Flames

On Thursday the the 26 years old Namgyal Fakhang set himself on flames in front of the Chinese embassy to protest for freedom and peace for Tibet. He got rescued and brought to the hospital in the last moment. 2 years ago he had to escape from Tibet via Nepal because the Chinese government wanted him for distributing flyer's.

Tibet was their home, their country, the Tibetans where always peaceful and didn't invade other countries. Then the communist government of China annexed it because of the ground resources. And the Dalai Lama had to leave too. In German you can read it at the Tagesspiegel.

And if you like to know how reporters were treated, you should read Reporters without Borders . Like the story about the US documentary filmmaker who was sequestered in his hotel room on March, 14th to prevent him from seeing Tibetan protests. Or about the Finnish TV crew that was arrested five days just ago. But I guess that this will not happen there anymore. The reporters are gone now...

Comments

[Angelika]

Was hälst du vom Boykott der olympischen Spiele?

[Hardy]

Nicht so viel, aber ich fände es gut, wenn die Athleten beim Einmarsch ins Stadion T-Shirts mit der Aufschrift "FREE TIBET" tragen würden. Dann würde dank TV ganz China sehen wie die Welt darüber denkt.