a constitution promulgated by me in 1963, thousands of our countrymen suffer in prisons and labor camps in Tibet for their religious or political convictions… ”
On October 12, 2022
Devdiscorse reported about human rights abuses in occupied Tibet “US on Friday announced sanctions on two Chinese officials for serious human rights abuse in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), according to the US Department of Treasury.
The Chinese officials, named Wu Yingjie (Wu) and Zhang Hongbo (Zhang) have been named as those involved in rights violations by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) which is a financial intelligence and enforcement agency of the U S Treasury Department…
“According to the official release of US Treasury Department, Wu Yingjie was the TAR Party Secretary between 2016 and 2021 and directed government officials to engage in “stability policies.”
“These stability measures’ implementation resulted in grave violations of human rights, such as extrajudicial killings, physical abuse, arbitrary arrests, and mass detentions in the TAR. Forced abortion, forced sterilization, restrictions on political and religious freedom, and the torture of prisoners were additional violations committed during Wu’s leadership. Whereas, Zhang Hongbo worked to advance the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) goals and policies in the TAR as “Tibet’s police chief.” During his tenure as the chief, he engaged in severe human rights abuse, including at TPSB-run detention centres that were involved in the torture, physical abuse, and killings of prisoners, which also included those arrested on religious and political grounds.”
