Thursday, March 3, 2011

Tibet......

SOOOO... the most obvious genocides around at the moment are African genocides and the high possibility of Middle Eastern genocides due to the uprisings of late...but I think we also need to keep an eye on places like Tibet. Tibet's living under China's rule, and a lot of people aren't happy about it. A lot of their culture is being stamped out and the Chinese government is still sending native Chinese to Tibet so there are more Chinese than Tibetans living their. The cruelty shown towards native Tibetans has been horrific, and it still continues today. Go to this website to find out more stuff, and just keep places like Tibet in your brains. :)
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3 comments:

  1. Hannah March 4, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    Thanks for reminding me of this. With all the hype around the Middle Eastern uprisings, sometimes we forget about the places which are "old news". For instance, does anyone know how Darfur is coping after the referendum? What about Tunisia? Tibet is not as strategically important to the U.S. as countries in the Middle East, so it's been left out. This is what advocacy is all about. :)

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  2. CodyMarch 6, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    According to Wikipedia, Darfur is also going to be holding a referendum (hopefully) this year, but it sounds like it will only either provide for a regional government in Darfur or make the current status quo permanent, unlike the Sudanese referendum, which involved secession. I'm not sure how accurate that is, as the Wikipedia article was slightly confusing.

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  3. Hannah March 12, 2011 at 11:08 AM

    @Cody:
    Thanks for the update! We should really look into this and see if the UN or the United States can help move the referendum along a little bit. Then, we can see what we can do to help. :)

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