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Chinese Regime Calls Tibet Probe Demands “Arrogant”
Friday, November 9, 2012 23:33
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The situation in Tibet is getting worse. In the past six days, seven Tibetans have set themselves on fire, capping a string of 68 incidents of self-immolations since March 2011. According to Tibetan rights groups, at least 56 of those died. But Chinese officials say everything in Tibet is fine. At the same time, they're banning foreign observers from making a human rights probe in the region. The ban comes on the heels of reports of protests in Qinghai province, an area with a large Tibetan population. The Tibet-government-in-exile says thousands of Tibetan students had taken to the streets there after a Tibetan youth died from self-immolation yesterday. Rights group Free Tibet has also confirmed those reports. [Stephanie Brigden, Director, Free Tibet]: “Our serious concern is we're going to see an escalation in very serious cases of human rights violations and this happening without any redress and without the international community knowing what's going on in the country given that international human rights observers, journalists, or embassy officials from European or other non-Chinese countries being able to travel to the area and actually monitor what is going on.” But “arrogant,” is what, Qiangba Puncog, the chairman of Tibet's rubber stamp regional assembly and appointed by the Chinese regime, has called the demands for independent investigations. His statements came on the sidelines of the 18th Party Congress that is underway in Beijing. [Stephanie Brigden …
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