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Free Jailed Journalist Dhondup Wangchen
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To: Chinese President Hu Jintao
We call on the Chinese government to free Dhondup Wangchen, a self-taught Tibetan filmmaker who is serving a six-year prison term for inciting separatism. Why? Because he documented Tibetan life under Chinese rule in “Leaving Fear Behind,” a documentary he conceived and shot in 2008. The film...
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The situation in Tibet is deteriorating, and Chinese authorities are working hard to keep it from the international spotlight. International journalists are barred, except on government-controlled tours. Independent coverage of ethnic tensions in the region is quickly censored in the Chinese media.
Tibetan journalists face harsh punishments. Before Dhondup Wangchen, no Tibetans were jailed for reporting. Now, at least 9 other Tibetan journalists besides him are behind bars, often for inciting separatism—the same charge Chinese state media level against the Dalai Lama and his "clique." Deprived of a voice, Tibetans seek more and more desperate ways to communicate. More than 50 Tibetans have self-immolated in protest against Chinese rule in the past three years, according to The Associated Press.
This trend has implications beyond Tibet. At least seven ethnic Uighur journalists are also jailed. Freedom for Dhondup Wangchen would be the first step toward freedom for all ethnic minority journalists struggling to shed light on tensions with the Chinese state.
By supporting Dhondup Wangchen, you are sending a message to Chinese authorities that his efforts to speak on behalf of an oppressed community were not wasted. Those who courageously agreed to speak with him have found an audience. And that audience will not rest until Dhondup Wangchen is freed.
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Dear Friends, If journalists are being silenced....WE must be the ones to tell their stories. As Henry Anatole Grunwald said "“Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.”.
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U.N.O you got to wake up and you can not let this China go. China the butcher who has been keep killing our Tibetan civilian. Now they arrested our journalist and this action arise the question of "WHY"? WE ARE THE VOICE OF TIBET AND NOW THE TIME HAS COME TO BRING YOU UNDER THE SPOT LIGHT TO SHOW WHOLE WORLD ABOUT CHINA'S REAL FACE. SHAMELESS BUTCHER CHINA IS SCARED OF OUR JOURNALIST. YOU CHICKEN HEART CHINA...... FREE OUR JOURNALIST WANGCHEN...
Tibet is the Primarily Spiritual place where people can feel the divine at work. China represent the devilish human instinct of survival . But in this case , china has become the parasite who is killing the host.
We have to get read of the parasite and stop it from birthing it's eggs in the nest of human spiritualism , that is Tibet.!
If China wants to be truly respected around the world, the leadership must learn to behave as something other than thugs. Just look at how they treat the Tibetans and their international neighbors -- that says it all.
Dear friends, PLEASE SIGN the petition. Norbu, a Tibetan friend in Chicago sent me the above notice. The Chinese government needs to know the world is watching its misdeeds in Tibet.
Free Wangchen!
Let's keep working to keep journalists free to do their work.
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China! Free Dhondup Wangchen.
It is time for all to freely voice their opinions, to be allowed to take right actions, including peaceful protest based on love of humanity. Oppressors are not happy, courageous people and they oppose themselves, knowing in their hearts that they would not wish to be treated wrongfully, arrested for reporting the truth, and mistreated for standing up for the most basic of human rights, freedom of speech.
I love that movie. Cried my eyes out.
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