TIBET Anniversary of the uprising that caused the exile of the leader of Tibetan Buddhism
El dalai old, During a recent visit to Capitol, en Washington. Afp
Updated: 10/03/2014
Today the 55º Anniversary of the uprising that caused the escape to the exile of Dalai Lama, More than half a century in which the leader of Tibetan Buddhism has not been able to return to his land, More than five decades without a peaceful solution for the conflict.
"Las causas de las protestas contra el Gobierno chino son la represión política, Cultural assimilation, Economic marginalization, racial discrimination, el desplazamiento de las poblaciones nómadas y la destrucción medioambiental", He has said today in a statement the Tibetan Parliament in exile, Based in the Indian city of Dharamshala.
In the last five years, 126 Monks have been immolated as a sign of protest against Chinese policies in Tibet. A total of 108 have died due to burns.
The government of Beijing insists on labeling the Dalai Lama as a disintegrating element that encourages violence and seeks the independence of the TIbet. "No hay ningún cambio en nuestra visión del problema del Dalai Lama", Padma Choling said this week, the head of the province of Tibet in the National Popular Assembly. "La independencia" means returning to theocracy, aseguró en declaraciones recogidas por el diario 'China Daily'.
'El camino intermedio'
The Buddhist leader, however, Pacific media has publicly defends years ago And what has been called el "camino intermedio", A autonomy for Tibet within the Chinese State that protects the religious and individual rights of the population.
Mao Zedong's communist troops occupied Tibet in October 1950 apelando a liberar al pueblo tibetano de la "opresión imperialista". Tibetan authorities, Without many more options, They then arrived at an agreement with the Beijing government that tried to maintain the political and religious autonomy of the province under the political mandate of Dalai Lama. But the situation soon degenerated.
He 10 March 1959, A series of protests against the occupation was transformed into an armed rebellion supported by the US secret service, who had been training Tibetan guerrillas.
The revolt failed. Thousands of Tibetans were killed in fighting against communist troops. Numerous monasteries were destroyed. The Dalai Lama then fled to India and found refuge in Dharamshala, from where he has been sponsoring the Tibetan cause for 55 years.
