Tibet suffering ‘worst period of repression’ by China since the Cultural Revoloution

In this March 28, 2008 file photo, a Tibetan woman in exile enacts a scene of oppression by Chinese authorities during recent crackdowns on Tibet, at a protest rally in Bangalore, India. Tibet’s people are enduring the worst period of repression at the hands of China’s regime since the Cultural Revolution more than three decades ago, according to the Dalai Lama’s envoy in Europe. Telegraph | Oct 8, 2008 By David Blair, Diplomatic Editor Kelsang Gyaltsen told the Daily Telegraph that China’s security forces have mounted a renewed crackdown since the riots which swept Tibet’s capital, Lhasa, in March. As well as compelling Tibetans to undergo “patriotic re-education”, which includes forced denunciations of the Dalai Lama, the authorities have excluded all foreign journalists and diplomats from the Himalayan region. “Tibetans... [read full story]