Published on 27/11/2012
Many Tibetans expected China's new leaders to address Tibet to introduce reforms. But since taking office, at the beginning of the month, the policies became even more repressive with these people.
Along with the restrictions, the number of self-immolations skyrocketed this month, con 19 Tibetans set on fire, by own decision.
[In the Legend, Director of the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy]:
"Esto nos muestra que están desesperados, particularly with the Tibetan people. Both due to repressive policies and the strict control imposed on the practices of daily life in the monasteries., there they cannot practice their daily rituals, ni la rutina que han elegido".
Tenzin Tsundue, renowned Tibetan poet and activist, says crackdown is a sign that the Chinese regime is losing power.
[Tenzin Tsundue, Tibetan poet and activist]:
"78 casos de autoinmolación muestran que el tema del Tíbet no sólo está vigente sino que hay una crisis seria ocurriendo allí, This also indicates that the Chinese government is losing authority in its control of Tibet., desesperados haciendo cualquier cosa que sea posible".
But Tsundue is still optimistic.
[Tenzin Tsundue, Tibetan poet and activist]
"Mientras los tibetanos han estado sufriendo bajo la ocupación china, we have united even more and, above all, a non-violent resistance movement advances, very powerful, bajo el liderazgo de Su Santidad el Dalai Lama".
The Chinese regime accused the Dalai Lama of orchestrating the self-immolations. The Tibetan Spiritual Leader, in exile, denies it and strongly condemned the use of suicide as a means to achieve political change.
