The crackdown in Lhasa has drawn jittery reaction from the whole world. When there is cloud looming over Beijing Olympics, concern for Tibetan’s protester, who have been brutally crushed has grown.
Indian Parliament deviating from the ideology of mutual non-interference in each other's internal affairs reacted strongly against the gross human rights violation in Tibet by Chinese authority.
But China sees this protest as a conspiracy to break the momentum of Beijing Olympic Games. In a statement released by Chinese Ambassador to India Zhang Yen, has urged Indian friends to “see clearly the nature of those instigating and conspiring activities of the Dalai clique, which aim at splitting China and disrupting Beijing Olympics.”
In Lok Sabha, Opposition member asked centre to take tough stand on the crackdown of the protesters. To which the External Affairs Minister said that central government has already expressed its concern over the situation in Tibet.
Many members of the house asked that India should seek for UN intervention in the whole episode.
Reportedly International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has criticised the Chinese use of force to quell the protesters and has pushed for the United Nations to appoint an independent commission to investigate the matter of human right violation in Lhasa.
FIDH said, “We strongly condemn the current repression of those large-scale protests. They reflect the dissatisfaction of the Tibetan people with the Chinese rule: violations of freedom of religion, restrictions on cultural rights, economic marginalisation and hostile policy against Dalai Lama.”
The organisation while condemning China urged it to respect the freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly and to ensure there is no human rights violation and ill treatment to the detainee.
On the other hand Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China held supporters of Dalai Lama responsible for inflaming the violence in Tibet and affirmed that China will continue to protect Tibetans culture.
Earlier Dalai Lama accused China of leading a “cultural genocide” in Tibet and asked the protesters as well as security forces to abstain from violence. He also reiterated his demand of autonomy to Tibet rather than its independence.
It is reported that many people have died during the crackdown and the official toll given by China has been questioned.
Also the 1989 pro-democracy revolts at Tiananmen Square in which number of students died while protesting for reforms and corruption in Chinese Communist Party has revived after students of Central University for Minorities are staging sit down protest on the campus.
The tension is deep rooted and has a long history of more than 50 years after Communist China took control of Tibet in 1950s.
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