China tries to gag climbers who saw Tibet killings - Leonard Doyle
From the Independent:
Chinese diplomats in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu are tracking down and trying to silence hundreds of Western climbers and Sherpas who witnessed the killing of Tibetan refugees on the Nangpa La mountain pass last week.
This ominous development comes as fears grow for the safety of a group of Tibetan children, aged between six and 10, who were marched away after at least two refugees including a nun, were shot dead. [Full text]
Read a first person account from a Romanian climber who witnessed the killing. More information from climbers is available on Mounteverest.net, though some bloggers feel not enough climbers are coming forward to tell their story.
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For more on this story, see “Activist Group Says China Holding Tibetan Children” from VOA and a report from Phayul which includes eyewitness accounts of the incident. From VOA:
A Washington-based activist group says China is holding at least 10 children from a group of Tibetans who were fired on by Chinese security forces near the Tibetan border with Nepal last month.
In a statement issued Tuesday, the International Campaign for Tibet quotes a British mountain climber and several other witnesses who say they saw Chinese forces shoot at a group of about 70 Tibetans on Mount Cho Oyu September 30. The Tibetans are said to have been trying to flee into Nepal.
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POSTED COMMENTS: One Response
Sadly things like this occur in Tibet MUCH more often than we know about. Thanks for posting this news clip on this site. The PRC’s cover-up of the oppression that has been going on in Tibet for the last 50+ years cannot be more blatant. The world needs to wake up! Especially the Chinese people. Whether we Tibetans like to admit it or not, we need their help to get the PRC out of Tibet; therefore restoring balance and common respect in Tibet and China. The healing must begin soon!!!