Bad news, but a glimpse of hope as well
First the bad news, extracted from Christopher Bodeen's article at Yahoo News:
In Gharze, (west-Tibet) police opened fire on monks and lay protesters. Tibetans report 8 protesters died. Xinhua merely reports an injured police officer as victim.
May Tibetans, Chinese, Uigurs and all others be free from sufering and the causes for future suffering.
A glimpse of hope extracted from an article at TCHRD.org, summarized & clipped by me:
On March 25th, hundreds of Tibetans staged a peaceful solidarity march. The marchers ended their procession at the Holkha Township government headquarters where they held a sit-in protest and recited prayer throughout the day. Although PAP and PSB officials were seen in their combat gear during the entire peaceful march, there was no report of arrest or detention of Tibetan marchers that day.
[Thank you, thank you.]
Next day, the authorities launched an early morning raid and arrested at least three Tibetans. In response to those arrests, more than 600 Tibetans staged a full-day peaceful sit-in protest to demand immediate release of those arrested. The protesters dispersed after township authorities agreed to secure their releases. The sources confirmed that protesters pledge to undertake a similar protest at the government headquarters if authorities fail to deliver their promise.
Why is this a sparkle of hope?
Nobody got killed or injured!
If only the leaders in charge of China would understand that this is a win-win situation.
My honest personal thanks to the officer-in-charge at Holkha for his restraint.
May his wisdom spread to the higher cadres.
If he now also understands that the arrests serve no purpose whatsoever, forgets about any deadline, and release the prisoners, he would be in charge of a peaceful area - something even his superiors would appreciate.
In Gharze, (west-Tibet) police opened fire on monks and lay protesters. Tibetans report 8 protesters died. Xinhua merely reports an injured police officer as victim.
May Tibetans, Chinese, Uigurs and all others be free from sufering and the causes for future suffering.
A glimpse of hope extracted from an article at TCHRD.org, summarized & clipped by me:
On March 25th, hundreds of Tibetans staged a peaceful solidarity march. The marchers ended their procession at the Holkha Township government headquarters where they held a sit-in protest and recited prayer throughout the day. Although PAP and PSB officials were seen in their combat gear during the entire peaceful march, there was no report of arrest or detention of Tibetan marchers that day.
[Thank you, thank you.]
Next day, the authorities launched an early morning raid and arrested at least three Tibetans. In response to those arrests, more than 600 Tibetans staged a full-day peaceful sit-in protest to demand immediate release of those arrested. The protesters dispersed after township authorities agreed to secure their releases. The sources confirmed that protesters pledge to undertake a similar protest at the government headquarters if authorities fail to deliver their promise.
Why is this a sparkle of hope?
Nobody got killed or injured!
If only the leaders in charge of China would understand that this is a win-win situation.
My honest personal thanks to the officer-in-charge at Holkha for his restraint.
May his wisdom spread to the higher cadres.
If he now also understands that the arrests serve no purpose whatsoever, forgets about any deadline, and release the prisoners, he would be in charge of a peaceful area - something even his superiors would appreciate.
posted by Rudy @ 3:13 PM
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