Every time when you open a newspaper or turn on the news you hear that the death rate in Tibet is growing. According to the Tibetans the protests caused the death of a 140 people. However, China continues to deny these figures and state that the death rate is much lower. How the situation really looks like in Tibet, is for many outsiders unclear. This is due to the fact that China set the tourists and reporters out of there borders. In the meanwhile China agreed to let in some Pro-Chinese reporters back into the country.

The cause of these terrible incidents is definitely clear. The protests in of the Tibetans against China started a couple of weeks ago in Lhasa (capital of Tibet). This as a result of the 49th remembrance of the failed Tibetan uprising in 1959. This means that the Tibetan people are already suppressed for more than 49 years! This means 49 years of violating human rights, torture and oppression of the Tibetan people! In the Netherlands, and may other parts of the western world, human rights are considered normal and not everyone realizes how important freedom actually is.

Coming summer the Olympics will be held in Peking and this results in a lot of media attention for China. This media attention also contributed to the protests of the Tibetans. The prominent Tibetans see the media attention as a chance on independence, human rights and freedom.

At Project Aware different questions about this situation come up; Did everyone forget about how many human rights are violated here in the Netherlands during World War II? Did everyone forget about the inhuman incidents in Iraq? Isn't it time to show as a citizen that you do not agree with the situation in China and other aggressors that just go ahead and do what they want?

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