Tibetans and supporters of the cause of Tibet we will concentrate this Thursday 10 March 2022, from 18 h, in the St. James Square of Barcelona, To remember the 63 Anniversary of the Tibetan Survey that led to Dalai Lama and thousands of his followers into exile in 1959. This year, Due to the circumstances, Nor will the traditional march through the city center be made. The meeting will be directly in the square. All attendees are pledged to come with a mask and save the safety distance.
Current situation
Far from improving, The Tibet conflict worsens every day. The fundamental rights of Tibetans within the country are violated for 63 years without the international community taking letters in the matter. The strategy of the Chinese government with Xi Jinping is to dissolve the Tibetan identity and that of the other minorities in the country.
According to the world report 2022 de Human Rights Watch (HRV) «With President Xi Jinping at the helm, The Chinese government redoubled repression inside and outside the country in 2021. Its “zero tolerance” policy” towards Covid-19 strengthened the hand of the authorities, who imposed harsh policies in the name of health.»
In the section dedicated to Tibet, the report denounces:
«Authorities in Tibetan areas continue to severely restrict religious freedoms, expression, movement and meeting. They also fail to address popular concerns about mining and land grabs by local officials., often involving intimidation and illegal use of force by security forces.
Following an announcement in November 2020 which tightened controls on online communications that “undermine national unity”, there was an increase in reported arrests of Tibetans in 2021 for alleged online crimes. In particular, Tibetans who communicated with people outside China were harassed and punished, regardless of the content of your communications.
The government intensified coercive assimilationist policies. Chinese language classes were already mandatory for school teachers, local officials and vocational students. In July, The authorities announced that the kindergartens in areas of ethnic minorities must use Chinese as a means of instruction. In August, President XI emphasized the subordination of minority identities to a single national identity at the “Ethnic Work” National Conference.
The authorities intensified surveillance and intimidation at all levels, From online to neighborhoods and schools, And they have made protests, as those that occurred by the degradation of the minority language in interior mongolia in 2020, are practically impossible in Tibetan areas.
At least eight Tibetan or suspicious prisoners were released by health problems, Some due to torture, four of which died shortly after, although the real number is unknown due to the extreme information controls in the Tibet.»
As we report last year, The hope of Tibetans that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Strasbourg investigated the genocide committed in the Tibet by the Chinese authorities, It was frustrated at the beginning of the year. The ECHR rejected to process the two demands filed by the file of those inquiries in 2014, Due to the reform of universal justice by the government of Mariano Rajoy (PP), After receiving pressures from the Asian country.
HRW's report 2022 still denounces that «Chinese authorities continue to devastate the protection of human rights and civil liberties in Hong Kong, transforming much of the peaceful behavior that had supported life in Hong Kong, Like news post, in acts of subversion. An April report of 2021 of Human Rights Watch found that the authorities were committing crimes against humanity as part of a generalized and systematic attack against the Uigures and other Turkish Muslims in Xinjiang, including mass detention, Torture and cultural persecution. Tibetans continued to be serious abuse, including severe and prolonged imprisonment for exercising their basic rights.»
And in regard to education, They continue with their policy for undermine education in the mother tongue of Tibetans and other ethnicities. A policy that aims to make the identity of minorities disappear, assimilating them, And that he has gained impulse under the leadership of President Xi Jinping.
¡Help us raise your voice in defense of the identity of the Tibetan people who are at risk of extinction within the Tibet!
¡Come to our concentration!
¡We are waiting for you!
HRW video (in English): 'Los tibetanos están perdiendo su lengua'
