DHARAMSHALA, November 6: Gu-Chu-Sum Movement for Tibet, the former political prisoners’ organization, today condemned China’s recent White Paper titled ‘Development and Progress of Tibet’ and carried out a signature campaign to protest against China’s entry into Human Rights Council.
Condemning the White Paper that claims comprehensive development and rapid progress over the past 60 years in Tibet, Passang Tsering, the newly-elected President of the organization said, “While China tries to deceive the world by portraying Tibet as a political stable society and its people living happily but in reality, there is no political rights in Tibet and Tibetans were subjected to torture in the name of disturbing social stability. China’s policy is unfair and unequal.”
He said that the Chinese government is the real cause of social instability in Tibet.
Figures from the White Paper apparently show rise in the number of students, gross regional product, per-capita net income of farmers and herdsmen and disposable income of urban dwellers in Tibet.
“Although there is some development in Lhasa city and some towns, but the people living in these places are mostly Chinese settlers and benefits of these material development only go to them,” Tsering said.
He added that the majority of Tibetans living in villages and nomadic camps never benefited from the Chinese government.
China’s White Paper accuses the exile Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and his ‘clique’ of separatist activities to sabotage Tibet’s ‘development and stability’. The paper adds that the true aim of the Dalai Lama’s ‘clique’ is to rock the foundations that have ensured development and progress in Tibet.
As a part of the campaign to protest against China, the former political prisoners’ organization collected over two thousands signatures and urged the UN member states not to vote for China’s entry into the Human Rights Council.
China systematically denies basic human rights to Tibetans and Uighurs, the group said.
The signatures will be sent to all UN member states and the Human Rights Council. The election for entry into the Human Rights Council is scheduled to be held on November 12 this year.
