The Fight for the Right

There is always something people don’t know about a country, or there is something happening that you would never expect. Well in Tibet this is the case, no one would expect these types of life threatening occurrences to take place. Tibet has many different issues happening to this day. These issues range from disagreements pertaining to religion all the way to people being beaten and killed for the things they say or do. With all of these types of problems there are a couple specific violations present that should be addressed. Each and every one of these human rights violations should be taken into high consideration. Although there are many more violations in Tibet taking place the three that have been chosen for research seem the most tragic. The breath taking human rights violations that have been seen in Tibet are progressively getting worse each year. Everyone should care about Tibet and its people because the Tibetan people are no longer given the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and are also dealing with police brutality.

In Tibet the people have been stripped from their own freedom of obtaining whichever religion they choose, this being a result of people becoming more individualized. In 1989 Chinese officials challenged the Dalai Lama by denying any Tibetan culture or beliefs. The violations occurred in patterns by continuation of the Chinese strategies to erase all Tibetan culture (China forces Folly…). Human rights experts have been notified to provide greater protection for ethic groups (Ching). Some studies found evidence of Tibetans actually choosing to not practice any religion at all. It was said that they thought it was safer for them to just stay religion free. The right to have freedom of religion is b...

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