Human Rights Violations in Tibet

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In 1949 the People’s Republic of China invaded and seized control of Tibet (Dhir). Since then, more than one point two million Tibetans have been slain, and their population is approximately seventy-five percent of what it was after the Chinese conquered Tibet (Dhir). Since the Chinese conquered Tibet, they have enacted harsh, severe, unforgiving policies against Tibetans who show even the slightest hint of resistance to the Chinese government, including some truly perverted, evil,cruel, depraved, malicious, degenerate, malignant tortures. Furthermore, according to the Targeted News Service, Amnesty International said that “The continued lock-down in Tibet has made independent verification of reports difficult and raised fears that reports of human rights violations that reach the outside world represent just a fraction of the whole.” Meaning that, considering the thousands of reported cases, there could very well be over one million violations of Tibetans fundamental human rights since (Unrest). Something must be done to stop China’s inhuman treatment of Tibetans via forced abortion, destruction of their culture, arbitrary detention, torturing of detainees, and violation of their privacy.
According to some sources, the Chinese have for years forced Tibetan women to undergo compulsory abortions and sterilizations. (Ahmad).There is no need for such measures, as there are relatively few Tibetans and much unused land in Tibet, and there is legislation exempting minorities from China’s official one child policy(Ahmad). It is thought that these measures are being used to slowly exterminate the Tibetan population(Ahmad), as most Chinese look down upon Tibetan culture as useless and backward.
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