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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It may be difficult to imagine how the Chinese revolution, the Buddha, and a princess shaped the path of Tibetan Buddhism into the Hawaiian islands, particularly in the island of Kauai. This essay will illustrate how my experience at a Buddhist burial ground in Kauai had its roots in Beijing, Lhasa, and Lumbini. I will argue that the presence of Tibetan Buddhism on the island of Kauai was primarily driven by the Communist revolution in China in 1949 and their reannexation of Tibet in 1959. This paper will show how the Buddhism came to Tibet from India on the Middle Ages and moved to the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. The story of how Tibetan Buddhism got to Hawaii is followed by an analytical description of a Tibetan Buddhist burial mound in Kauai.
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Many Tibetans are arrested and put through such treatment with little to no evidence supporting them as criminals. In a sudden “clampdown” that started in February of 1992, groups of ten Chinese raided Tibetan homes in Lhasa arresting more than 200 people. Those arrested were said to be in possession of “subversive materials, such as photographs, and tapes or books containing speeches or teachings of the Dalai Lama” (Kumar, 77).
Today, Americans know freedom as the most basic right, so it’s shocking for them to learn about countries that don’t have freedom. Americans know about the cruelties in the Middle East, but what about the atrocities in China? Under a communist government, everything in China is restricted, limited, and monitored. Miraculously, one religion emerged from the country and spread by the name of “Falun Gong.” Falun Gong practitioners are faced with persecution in China, pushing them to head overseas to practice in peace. Although it may cause conflicts, America’s reinforcing religious freedom internationally is crucial, as not only will it save millions of lives all over the world, but also preserve the national identity of the United States as an advocate of human rights.
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Accurate estimations and data about Tibetan victims of the Chinese genocide are hard to find, given that China provides biased information. However, associations like “Friends of Tibet” estimate that out of the 1.2 million deaths, 343,151 were caused by famine. Unfortunately, no further information is available on the gender, age or/and class of the victims.
...art of nation, and we have “voice” to say NO and keep our traditions and identity, unfortunately, in this era many people are inveiglement with the idea of “western” globalization, so it is unique that Tibet has still people that are proud of their traditions, music, lyrics… The bad thing is that Tibet does not have more power to resist army and government of China; therefore it is hard to defend the identity and defend the nation and culture against the globalization from their side. As the world is going on in this era of postmodernity, it will be even harder and harder to resist the influence of globalization (or at some point Americanization), it is never-ending process that is going back and forth. Situation with Tibet and China can be found with tiny variations in different places in the world, let’s see the conflict of Ukraine and Russia, Middle East states….
...ghur rights, as human beings, being violated, and who's responsibility is it to make sure that rights aren’t violated, as well as if China is living up to its responsibilities as a world power, to take care of its people.
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Throughout the past seven weeks of BIS 466: Human Rights and Resistance, instructed by Dr. Alka Kurian, there has been a constant reoccurring theme of human rights violations. Incorporated throughout all provided course materials was the variation of these human rights violations upon citizens. Human Rights, are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible (United Nations). The people of South East Asia are very commonly faced with the indignity of these Human Rights violations. Particularly
Rinpoche, Samdhong. Uncompromising Truth for a Compromised World: Tibetan Buddhism in Today’s World; forward by 14th Dalai Lama. (Tibet: World Wisdom, 2006), 264.
For the first week and a half, I stayed with a local family in the town of Mcleod Ganj, home of thousands of Tibetan Refugees. During this time I worked at the LHA institution teaching young women English. The first day was a tidal wave of new experiences. The small crowded streets that led to the local library were filled with busy markets, people selling handmade beads for only 5 cents, and stray dogs living in abandoned crates and boxes. Trash filled the streets, tainting the air with a putrid and foul smelling odor. There were beggars on the side of
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