2002_0304_packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

H��tn R.i�ht� E�y CQ�t�st Wl�n I l�ard about tl� Human Righ�s Essay Contest, it d�n't take � long to thin�c of a subject. One of my first i&as was China's invasion of Tibet. Since 1958, China has cormol� T`bet a�d turc�ed it mto a cultural v++asie� w�h ove�.owing pr�su�s �1 hundteds of it�tocert�t Tbetans beii kiYled every day. In 1958, Co � a program of what they cal�si "democratic reform." In r�a�rty, the Chinese government has used policies of cultural genocide, censorship, and hrutality to oppress the country of Tibet. Over 1.2 million T`betans were killed (or starved) between the years 1949 and 1979. Many of these Tibetans died in prisons and labor camps, which ha�e a death rate of 70 0. In the wilderness of the northern Tibetan Plains 10,000 inmates were kept in only five prisons where they were forced to mine and transport borax. Ten to thirty died from hunger, beating, or overwork every da y. In a year more than 8,000 were dead, l�ving only about 20% of the inmates. These are obviously unacceptable living conditions for a11 Tibetans Since China violates almost a11 of the articles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it was difficult to choose just a few, but here I will descrii some of China's larger Human Rights violations. Article 13r (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, includii his own, and to return to his country. The government of China quite obviously disregards this article with their rules restricting the free movement of Tibetans within their country. Citizens ha�e to register at a certain place where they are entitled to residence and the purchas� of food rations. Official permission is required to move from one place to another, even for a short amount of time. � �