The Genocide In Tibet

Genocide in Tibet In a world encompassed in resentment and prejudice, one topic reigns highly on the ladder of hate due to its intensity and harshness against a certain group of people. Genocide is a severe issue that runs rampant through many countries is influenced oftenly by strong political powers. One relatively recent genocide that follows these guidelines is the Tibet Genocide that “started in 1966 and has lasted 49 years”(Choesang) and still is a controversy that , referred to as the cultural revolution but is still an ongoing conflict to Tibet and an investigation by all of the world. (Choesang) Tibet, a country on the border of China, was overtaken by communist leaders during the 1950’s and began to be eradicated of its freedoms

Once the PLA gained control over Tibet, they began to remove rights from citizens. The Chinese began their acts of terror by threatening the Dalai Lama, causing action to be taken by the extremely religious Tibetans and for the Dalai Lama to leave his country and flee to safety in India. This entire plan made Tibet vulnerable to attacks from China. China began to rid Tibet of all freedoms, and is even said in the “Massacres in Tibet” article, it states that “In Tibet today, there is no freedom of speech, religion, or press and arbitrary detainments continue” (Choesang). Ever since the beginning of the genocide and even in modern times, “Forced abortion, sterilization of Tibetan women and the transfer of low income Chinese citizens threaten the survival of Tibet 's unique culture” (Choesang).The strongest dehumanization however was the multiple attacks in Tibetan Buddhism and cultural standings of the people of Tibet. China’s most dominant choice of murder was to dissipate the Tibetan Buddhism religion. “Reports argued that attacks on Tibetan Buddhism were genocide because to be Tibetan is to be Buddhist and Tibetan Buddhism was being eliminated, even in the absence of mass killing.” (Sautman, pg.244). Things such as marriage were even altered to prevent any spreading of the Tibetan blood to other cultures; the Chinese wanted to eliminate all remaining Tibetan’s and prevent any spread of bloodline or culture. The message being sent by the Chinese was their wish to eliminate the Tibet culture so they could have a strong Chinese race. To this day, Chinese settlers outnumber Tibetans 7 to 1 in their own country. The hate was spread by way of leaders such as Mao Zedong and by the countless rumors of torture, murder, rape and mistreatment throughout Tibet. Though the more immoral treatment has lessened, China still controls and dictates Tibet, preventing them